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 12
Ward 3 / North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, Van Ness

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Population
Population, 1980 14,365 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 14,978 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 14,953 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 4.3 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -0.2 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 8.4 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 9.2 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 9.7 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 15 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 5.5 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 16 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 19 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 20 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 45 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 44 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 6.0 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 7.0 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 82 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 79 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 7.2 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.8 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 7.0 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 6.1 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 4.2 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 6.2 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.2 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 1.6 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 1.7 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 64 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 73 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 76 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 10 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 6.2 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 2.6 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 10 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 12 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 73 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 0.0 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 3.9 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 2.9 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 7.1 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 7.7 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 11 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.6 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 4.8 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 2.4 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 9.7 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.5 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.1 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 0.7 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.0 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.6 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 109,434 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 150,416 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 168,258 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 37 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 12 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 29 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 32 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 38 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 36 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 41 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 35 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 50 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 49 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 47 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 11 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 9.0 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 8.0 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 10 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 5.0 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 6.0 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 13 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 9.0 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,731 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 9,134 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 9,263 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.1 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.3 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.1 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 30 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 36 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 37 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 80 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 68 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 80 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 110 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 84 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 70 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 70 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 70 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 84 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 75 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 63 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 51 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 53 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 457,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 393,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 434,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 459,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 537,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 573,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 684,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 736,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 848,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 836,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 911,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 992,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 879,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 7.3 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 3.6 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 -11 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 62 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 90 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 95 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 94 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 105 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 87 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 95 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 96 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 116 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 75 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 114,799 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 113,136 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 123,043 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 130,688 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 140,866 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 131,667 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 136,957 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 151,369 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 151,226 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 142,333 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 0.7 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 0.4 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 2.8 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 1.1 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 0.6 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 0.9 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 0.3 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 0.7 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 1.8 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 2.5 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 3.5 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 2.6 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 1.5 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 1.3 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 2.0 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 1.7 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 1.5 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 30 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 27 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 26 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 29 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 25 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 21 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 18 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 22 48 13 184

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
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