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 38
Ward 8 / Douglas, Shipley Terrace

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Population
Population, 1980 13,252 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 9,532 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 9,058 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -28 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -5.0 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 43 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 35 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 41 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -40 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 11 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 1.3 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.6 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 0.5 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 58 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 56 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 0.1 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.1 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.2 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 0.8 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 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 40 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 35 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 46 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 12 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 16 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 28 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 56 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 51 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 38 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 46 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 46 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 44 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 80 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 77 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 43 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 46 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 56 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 18 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 12 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 17 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 15 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 15 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 19 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 17 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 17 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 14 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 15 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 14 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 24 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 29,829 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 30,163 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 27,677 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 -8.2 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,709 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,219 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,860 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,942 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 3,221 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,303 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,245 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,369 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 3,242 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 3,595 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 2,819 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,563 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,374 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,148 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,136 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,219 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,242 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,096 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,067 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,902 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 4,109 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,372 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,196 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.4 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 17 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.4 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 9.0 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 12 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 13 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 16 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 13 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 13 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 13 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 18 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 38 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 50 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 53 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 19 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 33 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 46 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 83 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 62 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 104,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 93,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 90,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 87,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 91,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 153,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 152,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 160,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 161,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 161,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 224,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 284,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 312,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 13 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 14 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 9.9 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 7.1 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 5.5 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 46 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 55 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 51 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 51 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 17 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 44 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 105 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 106 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 23,028 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 43,701 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 51,025 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 46,049 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 44,016 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 41,463 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 52,409 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 52,116 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 56,258 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 68,000 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 0.0 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 38 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 18 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 5.9 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 4.0 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 16 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 20 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 21 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 21 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 18 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 19 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 19 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 19 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 19 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 19 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 29 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 27 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 33 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 34 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 33 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 33 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 34 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 49 48 13 184

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