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 3
Ward 1 / Howard University, Le Droit Park, Cardozo/Shaw

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Population        
Population, 1980 11,335 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 10,925 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 10,128 14,301 2,374 46,779
Population, 2005-09 11,589 14,711 2,747 44,392
Population, 2010 12,174 15,043 2,445 47,378
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -3.6 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -7.3 -5.7 -20 77
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 14 2.9 -20 38
% change population, 2000 to 2010 20 5.2 -7.3 58
% children, 1980 18 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 14 20 1.2 43
% children, 2005-09 10 19 2.0 47
% children, 2010 7.8 17 1.4 36
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -17 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -14 -2.0 -31 200
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 -17 -0.3 -31 78
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -34 -12 -51 62
% foreign born, 1980 5.5 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 9.8 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 16 13 0.5 33
% foreign born, 2005-09 12 13 1.0 30
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 46 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 39 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity        
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 78 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 67 61 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 54 55 2.1 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 44 51 3.7 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 13 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 18 28 0.1 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 33 32 0.0 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 41 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 8.4 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 12 7.9 0.2 30
% Hispanic, 2005-09 7.7 8.5 0.0 29
% Hispanic, 2010 9.4 9.1 0.9 27
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.7 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.7 3.0 0.1 13
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 2.5 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 5.0 4.2 0.2 14
Family Risk Factors        
Poverty rate (%), 1980 27 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 22 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 26 20 3.5 50
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 23 18 4.0 47
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 9.1 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.1 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 8.5 11 1.7 32
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 9.5 9.2 1.7 28
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 45 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 51 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 55 57 36 82
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 62 60 41 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 45 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 36 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 30 22 2.0 44
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 13 15 1.5 29
% female-headed families with children, 1990 62 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 56 52 6.6 81
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 53 53 3.6 88
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 94 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 48 63 30 91
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 63 64 44 92
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 24 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 43 32 0.5 67
% children in poverty, 2005-09 48 29 0.0 64
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 8.2 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 13 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 15 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 18 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.7 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 13 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 6.3 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 11 11 4.2 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 15 11 3.3 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 17 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 19 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 19 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 11 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 9.5 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 4.3 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 9.3 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 8.1 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 9.8 12 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2007 8.1 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 50,089 77,355 37,171 199,069
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 61,652 93,288 39,479 275,447
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 72,581 102,342 31,957 311,035
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 84,786 115,016 34,618 308,423
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 23 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 18 9.7 -34 38
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 17 12 -26 68
Public Assistance        
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,283 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,163 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,141 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,139 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,153 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,102 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,011 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 970 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 951 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 1,057 2,690 23 14,159
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 1,254 3,056 25 16,217
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 840 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 730 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 661 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 571 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 546 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 534 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 579 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 529 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 396 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 403 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 373 1,057 0.0 6,543
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 346 1,128 0.0 7,030
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 348 1,161 7.0 7,427
Housing Conditions        
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,742 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 4,030 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,957 6,208 722 17,458
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 4,759 6,268 822 17,163
Occupied housing units, 2010 5,461 6,668 786 19,514
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.4 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.2 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.0 6.2 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 5.3 5.9 0.0 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 28 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 9.3 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 43 45 19 89
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 55 78 5.0 313
Number of sales, 1996 58 86 3.0 337
Number of sales, 1997 58 99 1.0 388
Number of sales, 1998 122 133 1.0 528
Number of sales, 1999 143 127 6.0 537
Number of sales, 2000 119 104 1.0 453
Number of sales, 2001 201 105 2.0 436
Number of sales, 2002 146 105 1.0 419
Number of sales, 2003 118 104 2.0 420
Number of sales, 2004 113 118 1.0 535
Number of sales, 2005 98 110 2.0 500
Number of sales, 2006 74 90 0.0 371
Number of sales, 2007 59 77 2.0 299
Number of sales, 2008 60 55 1.0 211
Number of sales, 2009 52 53 0.0 219
Number of sales, 2010 59 61 0.0 278
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 140,000 223,000 88,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 149,000 215,000 94,000 605,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 142,000 217,000 90,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 171,000 228,000 72,000 645,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 148,000 241,000 72,000 726,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 191,000 279,000 70,000 761,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 332,000 314,000 116,000 855,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 370,000 364,000 122,000 1,006,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 450,000 410,000 143,000 1,304,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 554,000 449,000 154,000 1,149,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 592,000 523,000 181,000 1,284,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 711,000 536,000 238,000 1,260,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 594,000 560,000 257,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 625,000 529,000 238,000 1,182,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 624,000 486,000 219,000 1,113,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 629,000 510,000 193,000 1,218,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 13 6.2 3.9 16
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 1.2 -0.5 -4.6 7.5
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 0.8 4.9 -18 30
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)        
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 39 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 56 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 79 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 125 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 159 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 134 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 120 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 107 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 235 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 200 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 78,028 78,179 22,134 174,724
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 80,904 78,460 29,500 179,804
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 86,371 78,220 25,201 174,950
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 99,191 86,306 31,258 190,047
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 89,760 92,796 40,828 205,304
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 103,722 93,368 39,594 193,581
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 118,768 93,760 49,145 192,778
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 127,275 105,171 52,714 193,191
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 120,531 114,367 60,082 207,255
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 123,529 121,979 65,947 233,752
% subprime loans, 1997 6.1 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 10 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 5.2 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 5.6 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 2.8 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 3.1 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 4.7 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 8.3 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 5.9 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 1.5 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 28 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 29 15 1.2 50
Violent crimes, 2002 25 15 0.9 41
Violent crimes, 2003 24 16 0.5 42
Violent crimes, 2004 22 14 0.5 30
Violent crimes, 2005 24 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 26 13 0.7 29
Violent crimes, 2007 23 14 0.4 31
Violent crimes, 2008 22 13 0.4 30
Violent crimes, 2009 19 13 0.4 27
Violent crimes, 2010 17 12 0.4 27
Property crimes, 2000 113 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 103 56 17 270
Property crimes, 2002 104 54 14 218
Property crimes, 2003 112 54 16 163
Property crimes, 2004 96 47 11 127
Property crimes, 2005 91 43 11 119
Property crimes, 2006 93 42 10 123
Property crimes, 2007 84 45 11 125
Property crimes, 2008 89 46 12 125
Property crimes, 2009 88 44 13 114
Property crimes, 2010 68 40 14 93

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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