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 27
Ward 6 / Near Southeast, Navy Yard

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Population
Population, 1980 6,273 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 5,040 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 4,633 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -20 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -8.1 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 33 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 27 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 34 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -35 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 14 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 1.4 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.4 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 3.6 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 53 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 50 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 85 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 89 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 13 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 7.2 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.8 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 3.0 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.7 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.5 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 43 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 42 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 50 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 16 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 15 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 22 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 43 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 51 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 36 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 62 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 46 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 44 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 79 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 81 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 92 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 30 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 56 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 67 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 18 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 17 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 21 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.7 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 14 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.4 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 18 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 17 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 16 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 15 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 21 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 21 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 23 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 20 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 20 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 25 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 21 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 16 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 28,399 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 33,128 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 28,864 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 17 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -13 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,003 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,882 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,774 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,808 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,553 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,200 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,115 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,034 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,072 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,581 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,207 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,142 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,144 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,002 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 996 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 892 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 724 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 609 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 554 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 529 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,117 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 1,891 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 1,974 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 4.2 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 6.0 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.9 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 15 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 17 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 17 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 34 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 28 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 39 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 35 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 42 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 37 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 38 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 43 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 35 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 36 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 25 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 22 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 17 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 104,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 109,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 126,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 120,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 132,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 159,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 135,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 261,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 303,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 318,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 471,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 465,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 497,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 15 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 14 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 6.9 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 41 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 33 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 41 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 68 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 53 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 68 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 52 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 62 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 56 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 237 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 96,718 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 63,077 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 59,899 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 70,829 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 96,474 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 72,280 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 77,517 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 103,521 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 105,806 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 112,750 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 4.5 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 13 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 32 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 7.1 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 7.0 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 8.3 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 6.0 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 5.3 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 5.6 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 5.7 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 40 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 38 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 41 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 38 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 27 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 24 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 18 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 20 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 135 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 152 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 122 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 88 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 80 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 66 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 75 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 71 48 13 184

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