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 24
Ward 5 / Woodridge, Fort Lincoln, Gateway

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Population
Population, 1980 12,022 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 11,876 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 11,348 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -1.2 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -4.4 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 21 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 18 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 19 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -15 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 0.5 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 1.0 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.2 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 3.5 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 71 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 65 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 94 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 94 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.6 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 2.2 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.9 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 2.8 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.8 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 10 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 11 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 15 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.6 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.7 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 12 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 51 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 52 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 45 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 35 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 31 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 27 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 42 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 52 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 74 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 7.8 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 13 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 15 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 13 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 10 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 14 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 16 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.3 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 8.7 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 18 11 5.3 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 13 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 9.7 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 17 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 9.4 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 15 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 15 11 0.0 24
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 66,997 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 64,100 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 65,286 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 1.8 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,095 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 960 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,031 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,215 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,387 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,452 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,402 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,370 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 599 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 510 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 501 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 484 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 557 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 562 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 655 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 656 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 608 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 547 1,059 0.0 6,080
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 4,402 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 4,808 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 4,865 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.5 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.7 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.3 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 69 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 64 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 62 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 109 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 97 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 100 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 121 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 106 133 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 93 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 108 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 108 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 132 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 126 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 147 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 110 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 145,009 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 151,839 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 141,264 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 146,284 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 152,171 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 170,979 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 167,419 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 191,898 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 246,782 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 280,993 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 395,999 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 412,421 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 11 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 20 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 4.1 14 -14 34
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 28 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 34 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 31 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 37 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 35 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 43 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 46 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 53 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 69 102 32 1,492
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 54,554 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 49,125 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 52,459 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 59,732 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 60,193 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 60,794 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 75,360 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 73,061 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 85,167 103,741 54,500 188,000
% subprime loans, 1997 9.5 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 24 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 23 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 21 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 8.8 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 8.0 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 11 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 12 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 22 10 0.4 29
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 14 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 15 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 13 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 16 14 0.5 36
Property crimes, 2000 61 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 75 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 62 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 67 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 61 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 59 44 11 153

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