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 55

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Population
Population, 1980 4,070 3,395 49 8,188
Population, 1990 4,045 3,228 42 7,767
Population, 2000 4,696 3,043 149 7,278
% change population, 1980-1990 -0.6 -4.9 -62 84
% change population, 1990-2000 16 -5.7 -70 255
% children, 1980 4.0 22 0.0 46
% children, 1990 2.2 19 0.0 43
% children, 2000 2.8 20 0.0 51
% change child population, 1980-1990 -46 -19 -100 608
% change child population, 1990-2000 50 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 14 6.4 0.0 38
% foreign born, 1990 21 9.7 0.0 62
% foreign born, 2000 26 13 0.0 54
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 31 53 5.1 84
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 33 50 1.6 83
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 5.9 65 0.0 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 8.4 61 1.4 100
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 80 27 0.0 93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 77 28 0.0 94
% Hispanic, 1990 5.3 5.2 0.0 44
% Hispanic, 2000 5.8 7.9 0.0 51
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 8.4 1.8 0.0 66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 8.6 3.0 0.0 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 14 19 0.0 93
Poverty rate (%), 1990 11 17 0.0 62
Poverty rate (%), 2000 13 20 1.6 90
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.8 6.8 0.0 25
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.4 7.2 0.0 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 1.2 11 0.0 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 77 59 0.3 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 80 62 0.6 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 79 57 9.9 92
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 9.3 33 0.0 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 2.5 27 0.0 85
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 5.6 22 0.0 65
% female-headed families with children, 1990 21 54 0.0 100
% female-headed families with children, 2000 8.5 52 0.0 92
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 54 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 51 63 14 100
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 13 25 0.0 100
% children in poverty, 2000 21 32 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 3.8 13 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 2.9 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 6.1 12 0.0 41
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.9 12 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 6.0 11 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 8.3 11 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 0.0 100
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.0 15 0.0 50
% births to teen mothers, 1999 2.9 15 0.0 35
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.0 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 0.0 11 0.0 36
% births to teen mothers, 2005 2.6 11 0.0 35
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 91,126 59,101 20,560 194,075
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 155,166 71,274 16,480 250,098
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 133,871 78,192 17,592 354,117
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 70 21 -59 120
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -14 9.7 -66 261
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 s 428 0.0 2,504
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 7.0 406 5.0 2,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 12 416 0.0 2,190
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 8.0 452 5.0 2,403
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 12 479 0.0 2,725
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 14 490 5.0 2,875
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 10 483 5.0 2,853
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 10 475 6.0 2,740
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 0.0 313 0.0 2,120
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 0.0 273 0.0 1,867
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 0.0 248 0.0 1,644
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 0.0 246 0.0 1,585
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 s 250 0.0 1,564
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 252 0.0 1,623
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 s 260 0.0 1,792
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 0.0 256 0.0 1,866
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 s 237 0.0 1,662
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 0.0 225 0.0 1,528
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,568 1,347 0.0 4,345
Occupied housing units, 1990 2,749 1,328 0.0 4,627
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,273 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 2.6 6.2 0.0 27
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 22 35 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 34 41 0.0 100
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 6.0 19 0.0 102
Number of sales, 1996 10 20 0.0 95
Number of sales, 1997 8.0 23 0.0 118
Number of sales, 1998 17 30 0.0 165
Number of sales, 1999 11 28 0.0 147
Number of sales, 2000 8.0 21 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2001 9.0 23 0.0 101
Number of sales, 2002 4.0 24 0.0 106
Number of sales, 2003 8.0 24 0.0 117
Number of sales, 2004 5.0 26 0.0 114
Number of sales, 2005 7.0 24 0.0 98
Number of sales, 2006 5.0 19 0.0 80
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 185,661 74,488 727,874
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 425,190 179,272 65,926 588,064
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 i 177,071 75,702 902,358
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 375,251 190,073 64,874 938,127
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 591,161 209,671 67,160 1,008,085
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 i 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 i 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 83 39 0.0 667
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 134 53 0.0 333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 142 59 0.0 1,333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 142 61 0.0 1,111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 151 63 4.5 629
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 133 67 0.0 1,000
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 151 71 0.0 694
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 148 88 0.0 9,476
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 316 102 0.0 6,524
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 88,524 67,750 0.0 201,993
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 85,968 68,567 0.0 209,678
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 85,576 68,058 0.0 235,040
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 124,473 75,543 0.0 231,366
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 120,753 81,075 0.0 267,421
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 102,589 82,131 0.0 283,342
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 103,488 83,838 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 124,066 90,319 0.0 307,062
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 135,000 98,152 41,000 255,000
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 80
% subprime loans, 1998 1.1 5.9 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 1999 0.0 4.5 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2000 2.0 5.1 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2001 0.9 3.1 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 2002 0.0 2.8 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2003 3.2 3.6 0.0 30
% subprime loans, 2004 0.5 5.3 0.0 50
% subprime loans, 2005 1.3 10 0.0 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 12 15 0.5 145
Violent crimes, 2001 15 16 0.2 166
Violent crimes, 2002 14 16 0.0 141
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2004 12 14 0.3 207
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 0.0 212
Property crimes, 2000 104 54 2.3 2,674
Property crimes, 2001 86 56 0.2 2,391
Property crimes, 2002 84 55 0.8 2,386
Property crimes, 2003 86 55 1.3 2,049
Property crimes, 2004 76 48 1.3 1,408
Property crimes, 2005 75 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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