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 32
Ward 7 / River Terrace, Benning, Greenway, Dupont Park

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Population
Population, 1980 16,159 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 14,126 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 12,493 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -13 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -12 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 28 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 25 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 27 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -22 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -3.0 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 1.2 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.5 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 1.6 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 57 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 98 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 97 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.6 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.4 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 1.1 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 1.2 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.2 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 20 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 19 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 25 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.1 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.7 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 13 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 60 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 59 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 48 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 43 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 38 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 30 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 66 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 75 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 57 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 30 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 36 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 15 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 15 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 12 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 15 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 15 11 5.3 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 22 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 19 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 17 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 18 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 20 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 16 11 0.0 24
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 41,104 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 41,625 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 37,351 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.3 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -10 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,028 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,066 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 3,089 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 3,319 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 3,647 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,745 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,916 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,831 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,964 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,811 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,934 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,005 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,009 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,894 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,045 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,047 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,983 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,872 1,059 0.0 6,080
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,642 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,135 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,522 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.8 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 6.7 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 7.0 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 26 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 31 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 54 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 79 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 67 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 64 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 79 133 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 63 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 73 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 71 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 53 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 81 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 90 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 59 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 115,541 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 108,362 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 109,161 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 97,025 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 99,440 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 113,785 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 130,716 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 137,152 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 145,365 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 168,486 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 212,332 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 257,121 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.0 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 14 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 21 14 -14 34
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 13 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 14 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 24 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 29 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 27 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 25 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 28 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 74 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 65 102 32 1,492
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 41,068 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 41,486 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 36,340 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 41,255 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 45,213 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 48,988 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 47,233 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 47,817 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 60,125 103,741 54,500 188,000
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 27 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 32 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 26 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 5.4 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 8.9 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 14 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 18 10 0.4 29
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 21 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 20 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 19 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 16 14 0.5 36
Property crimes, 2000 49 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 48 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 56 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 59 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 47 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 38 44 11 153

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