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 26
Ward 6 / Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park

  All Neighborhood clusters in D.C.
This
Neighborhood cluster
Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 21,117 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 19,849 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 18,489 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.0 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -6.9 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 15 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 12 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 11 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -25 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -15 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 3.0 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 4.8 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 5.6 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 43 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 41 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 51 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 46 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 46 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 48 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 1.7 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 3.1 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.3 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 2.4 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 16 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 10 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 13 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 4.9 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 4.5 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 4.8 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 63 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 63 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 63 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 33 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 21 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 14 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 42 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 36 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 75 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 16 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 21 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 9.5 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 11 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 6.9 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 8.1 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 7.2 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 7.9 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 7.3 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 8.9 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 8.3 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 11 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 11 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 7.5 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 8.1 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 3.3 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 4.7 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 3.3 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 3.9 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 2.6 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 66,738 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 90,017 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 100,414 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 35 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 12 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,324 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,090 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 956 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 899 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 936 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 910 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 903 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 931 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,034 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 806 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 568 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 484 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 522 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 472 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 447 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 492 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 467 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 376 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 352 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 368 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,281 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,637 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 8,221 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.9 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 11 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.0 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 44 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 178 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 236 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 242 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 331 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 328 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 231 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 255 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 277 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 264 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 277 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 273 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 198 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 173 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 176,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 188,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 200,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 202,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 212,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 268,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 339,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 387,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 432,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 577,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 604,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 627,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 574,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 11 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 8.2 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 -8.5 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 43 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 65 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 69 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 66 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 65 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 76 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 70 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 79 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 83 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 71 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 74,030 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 76,605 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 79,412 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 98,780 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 104,443 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 105,268 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 109,223 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 122,198 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 143,806 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 142,571 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 4.3 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 3.9 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 1.8 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 5.1 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 4.8 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 2.3 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 1.2 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 2.4 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 5.1 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 5.8 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 11 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 13 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 14 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 13 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 9.1 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 10.0 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 9.0 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 9.5 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 52 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 71 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 57 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 50 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 47 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 44 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 38 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 49 48 13 184

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