St. George/Stapleton Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019
Population
Born in New York State		66.5%	65.4%	66.0%
Disabled population			6.7%	7.2%
Foreign-born population	19.1%	24.0%	24.7%	24.7%
Population	162,609	168,395	172,052	176,195
Population aged 65+	11.1%	10.5%	10.7%	14.2%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	39.3%	38.4%	40.0%	28.3%
Single-person households		28.5%	24.3%	30.2%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	5.2%	7.1%	8.1%	8.2%
Percent Black	21.6%	22.2%	21.7%	21.9%
Percent Hispanic	19.8%	26.8%	27.2%	29.5%
Percent white	50.0%	41.9%	41.3%	37.9%
Racial diversity index	0.66	0.70	0.70	0.72
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		5.0	5.7	5.1
Median household income (2021$)	$76,630	$77,450	$72,010	$79,000
Median household income, homeowners (2021$)		$102,920	$105,480	$120,220
Median household income, renters (2021$)		$37,800	$35,040	$44,640
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.0%	17.9%	13.0%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		16.1%	16.2%	14.0%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		21.5%	26.2%	19.7%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		61.9%	59.1%	63.8%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		15.4%	14.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.21%	5.64%	10.09%	5.13%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	2021
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	51.9%	58.7%	58.3%	51.3%
Housing units		66,700	68,295	71,357
Rental vacancy rate			8.6%	8.4%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		34.9	69.4	71.1	52.8	62.5
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			2.8%	2.6%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		231.1	294.1	291.0	181.4	267.9
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	10.9	13.0	20.6	11.0	3.7	4.4
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	367	471	751	411	140	165
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	344	360	598	168	51	49
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	12	105	143	231	86	113
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				66.3	34.2	24.4
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				2,414	1,250	891
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	3	43	102
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		2.0%	41.5%	20.1%	22.0%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		32.3%	0.7%	7.2%	2.7%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		35.9%	2.0%	2.8%	0.8%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		50.4	18.8	26.0	25.0
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		18.8%	15.6%	21.7%	15.7%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		2.6%	15.0%	14.1%	15.1%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		74.5	21.4	28.8	55.6
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	1,020	1,227	521	743	692	924
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	436	789	247	327	248	337
Sales volume, 5+ family building	5	19	13	15	6	8
Sales volume, condominium	115	199	74	119	112	197
Sales volume, all property types	1,576	2,234	855	1,204	1,058	1,466
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2021$)		$496,660	$412,610	$514,910	$526,910	$540,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2021$)		$284,090	$216,080	$288,980	$290,590	$312,500
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2021$)		$134,100	$107,700	$140,110	$151,700	$165,280
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2021$)		$341,040	$285,400	$336,270	$356,440	$355,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	198.5	169.2	252.5	258.4	265.7
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	226.0	167.8	278.2	289.7	284.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	193.8	207.1	193.6	1,312.6	452.7
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	240.2	205.0	300.2	289.9	316.0
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	209.9	172.2	261.2	269.3	275.8
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						92
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						5
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						714
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						12
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						2,400
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						26
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						3,458
Public Housing (properties)						10
Public Housing (units)						3,093
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						1
Mitchell-Lama (units)						536
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						26
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						1,362
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						10
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						856
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						28
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2022 and 2027 (properties)						7
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2022 and 2027 (units)						291
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2028 and 2037 (properties)						9
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2028 and 2037 (units)						1,980
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2038 and later (properties)						13
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2038 and later (units)						2,755

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		12.3	12.6	12.9
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	522	0	101	150	204
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	839	659	363	207	110

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	2021
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	39.6%	45.2%	42.1%	40.9%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	43.3	42.4	38.6	44.6
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		9.9	8.6	7.3	7.2	6.9
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		6.2	5.2	3.9	4.0	3.8
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		3.8	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				39.5%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				39.8%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	2021
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2021$)			$1,480	$1,520
Median rent, all (2021$)	$1,120	$1,260	$1,380	$1,270
Median rent, recent movers (2021$)			$1,470	$1,420
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2021$)			$1,100	$1,020
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					-0.3%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			16.9%	7.5%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			64.2%	85.5%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			96.9%	99.1%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		23.9%	23.6%	30.3%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			25.8%	32.0%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			19.4%	12.9%
Severely rent-burdened households	22.0%		32.3%	32.5%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			45.4%	38.3%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.3%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			8.2%	9.0%	9.1%
Public housing (% of rental units)						11.3%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2019, there were an estimated 176,195 people in St. George/Stapleton, of which 8.2% of the population identified as Asian, 21.9% identified as Black, 29.5% identified as Hispanic, and 37.9% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of St. George/Stapleton in both 2000 and 2015-2019.

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In 2019, the household income group with the largest share (33.2%) 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 29.5%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in St. George/Stapleton in both 2000 and 2015-2019.

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Median household income in 2019 was $79,000, about 8% more than citywide median household income ($72,930). The poverty rate in St. George/Stapleton was 13.0% in 2019 compared to 16.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in St. George/Stapleton was 13.0% in 2019 compared to 16.0% 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 2019. This is a new figure made for the 2021 State of the City report.

Graph showing the distribution of rents in St. George/Stapleton in both 2010 and 2015-2019.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in St. George/Stapleton increased from $1,260 in 2006 to $1,270 in 2019. In 2019, 32.5% of renter households in St. George/Stapleton were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 85.5% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 21 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 11.3% of rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2021. The overall rental vacancy rate in St. George/Stapleton was 8.4% in 2019.

Real median gross rent in St. George/Stapleton increased from $1,340 in 2007 to $1,270 in 2019.

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11.3% of the rental units in St. George/Stapleton are public housing rental units in 2021.

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Homeowners

In 2019, the homeownership rate in St. George/Stapleton was 51.3%, higher than the citywide share of 31.9%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 7.0 percentage points since 2010. In 2020, the home purchase loan rate was 25.0 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 55.6 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in St. George/Stapleton, 2.7% and 0.8% were high cost loans, respectively. 165 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in St. George/Stapleton in 2021. There were 4.4 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 4.4 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in St. George/Stapleton in 2021

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Development

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 110 residential units in new buildings in St. George/Stapleton in 2020, 97 less than the number of units certified in 2019.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 110 residential units in new buildings in St. George/Stapleton last year, 97 less than the number of units certified in 2019.

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Over the last decade, 1,131 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in St. George/Stapleton. 23% were market rate, compared to 76% low-income. 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 methdology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 6.9 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2021, compared to 12.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 6.9 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2021, compared to 12.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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Data Notes: See CoreData User Guide for more information about indicator definitions and methods.

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 and data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS.

Rankings: We report rankings out of all neighborhoods for which the indicator can be calculated. Rankings are listed for community districts, though some indicators are reported at the sub-borough area level.