Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade
66.5%
69.1%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade
72.2%
67.0%
Renters
Indicator
2000
2006
2010
2019
2021
2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)
$1,770
$1,780
$1,920
Median rent, all (2022$)
$1,330
$1,460
$1,590
$1,560
$1,480
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)
$1,750
$1,560
$1,700
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)
$1,250
$1,320
$1,400
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households
15.1%
32.1%
13.6%
16.9%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income
37.2%
28.3%
33.6%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income
17.7%
5.4%
4.4%
Severely rent-burdened households
21.5%
27.8%
25.7%
26.2%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income
46.3%
41.1%
47.5%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)
2.8%
1.5%
Public housing (% of rental units)
0.0%
In 2022, Tottenville/Great Kills was the city’s 21st largest neighborhood by population out of 59 neighborhoods. It has the 59th largest proportion of nonwhite population, the 10th highest median income, and the 20th most expensive rents of the city’s 59 neighborhoods. From 2010 to 2020, the neighborhood added 18 new housing units, 18 units of which were market rate and 0 units of which were income restricted.
DEMOGRAPHICS
In 2022, there were an estimated 161,071 people in Tottenville/Great Kills, of which 9.9% identified as Asian, 0.5% identified as Black, 10.8% identified as Hispanic, and 74.9% identified as White.
In 2022, the household income group with the largest share (42.5%) of households was $100,001 -
$250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 46.0%.
Median household income in 2022 was $112,520, about 45% more than citywide median household income ($77,550). The poverty rate in Tottenville/Great Kills was 7.8% in 2022 compared to 18.3% citywide.
Real median gross rent in Tottenville/Great Kills increased from $1,510 in 2006 to $1,880 in 2022. This represents a 24.5% increase over the same period. The overall rental vacancy rate in Tottenville/Great Kills was 4.7% in 2022.
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 2022. Between 2018-2022, the largest share of studios had gross rents between $2,000 - $2.5,000 (31%), the largest share of one-bedrooms had rents between $1,000 - $1.5,000 (33%), the largest share of two-bedrooms had rents between $1.5,000 - $2,000 (35%), the largest share of three bedrooms had rents between $1.5,000 - $2,000 (23%). (If you are viewing this page on a desktop, you can use the drop down menu below to switch between different apartment sizes)
As of 2022, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 8.5 percentage points. In 2022, 28.7% of renter households in Tottenville/Great Kills were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent).
In 2022, the homeownership rate in Tottenville/Great Kills was 80.1%, which is higher than the citywide share of 32.7%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 0.6 percentage points since 2010. In 2022, the home purchase loan rate was 33.0 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 16.6 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Tottenville/Great Kills, 4.9% and 1.4% were high cost loans, respectively. 203 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Tottenville/Great Kills in 2022. There were 4.3 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.
Among all residential properties, prices of residential properties have increased 54% in Tottenville/Great Kills since 2009. (If you are viewing this page on a desktop, you can use the drop down menu below to switch to a different index year for longer term trends.)
Over the last decade, 18 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Tottenville/Great Kills. 100% were market rate, compared to 0% 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.
The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 262 residential units in new buildings in Tottenville/Great Kills in 2023, 33 more than the number of units certified in 2022.
The serious crime rate, including property and violent crime types, was 1.1 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2023, compared to 3.1 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.
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, data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS and data under the 2021 heading comes from 2017 – 2021 ACS .
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