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 39
Ward 8 / Congress Heights, Bellevue, Washington Highlands

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Neighborhood cluster		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 39,995 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 36,478 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 30,583 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -8.8 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 -16 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 37 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 32 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 34 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -21 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -10 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 1.7 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.1 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 2.1 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 56 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 55 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 1.1 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 1.0 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 0.4 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 0.8 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 26 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 27 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 34 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 11 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 13 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 20 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 61 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 59 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 45 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 39 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 72 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 94 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 54 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 39 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 46 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 19 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 18 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 18 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 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 13 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 15 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 22 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 23 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 21 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 21 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 17 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 18 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 16 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 36,286 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 36,524 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 36,576 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 0.7 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 0.1 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 10,858 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 10,081 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 10,413 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 11,126 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 11,392 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 11,020 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 10,882 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 10,958 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 11,988 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 9,052 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 7,937 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 7,258 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 6,991 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 7,153 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 7,364 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 7,267 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 6,831 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 6,125 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 6,080 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 6,543 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 14,437 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 13,379 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 11,577 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 6.1 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 12 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 13 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 18 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 20 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 24 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 67 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 90 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 76 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 139 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 138 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 118 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 93 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 123 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 104 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 157 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 123 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 150 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 88 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 120,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 114,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 107,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 102,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 118,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 127,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 133,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 153,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 157,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 178,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 220,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 279,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 295,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 11 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 14 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 5.8 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 12 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 15 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 22 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 22 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 29 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 35 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 32 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 44 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 59 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 100 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 43,021 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 35,156 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 43,775 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 37,580 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 51,538 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 54,490 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 53,084 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 59,445 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 66,477 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 67,500 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 14 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 17 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 23 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 27 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 7.7 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 11 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 4.7 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 12 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 23 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 16 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 26 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 26 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 26 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 26 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 21 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 21 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 19 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 24 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 36 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 43 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 45 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 43 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 39 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 38 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 42 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 51 48 13 184

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