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  
 
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
% 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
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 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
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 184 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 196 133 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 157 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 151 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 174 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 177 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 193 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 165 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 158 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 179,247 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 166,838 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 167,941 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 165,365 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 161,791 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 203,489 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 208,959 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 240,305 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 296,251 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 345,753 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 414,047 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 443,276 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 10 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 16 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 7.1 14 -14 34
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 65,810 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 61,605 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 69,848 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 74,287 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 82,248 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 74,002 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 80,756 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 87,621 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 100,083 103,741 54,500 188,000
% 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
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
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

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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised February 20, 2008).
 
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