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 33
Ward 7 / Capitol View, Marshall Heights, Benning Heights

  All Neighborhood clusters in D.C.
This
Neighborhood cluster
Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 21,963 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 18,877 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 15,080 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -14 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -20 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 32 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 29 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 32 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -23 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -12 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 1.3 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.7 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 0.8 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 68 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 63 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 99 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 99 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.4 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.2 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.2 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 0.3 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.1 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.6 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 25 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 33 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.7 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 11 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 58 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 54 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 44 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 46 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 39 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 33 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 68 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 67 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 55 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 36 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 48 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 16 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 16 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 15 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 18 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 14 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 16 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 21 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 21 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 18 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 24 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 22 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 23 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 22 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 41,591 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 42,043 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 39,831 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.1 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -5.3 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 4,209 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 4,219 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 4,382 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,571 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 4,671 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 4,845 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 4,882 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 4,759 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 4,836 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 3,818 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 3,123 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,644 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,819 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,933 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,771 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,831 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,789 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,706 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,574 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 2,575 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,674 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,018 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,893 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.0 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.1 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 12 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 30 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 32 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 37 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 65 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 71 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 73 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 95 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 86 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 77 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 85 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 95 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 93 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 122 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 128 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 120 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 75 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 112,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 116,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 114,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 111,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 107,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 112,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 121,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 131,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 143,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 165,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 228,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 266,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 274,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 9.2 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 16 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 3.1 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 33 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 21 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 20 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 21 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 23 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 33 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 55 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 57 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 73 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 45,323 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 46,483 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 46,790 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 34,146 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 38,229 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 37,074 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 50,857 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 57,542 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 62,452 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 65,750 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 17 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 25 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 21 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 16 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 2.1 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 14 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 8.4 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 8.3 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 25 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 18 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 20 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 15 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 17 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 16 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 13 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 39 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 41 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 50 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 55 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 39 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 30 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 29 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 38 48 13 184

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
Sources and Notes