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  
 
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Population
Population, 1980 5,455 3,395 49 8,188
Population, 1990 6,452 3,228 42 7,767
Population, 2000 7,278 3,043 149 7,278
% change population, 1980-1990 18 -4.9 -62 84
% change population, 1990-2000 13 -5.7 -70 255
% children, 1980 14 22 0.0 46
% children, 1990 11 19 0.0 43
% children, 2000 13 20 0.0 51
% change child population, 1980-1990 -11 -19 -100 608
% change child population, 1990-2000 33 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 8.8 6.4 0.0 38
% foreign born, 1990 22 9.7 0.0 62
% foreign born, 2000 33 13 0.0 54
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 36 53 5.1 84
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 37 50 1.6 83
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 60 65 0.0 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 38 61 1.4 100
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 21 27 0.0 93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 27 28 0.0 94
% Hispanic, 1990 16 5.2 0.0 44
% Hispanic, 2000 30 7.9 0.0 51
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 3.1 1.8 0.0 66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 5.8 3.0 0.0 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 28 19 0.0 93
Poverty rate (%), 1990 28 17 0.0 62
Poverty rate (%), 2000 27 20 1.6 90
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.0 6.8 0.0 25
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.2 7.2 0.0 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 7.5 11 0.0 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 50 59 0.3 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 63 62 0.6 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 67 57 9.9 92
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 42 33 0.0 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 33 27 0.0 85
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 31 22 0.0 65
% female-headed families with children, 1990 45 54 0.0 100
% female-headed families with children, 2000 28 52 0.0 92
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 54 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 47 63 14 100
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 22 25 0.0 100
% children in poverty, 2000 40 32 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 7.9 13 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 0.0 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 6.5 12 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.3 12 0.0 41
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 12 12 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 6.1 11 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 7.1 11 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 6.1 11 0.0 100
% births to teen mothers, 1998 10 15 0.0 50
% births to teen mothers, 1999 12 15 0.0 35
% births to teen mothers, 2000 16 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 10 13 0.0 39
% births to teen mothers, 2002 6.5 13 0.0 37
% births to teen mothers, 2003 2.4 11 0.0 41
% births to teen mothers, 2004 7.1 11 0.0 36
% births to teen mothers, 2005 4.9 11 0.0 35
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 47,582 59,101 20,560 194,075
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 46,968 71,274 16,480 250,098
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 58,592 78,192 17,592 354,117
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -1.3 21 -59 120
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 25 9.7 -66 261
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 548 428 0.0 2,504
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 512 406 5.0 2,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 511 416 0.0 2,190
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 527 452 5.0 2,403
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 518 479 0.0 2,725
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 572 490 5.0 2,875
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 580 483 5.0 2,853
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 569 475 6.0 2,740
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 218 313 0.0 2,120
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 146 273 0.0 1,867
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 125 248 0.0 1,644
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 144 246 0.0 1,585
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 149 250 0.0 1,564
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 135 252 0.0 1,623
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 133 260 0.0 1,792
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 118 256 0.0 1,866
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 105 237 0.0 1,662
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 84 225 0.0 1,528
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,847 1,347 0.0 4,345
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,097 1,328 0.0 4,627
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,614 1,321 0.0 4,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 12 6.0 0.0 36
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 11 8.0 0.0 100
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.3 6.2 0.0 27
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 11 35 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 15 39 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 23 41 0.0 100
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 7.0 19 0.0 102
Number of sales, 1996 6.0 20 0.0 95
Number of sales, 1997 16 23 0.0 118
Number of sales, 1998 11 30 0.0 165
Number of sales, 1999 13 28 0.0 147
Number of sales, 2000 10 21 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2001 6.0 23 0.0 101
Number of sales, 2002 4.0 24 0.0 106
Number of sales, 2003 10 24 0.0 117
Number of sales, 2004 6.0 26 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2005 8.0 24 0.0 98
Number of sales, 2006 2.0 19 0.0 80
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 185,661 74,488 727,874
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 i 179,272 65,926 588,064
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 272,257 177,071 75,702 902,358
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 202,254 190,073 64,874 938,127
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 186,682 209,671 67,160 1,008,085
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 234,795 244,224 84,285 1,155,914
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 i 271,723 87,807 1,557,114
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 i 304,453 97,966 1,432,031
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 697,526 356,215 123,954 1,428,293
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 i 406,814 130,728 1,926,338
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 i 487,953 171,883 2,075,543
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 i 508,854 210,839 2,005,540
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 i 11 6.1 25
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 i 13 1.9 30
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 i 4.3 -20 50
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 63 39 0.0 667
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 81 53 0.0 333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 109 59 0.0 1,333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 98 61 0.0 1,111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 113 63 4.5 629
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 164 67 0.0 1,000
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 183 71 0.0 694
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 301 88 0.0 9,476
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 246 102 0.0 6,524
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 74,226 67,750 0.0 201,993
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 83,871 68,567 0.0 209,678
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 79,714 68,058 0.0 235,040
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 89,598 75,543 0.0 231,366
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 97,043 81,075 0.0 267,421
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 112,903 82,131 0.0 283,342
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 100,834 83,838 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 98,219 90,319 0.0 307,062
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 115,000 98,152 41,000 255,000
% subprime loans, 1997 1.4 3.9 0.0 80
% subprime loans, 1998 1.1 5.9 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 1999 5.0 4.5 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2000 3.9 5.1 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2001 0.6 3.1 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 2002 0.9 2.8 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2003 0.0 3.6 0.0 30
% subprime loans, 2004 0.2 5.3 0.0 50
% subprime loans, 2005 2.0 10 0.0 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 13 15 0.5 145
Violent crimes, 2001 17 16 0.2 166
Violent crimes, 2002 12 16 0.0 141
Violent crimes, 2003 11 16 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2004 11 14 0.3 207
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 0.0 212
Property crimes, 2000 52 54 2.3 2,674
Property crimes, 2001 49 56 0.2 2,391
Property crimes, 2002 66 55 0.8 2,386
Property crimes, 2003 54 55 1.3 2,049
Property crimes, 2004 52 48 1.3 1,408
Property crimes, 2005 48 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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