Home loans on Long Island
There were 40,464 home loans on Long Island in 2011, a 65.6 percent drop from 2005, according to federal housing data. The 2011 figure, the latest available, was down 11.3 percent from the year before, and represents all loans approved during the year to purchase, refinance or make improvements on homes.
The map and tables below list the loan activity by Census tracts, which don't always match up with specific community boundaries. So the labels are, in some cases, approximate and, in other cases, tracts can include more than one community. Click on any tract in the map to get detailed data.
How much lending has changed
(up to 400% increase) Percent not available
| Community | Census tract | 2011 loans | 2010 loans | 2009 loans | 2008 loans | 2007 loans | 2006 loans | 2005 loans | Change from 2005 | 2012-2011 change | Percent change from 2005 | Percent change from 2010 |
| East Meadow | 4079.00 | 108 | 97 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 95 | 105 | 19 | 11 | 21.3% | 11.3% |
| Brentwood | 1455.00 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 400.0% | N/A |
| Brookville | 5177.06 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | N/A | 0.0% |
| Rockville Centre | 4126.00 | 84 | 98 | 73 | 44 | 71 | 93 | 82 | 2 | -14 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
| Manhasset | 3019.00 | 88 | 60 | 65 | 53 | 58 | 72 | 86 | 2 | 28 | 2.3% | 46.7% |
| East Meadow | 4078.02 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| Garden City | 4063.00 | 88 | 90 | 82 | 61 | 89 | 84 | 92 | -4 | -2 | -4.3% | -2.2% |
| East Williston | 3034.00 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 30 | 59 | 54 | 57 | -5 | -4 | -8.8% | -7.1% |
| Stony Brook University | 1580.07 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 2 | -50.0% | 50.0% |
| Munsey Park | 3017.00 | 52 | 68 | 64 | 32 | 61 | 57 | 59 | -7 | -16 | -11.9% | -23.5% |
| Port Washington | 3014.00 | 53 | 72 | 44 | 29 | 53 | 46 | 61 | -8 | -19 | -13.1% | -26.4% |
| Plandome | 3015.00 | 72 | 78 | 58 | 50 | 47 | 80 | 80 | -8 | -6 | -10.0% | -7.7% |
| Wantagh | 4158.02 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 | -10 | 1 | -45.5% | 9.1% |
| Kensington | 3006.00 | 152 | 145 | 151 | 92 | 135 | 156 | 162 | -10 | 7 | -6.2% | 4.8% |
| Greenlawn | 1105.02 | 62 | 59 | 57 | 44 | 69 | 71 | 73 | -11 | 3 | -15.1% | 5.1% |
| Syosset | 5187.00 | 135 | 111 | 137 | 74 | 147 | 137 | 149 | -14 | 24 | -9.4% | 21.6% |
| Commack | 1118.03 | 57 | 65 | 59 | 31 | 66 | 77 | 72 | -15 | -8 | -20.8% | -12.3% |
| Manhasset Hills | 3031.01 | 64 | 56 | 59 | 45 | 64 | 83 | 80 | -16 | 8 | -20.0% | 14.3% |
| East Garden City | 4073.01 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 54 | 38 | 39 | -16 | -1 | -41.0% | -4.2% |
| East Hills | 3021.01 | 98 | 78 | 79 | 63 | 83 | 74 | 115 | -17 | 20 | -14.8% | 25.6% |
| Plainview | 5196.02 | 42 | 48 | 47 | 28 | 36 | 67 | 60 | -18 | -6 | -30.0% | -12.5% |
| Brookville | 5177.05 | 47 | 45 | 38 | 29 | 48 | 50 | 66 | -19 | 2 | -28.8% | 4.4% |
| Williston Park | 3033.01 | 58 | 72 | 52 | 45 | 93 | 81 | 77 | -19 | -14 | -24.7% | -19.4% |
| Stony Brook | 1580.09 | 86 | 62 | 72 | 45 | 82 | 67 | 105 | -19 | 24 | -18.1% | 38.7% |
| Sands Point | 3010.00 | 123 | 114 | 89 | 57 | 89 | 88 | 142 | -19 | 9 | -13.4% | 7.9% |
| Commack | 1118.04 | 41 | 49 | 48 | 29 | 33 | 61 | 61 | -20 | -8 | -32.8% | -16.3% |
| Garden City | 4064.00 | 142 | 156 | 134 | 99 | 150 | 137 | 162 | -20 | -14 | -12.3% | -9.0% |
| Asharoken | 1108.01 | 57 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 41 | 63 | 77 | -20 | 18 | -26.0% | 46.2% |
| Plainview | 5197.02 | 103 | 134 | 123 | 62 | 101 | 121 | 123 | -20 | -31 | -16.3% | -23.1% |
| Flower Hill | 3016.00 | 100 | 107 | 100 | 53 | 99 | 116 | 120 | -20 | -7 | -16.7% | -6.5% |
| Plainview | 5198.01 | 44 | 45 | 60 | 27 | 50 | 79 | 65 | -21 | -1 | -32.3% | -2.2% |
| East Norwich | 5181.00 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 42 | 75 | 65 | 81 | -21 | -13 | -25.9% | -17.8% |
| Old Westbury | 3025.02 | 47 | 41 | 34 | 34 | 55 | 65 | 68 | -21 | 6 | -30.9% | 14.6% |
| Melville | 1122.14 | 109 | 137 | 139 | 87 | 97 | 112 | 131 | -22 | -28 | -16.8% | -20.4% |
| East Hills | 3021.02 | 76 | 79 | 64 | 54 | 57 | 80 | 98 | -22 | -3 | -22.4% | -3.8% |
| Rocky Point | 1584.01 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 57 | 56 | 58 | -23 | 6 | -39.7% | 20.7% |
| Hewlett | 4115.00 | 53 | 58 | 38 | 12 | 49 | 73 | 76 | -23 | -5 | -30.3% | -8.6% |
| Syosset | 5183.00 | 112 | 113 | 117 | 71 | 124 | 118 | 135 | -23 | -1 | -17.0% | -0.9% |
| Huntington Station | 1114.01 | 19 | 34 | 28 | 24 | 49 | 52 | 43 | -24 | -15 | -55.8% | -44.1% |
| Floral Park | 3026.00 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 29 | 47 | 48 | 62 | -24 | - | -38.7% | 0.0% |
| Bohemia | 1466.07 | 25 | 31 | 48 | 17 | 46 | 67 | 49 | -24 | -6 | -49.0% | -19.4% |
| Rockville Centre | 4125.00 | 84 | 103 | 123 | 70 | 89 | 109 | 108 | -24 | -19 | -22.2% | -18.4% |
| Woodbury | 5182.03 | 53 | 50 | 41 | 33 | 59 | 68 | 78 | -25 | 3 | -32.1% | 6.0% |
| Bayville | 5179.02 | 47 | 46 | 61 | 19 | 60 | 85 | 72 | -25 | 1 | -34.7% | 2.2% |
| Elwood | 1115.04 | 19 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 44 | -25 | -10 | -56.8% | -34.5% |
| Great Neck | 3003.00 | 53 | 59 | 48 | 40 | 58 | 75 | 79 | -26 | -6 | -32.9% | -10.2% |
| Oakdale | 1476.01 | 62 | 66 | 56 | 39 | 59 | 91 | 88 | -26 | -4 | -29.5% | -6.1% |
| Plainview | 5197.03 | 66 | 83 | 85 | 48 | 75 | 86 | 93 | -27 | -17 | -29.0% | -20.5% |
| Kings Point | 3001.00 | 68 | 56 | 50 | 42 | 76 | 76 | 95 | -27 | 12 | -28.4% | 21.4% |
| Kings Park | 1347.04 | 43 | 54 | 58 | 33 | 53 | 63 | 72 | -29 | -11 | -40.3% | -20.4% |
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