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 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
Population, 2005-09 15,209 14,711 2,747 44,392
Population, 2010 13,008 15,043 2,445 47,378
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -13 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -12 -5.7 -20 77
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 22 2.9 -20 38
% change population, 2000 to 2010 4.1 5.2 -7.3 58
% children, 1980 28 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 25 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 27 20 1.2 43
% children, 2005-09 33 19 2.0 47
% children, 2010 25 17 1.4 36
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -22 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -3.0 -2.0 -31 200
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 47 -0.3 -31 78
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -4.0 -12 -51 62
% 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
% foreign born, 2005-09 1.2 13 1.0 30
% 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
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 96 55 2.1 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 96 51 3.7 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.6 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.4 28 0.1 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 0.8 32 0.0 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 0.6 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 1.1 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 1.2 7.9 0.2 30
% Hispanic, 2005-09 2.6 8.5 0.0 29
% Hispanic, 2010 2.6 9.1 0.9 27
% 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
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 0.0 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 0.2 4.2 0.2 14
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
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 22 18 4.0 47
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
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 18 9.2 1.7 28
% 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
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 52 60 41 83
% 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
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 20 15 1.5 29
% female-headed families with children, 1990 66 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 75 52 6.6 81
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 69 53 3.6 88
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 95 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 57 63 30 91
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 54 64 44 92
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 30 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 36 32 0.5 67
% children in poverty, 2005-09 31 29 0.0 64
% 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
% 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 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 19 12 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2007 16 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 53,799 77,355 37,171 199,069
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 54,481 93,288 39,479 275,447
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 48,887 102,342 31,957 311,035
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 52,257 115,016 34,618 308,423
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 1.3 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 -10 9.7 -34 38
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 6.9 12 -26 68
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 food stamps, 2008 4,111 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 4,901 2,690 23 14,159
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 5,276 3,056 25 16,217
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,880 1,057 0.0 6,543
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 2,145 1,128 0.0 7,030
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 2,092 1,161 7.0 7,427
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
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 5,879 6,268 822 17,163
Occupied housing units, 2010 5,702 6,668 786 19,514
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
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 7.5 5.9 0.0 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
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 36 45 19 89
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 48 78 5.0 313
Number of sales, 1996 71 86 3.0 337
Number of sales, 1997 55 99 1.0 388
Number of sales, 1998 61 133 1.0 528
Number of sales, 1999 76 127 6.0 537
Number of sales, 2000 66 104 1.0 453
Number of sales, 2001 73 105 2.0 436
Number of sales, 2002 69 105 1.0 419
Number of sales, 2003 49 104 2.0 420
Number of sales, 2004 78 118 1.0 535
Number of sales, 2005 91 110 2.0 500
Number of sales, 2006 59 90 0.0 371
Number of sales, 2007 54 77 2.0 299
Number of sales, 2008 29 55 1.0 211
Number of sales, 2009 21 53 0.0 219
Number of sales, 2010 18 61 0.0 278
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 122,000 223,000 88,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 118,000 215,000 94,000 605,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 115,000 217,000 90,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 103,000 228,000 72,000 645,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 105,000 241,000 72,000 726,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 116,000 279,000 70,000 761,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 137,000 314,000 116,000 855,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 144,000 364,000 122,000 1,006,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 159,000 410,000 143,000 1,304,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 177,000 449,000 154,000 1,149,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 223,000 523,000 181,000 1,284,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 270,000 536,000 238,000 1,260,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 268,000 560,000 257,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 238,000 529,000 238,000 1,182,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 224,000 486,000 219,000 1,113,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 193,000 510,000 193,000 1,218,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 5.2 6.2 3.9 16
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 -2.9 -0.5 -4.6 7.5
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 -14 4.9 -18 30
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
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 46 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 45,274 78,179 22,134 174,724
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 45,735 78,460 29,500 179,804
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 40,062 78,220 25,201 174,950
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 45,480 86,306 31,258 190,047
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 49,844 92,796 40,828 205,304
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 54,005 93,368 39,594 193,581
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 52,071 93,760 49,145 192,778
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 52,714 105,171 52,714 193,191
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 66,283 114,367 60,082 207,255
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 67,015 121,979 65,947 233,752
% 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
% subprime loans, 2006 20 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 21 15 1.2 50
Violent crimes, 2002 20 15 0.9 41
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.5 42
Violent crimes, 2004 19 14 0.5 30
Violent crimes, 2005 16 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 14 13 0.7 29
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 0.4 31
Violent crimes, 2008 16 13 0.4 30
Violent crimes, 2009 16 13 0.4 27
Violent crimes, 2010 18 12 0.4 27
Property crimes, 2000 49 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 47 56 17 270
Property crimes, 2002 56 54 14 218
Property crimes, 2003 58 54 16 163
Property crimes, 2004 47 47 11 127
Property crimes, 2005 37 43 11 119
Property crimes, 2006 30 42 10 123
Property crimes, 2007 33 45 11 125
Property crimes, 2008 48 46 12 125
Property crimes, 2009 37 44 13 114
Property crimes, 2010 37 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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