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 37
Ward 8 / Sheridan, Barry Farm, Buena Vista

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Neighborhood cluster		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 10,971 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 8,235 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 8,596 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -25 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 4.4 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 41 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 37 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 43 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -31 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 19 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 0.6 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.9 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 1.3 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 48 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 58 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 100 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 99 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.1 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.7 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.1 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 0.2 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 0.3 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 30 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 34 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 46 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 12 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 14 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 26 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 53 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 53 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 39 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 53 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 47 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 40 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 79 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 74 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 44 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 49 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 59 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 17 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 13 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 14 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 16 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 16 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 15 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 12 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 13 11 4.2 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 15 11 3.3 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 24 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 23 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 25 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 21 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 22 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 21 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 24 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 22 12 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2007 20 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 33,300 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 31,997 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 24,416 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -3.9 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -24 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 4,216 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,846 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 4,012 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,352 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 4,476 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 4,644 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 4,439 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 4,337 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 4,522 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 4,876 2,690 23 14,159
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 3,347 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 3,215 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,875 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,831 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,752 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,779 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,861 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,858 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,703 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,567 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 2,598 1,057 0.0 6,543
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 2,732 1,128 0.0 7,030
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,221 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 2,643 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 2,745 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 9.4 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 17 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 7.3 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 16 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 17 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 15 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 17 78 5.0 313
Number of sales, 1996 8.0 86 3.0 337
Number of sales, 1997 23 99 1.0 388
Number of sales, 1998 12 133 1.0 532
Number of sales, 1999 15 127 6.0 542
Number of sales, 2000 13 105 1.0 461
Number of sales, 2001 33 106 2.0 440
Number of sales, 2002 36 106 1.0 421
Number of sales, 2003 33 104 2.0 420
Number of sales, 2004 26 118 1.0 535
Number of sales, 2005 20 110 2.0 501
Number of sales, 2006 31 90 0.0 372
Number of sales, 2007 11 77 2.0 305
Number of sales, 2008 20 55 1.0 211
Number of sales, 2009 14 58 0.0 250
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 96,000 220,000 87,000 562,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 i 211,000 93,000 595,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 88,000 214,000 88,000 561,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 71,000 224,000 71,000 635,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 71,000 238,000 71,000 715,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 69,000 275,000 69,000 749,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 122,000 309,000 114,000 841,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 138,000 359,000 120,000 990,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 158,000 403,000 141,000 1,283,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 158,000 442,000 152,000 1,124,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 178,000 515,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 233,000 531,000 233,000 1,237,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 279,000 550,000 252,000 1,165,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 292,000 520,000 234,000 1,163,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 196,000 459,000 189,000 1,041,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 11 6.8 3.8 15
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 4.4 0.8 -3.1 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -33 -12 -34 7.8
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 16 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 21 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 6.6 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 12 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 34 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 58 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 105 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 85 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 67 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 73 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 39,357 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 27,622 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 37,311 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 29,268 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 55,399 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 45,572 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 47,843 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 50,160 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 56,774 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 73,667 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 44 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 88 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 0.0 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 20 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 11 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 2.5 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 5.8 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 4.4 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 10 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 13 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 25 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 24 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 26 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 25 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 24 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 20 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 23 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 28 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 34 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 37 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 34 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 39 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 31 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 37 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 31 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 40 48 13 184

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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