21% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 12% and 10% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 1 and 2, including Longwood, was $20,966. In 2018, an estimated 29% of Melrose and Mott Haven residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (12%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 58% in Melrose and Mott Haven, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, , Melrose and Mott Haven are considered to be low-income relative to the rest of the city and is gentrifying. Land use and terrain Melrose is dominated by large residential housing complexes of various types, primarily public housing, and tenement style apartment buildings. Most of the original housing stock which consisted of older multi-unit homes and tenements were structurally damaged by arson during the citywide fiscal crisis and eventually razed by the city. In the last decade, construction of modern 2 and 3 unit row-houses and apartment buildings have increased the percentage of owners versus renters. The neighborhood contains one of the highest concentrations of NYCHA projects in the Bronx. The terrain is somewhat hilly. The Third Avenue Business Improvement District The Hub-Third Avenue BID is a major local retail district located where five major thoroughfares converge: East 149th Street, Westchester, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenues. The area is served by the 2 and 5 lines at East 149th Street and Third Avenue. One of The Bronx's largest shopping areas (eclipsed only by Fordham Road). Low-income public housing projects There are five NYCHA developments located in Melrose. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue; two buildings, 11 and 12 stories tall. Jackson Houses; seven 16-story buildings. Melrose Houses; eight 14-story buildings. Morrisania Air Rights; three buildings, 19, 23, and 29 stories. South Bronx Area (Site 402); four buildings, 3 stories tall. Park Avenue Green, the largest certified Passive House in North America, opened in 2019. Media The Mott Haven Herald is a news outlet that reports in Mott Haven, Melrose, and Port Morris. It is produced by students at the City University Graduate School of Journalism and edited by Joe Hirsch. Police and crime