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 17
Ward 4 / Takoma, Brightwood, Manor Park

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Population
Population, 1980 20,634 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 19,428 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 18,441 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.8 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -5.1 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 21 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 19 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 19 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -17 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -2.1 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 6.9 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 12 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 20 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 67 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 59 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 86 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 80 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 6.6 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 6.2 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 5.3 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 13 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.1 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.7 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 7.9 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 7.6 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 12 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.3 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 6.0 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 6.7 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 63 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 64 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 59 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 28 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 23 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 23 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 44 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 44 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 74 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 7.9 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 17 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 13 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 7.8 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.9 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 14 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 7.6 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 9.5 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.2 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 12 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 9.4 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 8.3 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 9.5 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 7.4 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 11 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 7.7 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 7.4 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 65,770 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 68,577 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 66,554 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 4.3 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -3.0 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,270 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,228 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,176 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,335 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,528 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,626 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,766 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,772 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,932 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 941 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 731 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 652 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 646 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 646 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 656 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 696 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 691 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 737 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 696 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 746 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,191 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 8,108 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 7,822 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.2 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 3.2 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.5 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 48 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 51 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 52 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 130 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 130 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 153 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 183 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 196 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 157 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 151 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 174 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 177 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 194 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 164 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 157 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 105 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 185,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 173,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 174,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 171,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 167,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 210,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 216,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 249,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 306,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 358,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 428,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 457,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 442,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 9.8 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 12 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 -3.3 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 23 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 34 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 41 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 46 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 44 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 49 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 46 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 56 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 66 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 62 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 67,933 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 63,593 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 72,101 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 76,683 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 84,901 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 76,389 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 83,361 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 90,448 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 103,312 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 109,583 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 3.0 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 8.3 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 8.1 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 8.6 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 2.9 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 4.3 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 8.0 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 4.7 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 14 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 14 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 9.1 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 7.6 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 11 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 15 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 12 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 11 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 11 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 14 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 39 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 44 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 48 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 44 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 38 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 37 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 28 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 36 48 13 184

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
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