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  
 
Tract 81

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Population
Population, 1980 3,208 3,395 49 8,188
Population, 1990 2,718 3,228 42 7,767
Population, 2000 2,462 3,043 149 7,278
% change population, 1980-1990 -15 -4.9 -62 84
% change population, 1990-2000 -9.4 -5.7 -70 255
% children, 1980 16 22 0.0 46
% children, 1990 12 19 0.0 43
% children, 2000 8.9 20 0.0 51
% change child population, 1980-1990 -38 -19 -100 608
% change child population, 1990-2000 -30 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 4.3 6.4 0.0 38
% foreign born, 1990 5.4 9.7 0.0 62
% foreign born, 2000 8.5 13 0.0 54
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 46 53 5.1 84
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 41 50 1.6 83
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 42 65 0.0 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 36 61 1.4 100
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 53 27 0.0 93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 58 28 0.0 94
% Hispanic, 1990 3.2 5.2 0.0 44
% Hispanic, 2000 1.9 7.9 0.0 51
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.4 1.8 0.0 66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 3.4 3.0 0.0 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 12 19 0.0 93
Poverty rate (%), 1990 7.0 17 0.0 62
Poverty rate (%), 2000 6.2 20 1.6 90
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.5 6.8 0.0 25
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.8 7.2 0.0 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 6.5 11 0.0 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 68 59 0.3 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 79 62 0.6 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 72 57 9.9 92
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 35 33 0.0 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 16 27 0.0 85
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 8.8 22 0.0 65
% female-headed families with children, 1990 41 54 0.0 100
% female-headed families with children, 2000 20 52 0.0 92
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 54 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 80 63 14 100
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 8.8 25 0.0 100
% children in poverty, 2000 10 32 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 19 13 0.0 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 5.0 12 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 12 12 0.0 41
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 12 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 5.9 11 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 8.9 11 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 7.0 11 0.0 100
% births to teen mothers, 1998 9.4 15 0.0 50
% births to teen mothers, 1999 9.4 15 0.0 35
% births to teen mothers, 2000 5.0 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.0 13 0.0 39
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.0 13 0.0 37
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 41
% births to teen mothers, 2004 2.2 11 0.0 36
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.0 11 0.0 35
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 58,778 59,101 20,560 194,075
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 83,230 71,274 16,480 250,098
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 114,754 78,192 17,592 354,117
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 42 21 -59 120
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 38 9.7 -66 261
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 132 428 0.0 2,504
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 91 406 5.0 2,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 84 416 0.0 2,190
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 88 452 5.0 2,403
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 88 479 0.0 2,725
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 90 490 5.0 2,875
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 94 483 5.0 2,853
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 94 475 6.0 2,740
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 97 313 0.0 2,120
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 52 273 0.0 1,867
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 41 248 0.0 1,644
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 35 246 0.0 1,585
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 40 250 0.0 1,564
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 34 252 0.0 1,623
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 41 260 0.0 1,792
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 47 256 0.0 1,866
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 44 237 0.0 1,662
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 37 225 0.0 1,528
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 1,373 1,347 0.0 4,345
Occupied housing units, 1990 1,228 1,328 0.0 4,627
Occupied housing units, 2000 1,321 1,321 0.0 4,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 11 6.0 0.0 36
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 10 8.0 0.0 100
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 0.0 6.2 0.0 27
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 47 35 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 49 39 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 52 41 0.0 100
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 26 19 0.0 102
Number of sales, 1996 20 20 0.0 95
Number of sales, 1997 41 23 0.0 118
Number of sales, 1998 57 30 0.0 165
Number of sales, 1999 65 28 0.0 147
Number of sales, 2000 37 21 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2001 42 23 0.0 101
Number of sales, 2002 39 24 0.0 106
Number of sales, 2003 41 24 0.0 117
Number of sales, 2004 28 26 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2005 34 24 0.0 98
Number of sales, 2006 21 19 0.0 80
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 202,716 185,661 74,488 727,874
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 188,643 179,272 65,926 588,064
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 214,447 177,071 75,702 902,358
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 225,151 190,073 64,874 938,127
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 242,687 209,671 67,160 1,008,085
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 307,040 244,224 84,285 1,155,914
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 378,156 271,723 87,807 1,557,114
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 459,864 304,453 97,966 1,432,031
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 506,636 356,215 123,954 1,428,293
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 615,221 406,814 130,728 1,926,338
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 633,280 487,953 171,883 2,075,543
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 678,798 508,854 210,839 2,005,540
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 14 11 6.1 25
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 12 13 1.9 30
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 7.2 4.3 -20 50
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 50 39 0.0 667
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 108 53 0.0 333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 100 59 0.0 1,333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 101 61 0.0 1,111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 107 63 4.5 629
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 92 67 0.0 1,000
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 111 71 0.0 694
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 116 88 0.0 9,476
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 108 102 0.0 6,524
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 77,877 67,750 0.0 201,993
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 92,258 68,567 0.0 209,678
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 80,887 68,058 0.0 235,040
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 110,012 75,543 0.0 231,366
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 115,791 81,075 0.0 267,421
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 124,302 82,131 0.0 283,342
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 122,063 83,838 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 113,727 90,319 0.0 307,062
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 118,000 98,152 41,000 255,000
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 80
% subprime loans, 1998 1.0 5.9 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 1999 0.0 4.5 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2000 4.7 5.1 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2001 6.0 3.1 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 2002 0.0 2.8 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2003 0.0 3.6 0.0 30
% subprime loans, 2004 4.7 5.3 0.0 50
% subprime loans, 2005 1.7 10 0.0 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 6.9 15 0.5 145
Violent crimes, 2001 9.7 16 0.2 166
Violent crimes, 2002 11 16 0.0 141
Violent crimes, 2003 7.3 16 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2004 9.7 14 0.3 207
Violent crimes, 2005 7.3 14 0.0 212
Property crimes, 2000 46 54 2.3 2,674
Property crimes, 2001 106 56 0.2 2,391
Property crimes, 2002 83 55 0.8 2,386
Property crimes, 2003 84 55 1.3 2,049
Property crimes, 2004 90 48 1.3 1,408
Property crimes, 2005 104 44 1.3 1,538

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised February 20, 2008).
 
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