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 56

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Tract		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 4,965 3,395 49 8,188
Population, 1990 4,658 3,228 42 7,767
Population, 2000 5,954 3,043 149 7,278
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.2 -4.9 -62 84
% change population, 1990-2000 28 -5.7 -70 255
% children, 1980 2.3 22 0.0 46
% children, 1990 2.1 19 0.0 43
% children, 2000 1.6 20 0.0 51
% change child population, 1980-1990 -14 -19 -100 608
% change child population, 1990-2000 -5.1 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 16 6.4 0.0 38
% foreign born, 1990 20 9.7 0.0 62
% foreign born, 2000 23 13 0.0 54
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 47 53 5.1 84
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 31 50 1.6 83
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 5.2 65 0.0 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 7.0 61 1.4 100
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 83 27 0.0 93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 76 28 0.0 94
% Hispanic, 1990 5.6 5.2 0.0 44
% Hispanic, 2000 6.0 7.9 0.0 51
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 5.9 1.8 0.0 66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 11 3.0 0.0 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 10 19 0.0 93
Poverty rate (%), 1990 16 17 0.0 62
Poverty rate (%), 2000 25 20 1.6 90
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 2.6 6.8 0.0 25
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.2 7.2 0.0 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 4.5 11 0.0 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 69 59 0.3 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 62 62 0.6 100
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 55 57 9.9 92
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 5.1 33 0.0 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 6.3 27 0.0 85
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 6.0 22 0.0 65
% female-headed families with children, 1990 0.0 54 0.0 100
% female-headed families with children, 2000 21 52 0.0 92
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 54 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 49 63 14 100
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 0.0 25 0.0 100
% children in poverty, 2000 0.0 32 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 5.0 13 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 18 13 0.0 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 13 12 0.0 100
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 0.0 12 0.0 41
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 17 12 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 15 11 0.0 50
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 0.0 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 0.0 11 0.0 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 11 11 0.0 67
% births to teen mothers, 1998 5.0 15 0.0 50
% births to teen mothers, 1999 0.0 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 7.7 11 0.0 35
% births to teen mothers, 2006 0.0 12 0.0 41
% births to teen mothers, 2007 0.0 12 0.0 38
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 137,173 59,101 20,560 194,075
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 191,839 71,274 16,480 250,098
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 244,803 78,192 17,592 354,117
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 40 21 -59 120
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 28 9.7 -66 261
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 53 428 0.0 2,504
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 41 406 5.0 2,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 29 416 0.0 2,190
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 25 452 5.0 2,403
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 20 479 0.0 2,725
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 22 490 5.0 2,875
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 35 483 5.0 2,853
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 40 475 6.0 2,740
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 33 495 5.0 2,918
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 32 572 5.0 3,586
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7.0 313 0.0 2,120
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 7.0 273 0.0 1,867
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 248 0.0 1,644
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 0.0 246 0.0 1,585
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 0.0 250 0.0 1,564
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 0.0 252 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 s 225 0.0 1,528
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 s 225 0.0 1,637
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 0.0 240 0.0 1,886
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,759 1,347 0.0 4,345
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,453 1,328 0.0 4,627
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,556 1,321 0.0 4,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.7 6.0 0.0 36
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.6 8.0 0.0 100
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.5 6.2 0.0 27
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 34 35 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 38 39 0.0 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 35 41 0.0 100
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 3.0 17 0.0 99
Number of sales, 1996 5.0 18 0.0 91
Number of sales, 1997 8.0 21 0.0 113
Number of sales, 1998 12 28 0.0 160
Number of sales, 1999 11 27 0.0 146
Number of sales, 2000 7.0 22 0.0 115
Number of sales, 2001 5.0 22 0.0 127
Number of sales, 2002 10 22 0.0 101
Number of sales, 2003 14 22 0.0 111
Number of sales, 2004 11 25 0.0 110
Number of sales, 2005 6.0 23 0.0 98
Number of sales, 2006 12 19 0.0 82
Number of sales, 2007 2.0 16 0.0 105
Number of sales, 2008 2.0 12 0.0 97
Number of sales, 2009 5.0 12 0.0 74
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 i 195,000 77,000 750,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 i 188,000 68,000 604,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 i 183,000 84,000 901,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 362,000 198,000 76,000 994,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 354,000 220,000 60,000 1,043,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 i 251,000 85,000 1,180,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 i 278,000 91,000 1,532,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 530,000 320,000 101,000 1,048,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 672,000 374,000 128,000 1,457,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 629,000 429,000 136,000 2,005,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 i 505,000 177,000 2,148,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 694,000 515,000 202,000 1,354,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 i 503,000 252,000 1,361,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 i 460,000 219,000 1,247,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 i 422,000 70,000 1,300,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 i 6.7 -2.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 i -0.3 -14 10
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 i -8.2 -72 21
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 37 39 0.0 667
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 71 53 0.0 333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 92 59 0.0 1,333
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 81 61 0.0 1,111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 100 63 4.5 629
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 101 67 0.0 1,000
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 101 71 0.0 694
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 106 88 0.0 9,476
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 110 102 0.0 6,524
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 68 94 0.0 3,000
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 110,535 69,936 0.0 208,508
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 133,575 70,778 0.0 216,442
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 79,866 70,254 0.0 242,622
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 91,317 77,980 0.0 238,829
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 120,664 83,690 0.0 276,047
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 113,183 84,780 0.0 292,482
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 120,522 86,542 0.0 264,052
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 109,925 93,232 34,151 316,968
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 126,968 101,318 42,323 263,226
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 111,500 106,516 55,000 314,500
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 80
% subprime loans, 1998 0.0 5.9 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 1999 0.0 4.5 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2000 0.9 5.1 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2001 0.7 3.1 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 2002 1.5 2.8 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2003 0.0 3.6 0.0 30
% subprime loans, 2004 0.0 5.3 0.0 50
% subprime loans, 2005 0.7 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 1.1 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 3.0 15 0.5 145
Violent crimes, 2001 3.7 16 0.2 166
Violent crimes, 2002 4.5 16 0.0 141
Violent crimes, 2003 3.5 16 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2004 2.4 14 0.3 207
Violent crimes, 2005 2.4 14 0.0 212
Violent crimes, 2006 1.2 14 0.2 168
Violent crimes, 2007 1.8 14 0.2 136
Property crimes, 2000 30 54 2.3 2,674
Property crimes, 2001 25 56 0.2 2,391
Property crimes, 2002 25 55 0.8 2,386
Property crimes, 2003 26 55 1.3 2,049
Property crimes, 2004 27 48 1.3 1,408
Property crimes, 2005 17 44 1.3 1,538
Property crimes, 2006 18 43 1.7 1,397
Property crimes, 2007 21 48 1.3 1,462

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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