DC Tract Profile
Population Public Assistance
Population by Race/Ethnicity Housing Conditions
Family Risk Factors Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Isolation Indicators Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Child Well-Being Indicators Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Income Conditions  
 
Sources and Notes
 
Tract 78.08

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Tract		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 5,989 3,395 49 8,188
Population, 1990 4,739 3,228 42 7,767
Population, 2000 4,112 3,043 149 7,278
% change population, 1980-1990 -21 -4.9 -62 84
% change population, 1990-2000 -13 -5.7 -70 255
% children, 1980 37 22 0.0 46
% children, 1990 30 19 0.0 43
% children, 2000 37 20 0.0 51
% change child population, 1980-1990 -36 -19 -100 608
% change child population, 1990-2000 6.9 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 0.7 6.4 0.0 38
% foreign born, 1990 0.3 9.7 0.0 62
% foreign born, 2000 0.5 13 0.0 54
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 63 53 5.1 84
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 67 50 1.6 83
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 99 65 0.0 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 98 61 1.4 100
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.4 27 0.0 93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 1.0 28 0.0 94
% Hispanic, 1990 0.0 5.2 0.0 44
% Hispanic, 2000 0.6 7.9 0.0 51
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.0 1.8 0.0 66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.0 3.0 0.0 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 35 19 0.0 93
Poverty rate (%), 1990 38 17 0.0 62
Poverty rate (%), 2000 36 20 1.6 90
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 25 6.8 0.0 25
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 12 7.2 0.0 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 22 11 0.0 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 42 59 0.3 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 45 62 0.6 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 36 57 9.9 92
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 53 33 0.0 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 49 27 0.0 85
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 35 22 0.0 65
% female-headed families with children, 1990 68 54 0.0 100
% female-headed families with children, 2000 73 52 0.0 92
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 92 97 54 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 48 63 14 100
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 54 25 0.0 100
% children in poverty, 2000 48 32 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 23 13 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 17 13 0.0 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.1 12 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 19 12 0.0 41
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 18 12 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 22 11 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 20 11 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 15 11 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 11 11 0.0 40
% births to teen mothers, 1998 24 15 0.0 50
% births to teen mothers, 1999 20 15 0.0 35
% births to teen mothers, 2000 24 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 26 13 0.0 39
% births to teen mothers, 2002 22 13 0.0 37
% births to teen mothers, 2003 26 11 0.0 41
% births to teen mothers, 2004 13 11 0.0 36
% births to teen mothers, 2005 32 11 0.0 35
% births to teen mothers, 2006 21 12 0.0 41
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 46,521 59,101 20,560 194,075
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 35,995 71,274 16,480 250,098
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 33,839 78,192 17,592 354,117
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -23 21 -59 120
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -6.0 9.7 -66 261
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,644 428 0.0 2,504
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,534 406 5.0 2,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,391 416 0.0 2,190
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,288 452 5.0 2,403
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,229 479 0.0 2,725
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,338 490 5.0 2,875
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,422 483 5.0 2,853
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,429 475 6.0 2,740
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,456 495 5.0 2,918
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,276 313 0.0 2,120
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,117 273 0.0 1,867
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,021 248 0.0 1,644
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 971 246 0.0 1,585
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 888 250 0.0 1,564
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 773 252 0.0 1,623
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 728 260 0.0 1,792
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 773 256 0.0 1,866
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 809 237 0.0 1,662
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 778 225 0.0 1,528
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 756 225 0.0 1,637
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 1,693 1,347 0.0 4,345
Occupied housing units, 1990 1,582 1,328 0.0 4,627
Occupied housing units, 2000 1,402 1,321 0.0 4,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.8 6.0 0.0 36
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.2 8.0 0.0 100
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.8 6.2 0.0 27
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 33 35 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 39 41 0.0 100
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 23 19 0.0 102
Number of sales, 1996 29 20 0.0 95
Number of sales, 1997 33 23 0.0 118
Number of sales, 1998 29 30 0.0 165
Number of sales, 1999 31 28 0.0 147
Number of sales, 2000 18 21 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2001 31 23 0.0 100
Number of sales, 2002 27 24 0.0 106
Number of sales, 2003 27 24 0.0 117
Number of sales, 2004 48 26 0.0 113
Number of sales, 2005 50 24 0.0 98
Number of sales, 2006 47 19 0.0 81
Number of sales, 2007 35 16 0.0 88
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 112,000 192,000 77,000 753,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 100,000 185,000 68,000 608,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 103,000 183,000 78,000 933,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 100,000 197,000 67,000 970,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 81,000 217,000 70,000 1,043,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 92,000 253,000 87,000 1,195,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 97,000 281,000 91,000 1,571,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 125,000 314,000 101,000 1,481,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 142,000 370,000 128,000 1,477,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 179,000 427,000 135,000 1,992,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 225,000 505,000 178,000 1,976,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 255,000 539,000 210,000 1,340,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 283,000 501,000 251,000 1,337,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 11 11 6.2 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 18 9.8 1.1 21
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 11 -7.0 -21 16
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 11 39 0.0 667
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 23 53 0.0 333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 22 59 0.0 1,333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 18 61 0.0 1,111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 29 63 4.5 629
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 35 67 0.0 1,000
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 32 71 0.0 694
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 68 88 0.0 9,476
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 81 102 0.0 6,524
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 79 94 0.0 3,000
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 47,103 69,936 0.0 208,508
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 37,104 70,778 0.0 216,442
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 36,303 70,254 0.0 242,622
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 42,146 77,980 0.0 238,829
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 38,704 83,690 0.0 276,047
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 53,230 84,780 0.0 292,482
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 56,974 86,542 0.0 264,052
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 57,630 93,232 34,151 316,968
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 70,710 101,318 42,323 263,226
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 78,000 106,516 55,000 314,500
% subprime loans, 1997 50 3.9 0.0 80
% subprime loans, 1998 60 5.9 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 1999 0.0 4.5 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2000 0.0 5.1 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2001 10 3.1 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 2002 7.1 2.8 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2003 11 3.6 0.0 30
% subprime loans, 2004 16 5.3 0.0 50
% subprime loans, 2005 35 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 16 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 23 15 0.5 145
Violent crimes, 2001 26 16 0.2 166
Violent crimes, 2002 20 16 0.0 141
Violent crimes, 2003 24 16 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.3 207
Violent crimes, 2005 20 14 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2006 20 14 0.2 168
Violent crimes, 2007 19 14 0.2 136
Property crimes, 2000 53 54 2.3 2,674
Property crimes, 2001 33 56 0.2 2,391
Property crimes, 2002 45 55 0.8 2,386
Property crimes, 2003 54 55 1.3 2,049
Property crimes, 2004 38 48 1.3 1,408
Property crimes, 2005 31 44 1.3 1,538
Property crimes, 2006 29 43 1.7 1,397
Property crimes, 2007 48 48 1.3 1,462

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
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