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  
 
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Cluster 23
Ward 5 / Ivy City, Arboretum, Trinidad, Carver Langston

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Population
Population, 1980 19,210 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 17,270 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 13,909 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -10 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -19 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 25 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 26 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 25 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -6.8 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -21 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 2.4 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.9 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 3.5 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 62 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 55 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 96 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 92 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.1 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 5.1 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.4 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 1.3 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.9 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 25 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 31 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.8 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 11 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 51 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 53 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 43 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 57 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 48 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 39 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 66 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 73 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 94 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 49 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 31 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 45 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 22 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 20 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 16 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 13 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 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 16 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 14 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 16 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 23 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 20 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 19 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 26 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 17 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 15 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 22 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 35,039 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 38,435 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 37,519 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 9.7 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -2.4 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,496 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,559 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 3,716 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,335 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 5,087 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 5,236 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 4,982 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 4,824 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 5,268 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 2,690 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 2,274 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,132 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,116 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,178 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,360 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,798 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,660 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,500 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,224 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 2,348 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,335 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,021 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,559 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.8 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.5 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.7 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 22 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 23 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 28 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 82 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 80 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 76 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 131 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 112 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 71 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 99 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 112 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 98 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 116 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 138 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 88 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 53 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 99,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 99,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 99,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 95,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 90,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 100,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 116,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 137,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 163,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 201,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 296,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 319,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 320,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 12 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 18 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 0.1 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 11 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 17 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 25 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 32 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 40 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 40 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 55 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 68 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 48 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 44,591 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 48,359 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 55,664 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 52,800 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 51,453 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 57,264 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 66,506 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 68,196 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 77,935 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 90,100 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 37 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 47 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 37 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 18 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 11 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 9.2 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 14 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 29 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 28 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 34 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 32 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 29 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 38 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 31 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 34 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 29 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 29 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 62 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 66 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 67 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 79 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 85 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 69 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 68 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 74 48 13 184

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