Rockaway/Broad Channel Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		66.4%	63.4%	58.9%	61.3%
Disabled population			9.0%	15.9%	11.2%
Foreign-born population	24.4%	24.3%	25.7%	32.7%	28.0%
Population	106,738	120,268	124,031	121,740	134,700
Population aged 65+	14.2%	13.9%	13.6%	17.9%	17.8%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	40.1%	41.9%	38.8%	33.0%	31.8%
Single-person households		28.5%	30.4%	31.8%	34.5%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	1.6%	1.5%	1.0%	2.7%	2.0%
Percent Black	40.0%	37.9%	37.9%	37.4%	29.6%
Percent Hispanic	17.7%	17.8%	23.5%	26.0%	28.7%
Percent white	37.3%	39.6%	35.8%	32.3%	35.9%
Racial diversity index	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.69	0.70
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		6.0	6.7	5.9	7.8
Median household income (2022$)	$61,150	$61,230	$61,710	$61,360	$54,790
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$112,550	$117,080	$100,960	$108,090
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$42,530	$33,870	$49,260	$40,910
Poverty rate	22.4%	20.3%	22.4%	18.1%	23.8%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		15.1%	24.7%	20.0%	28.9%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		26.4%	33.4%	23.2%	27.1%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		55.8%	56.8%	57.3%	54.6%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		25.5%	21.9%	20.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	12.78%	9.06%	14.24%	6.27%	14.21%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	35.1%	41.1%	37.8%	36.6%	35.4%
Housing units		44,338	47,462	44,696	49,734
Rental vacancy rate			5.1%	3.2%	2.7%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		34.3	39.6	65.7	85.0	127.8
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			3.4%	3.9%	4.4%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		190.9	182.1	262.6	339.8	439.8
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	17.6	23.2	32.4	14.4	7.3	6.8
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	182	287	427	196	99	92
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	149	223	296	74	23	37
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	28	57	124	117	75	54
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				75.0	31.3	66.3
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				996	418	887
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	58	19	45
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		1.4%	41.3%	24.3%	24.8%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		30.0%	1.2%	8.9%	2.8%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		38.4%	2.5%	2.4%	0.5%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		53.9	16.6	16.2	22.6
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		58.8%	9.3%	32.3%	30.5%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		3.5%	31.9%	9.6%	7.1%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		49.7	13.5	18.3	38.9
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	247	328	120	134	155	173
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	280	667	213	157	175	228
Sales volume, 5+ family building	12	15	6	16	9	14
Sales volume, condominium	12	45	105	43	88	54
Sales volume, all property types	551	1,055	444	350	427	469
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$288,900	$527,320	$536,790	$602,080	$605,850	$699,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$182,690	$344,290	$193,140	$334,920	$360,220	$357,500
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$74,210	$127,750	$36,270	$109,080	$59,110	$108,860
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$231,970	$449,680	$488,310	$390,240	$508,760	$550,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	219.6	169.5	261.3	271.5	302.6
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	235.5	139.4	249.3	304.7	291.5
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	189.9	127.4	353.7	352.5	583.6
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	204.3	181.8	215.7	255.0	256.0
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	230.7	155.2	250.6	284.7	296.9
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						126
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						15
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						4,486
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						19
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						3,902
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						20
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						4,012
Public Housing (properties)						6
Public Housing (units)						2,620
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						7
Mitchell-Lama (units)						3,944
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						30
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						1,102
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						14
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						2,495
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						39
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						5
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						1,061
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						27
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						5,584

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		10.7	11.0	10.8	11.9
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	1,070	0	332	696	726	526
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	266	990	229	318	381	1,376

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	44.2%	49.8%	49.5%	40.4%	39.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	45.6	41.7	44.7	49.2	43.1
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		8.4	8.4	11.0	8.4	8.5
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		4.4	4.5	5.2	4.0	4.6
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		4.1	3.9	5.8	4.3	4.0
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				37.3%		26.9%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				37.7%		27.7%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,250	$1,450	$1,670
Median rent, all (2022$)	$980	$1,140	$1,170	$1,380	$1,450
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,360	$1,780	$1,880
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,060	$1,100	$1,110
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					1.5%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			12.4%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			77.1%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			100.0%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		21.9%	19.0%	27.1%	30.8%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			25.1%	32.8%	33.9%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			11.0%	11.8%	10.4%
Severely rent-burdened households	24.9%		29.8%	25.6%	26.3%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			42.5%	34.3%	34.4%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			17.8%	20.1%
Public housing (% of rental units)						10.2%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 134,700 people in Rockaway/Broad Channel, of which 2.0% identified as Asian, 29.6% identified as Black, 28.7% identified as Hispanic, and 35.9% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Rockaway/Broad Channel in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (27.6%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 23.9%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Rockaway/Broad Channel in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $54,790, about 24% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Rockaway/Broad Channel was 23.8% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Rockaway/Broad Channel was 23.8% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

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The rent distribution shows the share of apartments by their size (according to the number of bedrooms), and then for each apartment size in the community district, the share of apartments according to their monthly gross rent. This distribution compares 5-year ACS figures from 2010 to 5-year ACS figures from 2021.

Graph showing the distribution of rents in Rockaway/Broad Channel in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Rockaway/Broad Channel increased from $1,140 in 2006 to $1,450 in 2021. This represents a 27.2% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 31 percentage points. In 2021, 26.3% of renter households in Rockaway/Broad Channel were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 10.2% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Rockaway/Broad Channel was 2.7% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Rockaway/Broad Channel from 2006 to 2021.

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10.2% of the rental units in Rockaway/Broad Channel are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Rockaway/Broad Channel was 35.4%, which is higher than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 2.4 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 22.6 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 38.9 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Rockaway/Broad Channel, 2.8% and 0.5% were high cost loans, respectively. 92 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Rockaway/Broad Channel in 2022. There were 6.8 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 6.8 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Rockaway/Broad Channel in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,376 residential units in new buildings in Rockaway/Broad Channel in 2022, 995 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,376 residential units in new buildings in Rockaway/Broad Channel last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 1,215 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Rockaway/Broad Channel. 59% were market rate, compared to 35% that were income-targeted. We use data from a variety of sources to count the number of income-restricted units targeted to households earning between 80% and 165% of AMI. However, due to restricted availability of granular data our calculations of income-restricted units should be read as conservative estimates. Read more about our methodology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 8.5 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 8.5 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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Indicators: The rental vacancy rate, severe crowding rate, and the severely rent-burdened households indicators use five-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates. Data under the 2010 heading comes from the 2006 – 2010 ACS, data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS and data under the 2021 heading comes from 2017 – 2021 ACS .