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 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
% change population, 1980-1990 -3.6 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -7.3 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 18 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 14 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -17 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -14 -2.0 -31 200
% 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
% 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
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 13 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 18 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 8.4 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 12 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 1.7 3.0 0.1 13
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
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
% 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
% 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
% female-headed families with children, 1990 62 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 56 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 48 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 24 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 43 32 0.5 67
% 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
% 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 38,269 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 47,103 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 55,453 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 23 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 18 9.7 -34 38
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 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
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
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
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 28 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 65 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 70 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 70 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 131 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 150 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 104 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 184 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 137 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 125 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 124 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 101 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 72 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 63 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 140,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 148,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 137,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 166,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 148,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 192,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 238,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 352,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 443,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 536,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 587,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 694,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 588,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 16 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 11 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 -15 -5.8 -16 20
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 (2005 $), 1997 73,062 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 75,755 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 80,874 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 92,878 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 84,047 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 97,121 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 111,209 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 119,174 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 112,860 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 115,667 114,215 61,750 218,875
% 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 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 26 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 26 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 23 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 26 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 29 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 27 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 113 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 105 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 108 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 118 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 104 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 100 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 104 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 102 48 13 184

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