DC Neighborhood cluster 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
 
Cluster 11
Ward 3 / Friendship Heights, American University Park, Tenleytown

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Population
Population, 1980 10,914 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 10,735 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 10,490 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -1.6 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -2.3 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 16 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 16 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 19 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 1.2 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 14 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 15 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 17 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 17 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 52 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 57 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 3.9 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 4.8 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 86 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 84 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 5.3 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 4.8 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 4.2 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 5.4 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 5.9 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 6.5 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 3.5 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 2.3 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 2.8 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 2.2 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 60 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 68 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 72 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 13 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 5.2 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 3.8 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 5.3 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 6.6 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 87 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 2.0 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 0.9 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 6.7 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 4.8 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 6.4 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 8.2 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.0 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 5.3 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 4.7 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 6.5 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 7.5 11 4.2 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 4.8 11 3.3 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.0 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 0.0 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.0 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 2.2 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.0 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.5 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.0 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 0.0 12 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2007 0.7 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 103,265 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 143,276 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 184,507 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 39 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 29 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 44 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 38 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 43 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 38 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 44 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 55 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 69 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 68 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 65 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 81 2,690 23 14,159
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 9.0 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 5.0 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 0.0 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 8.0 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 0.0 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 s 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 6.0 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 s 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 8.0 1,057 0.0 6,543
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 8.0 1,128 0.0 7,030
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 4,336 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 4,345 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 4,402 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.3 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 3.4 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.0 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 73 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 72 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 77 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 159 78 5.0 313
Number of sales, 1996 141 86 3.0 337
Number of sales, 1997 172 99 1.0 388
Number of sales, 1998 237 133 1.0 532
Number of sales, 1999 228 127 6.0 542
Number of sales, 2000 146 105 1.0 461
Number of sales, 2001 136 106 2.0 440
Number of sales, 2002 158 106 1.0 421
Number of sales, 2003 172 104 2.0 420
Number of sales, 2004 160 118 1.0 535
Number of sales, 2005 148 110 2.0 501
Number of sales, 2006 114 90 0.0 372
Number of sales, 2007 143 77 2.0 305
Number of sales, 2008 138 55 1.0 211
Number of sales, 2009 121 58 0.0 250
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 412,000 220,000 87,000 562,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 406,000 211,000 93,000 595,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 387,000 214,000 88,000 561,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 420,000 224,000 71,000 635,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 483,000 238,000 71,000 715,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 536,000 275,000 69,000 749,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 554,000 309,000 114,000 841,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 656,000 359,000 120,000 990,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 723,000 403,000 141,000 1,283,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 827,000 442,000 152,000 1,124,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 888,000 515,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 833,000 531,000 233,000 1,237,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 895,000 550,000 252,000 1,165,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 836,000 520,000 234,000 1,163,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 785,000 459,000 189,000 1,041,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 5.0 6.8 3.8 15
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 -1.0 0.8 -3.1 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -6.1 -12 -34 7.8
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 66 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 95 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 85 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 72 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 81 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 75 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 64 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 71 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 98 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 62 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 128,434 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 136,667 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 148,235 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 164,488 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 143,146 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 167,533 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 148,187 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 175,560 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 162,581 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 164,500 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 1.1 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 1.1 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 0.6 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 3.9 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 1.2 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 2.0 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 0.4 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 2.5 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 1.3 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 1.2 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 5.3 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 6.6 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 6.3 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 5.1 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 4.5 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 4.0 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 4.5 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 4.1 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 56 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 49 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 51 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 55 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 53 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 43 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 37 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 47 48 13 184

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