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  
 
Cluster 5
Ward 2 / West End, Foggy Bottom, GWU

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Population
Population, 1980 10,731 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 11,104 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 11,723 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 3.5 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 5.6 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 1.8 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 1.4 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 1.2 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -17 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -8.4 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 15 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 17 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 19 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 30 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 22 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 5.1 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 6.1 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 82 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 75 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 4.7 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 5.3 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 7.2 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 13 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 13 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 21 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 28 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 2.9 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 4.3 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 28 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 63 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 59 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 49 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 6.2 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 5.0 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 5.6 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 4.7 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 15 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 44 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 9.2 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 10 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 4.4 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 7.3 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 9.5 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.6 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 12 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 6.6 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 5.3 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 3.2 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 4.1 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.0 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.0 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 2.8 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 4.8 11 0.0 24
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 118,880 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 171,534 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 198,220 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 44 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 16 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 62 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 49 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 42 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 30 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 38 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 36 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 47 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 77 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7.0 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 8.0 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 s 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 s 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 10 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 s 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 8.0 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 25 1,059 0.0 6,080
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,324 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 5,787 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,811 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.8 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.7 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.3 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 23 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 30 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 29 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 9.0 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 12 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 12 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 18 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 17 133 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 10 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 9.0 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 13 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 17 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 16 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 10 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 14 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 300,639 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 321,348 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 329,458 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 270,690 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 424,136 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 i 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 575,118 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 631,041 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 582,017 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 828,625 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 714,795 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.0 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 i 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -14 14 -14 34
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 49 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 83 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 107 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 99 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 117 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 114 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 124 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 123 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 170 102 32 1,492
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 102,453 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 97,613 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 69,371 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 93,362 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 104,795 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 81,956 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 90,650 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 88,337 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 102,602 103,741 54,500 188,000
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 0.4 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 0.5 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 1.2 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 0.7 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 0.9 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 0.9 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 0.1 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 0.9 10 0.4 29
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 3.8 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 4.8 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 4.6 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 4.6 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 3.6 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 3.0 14 0.5 36
Property crimes, 2000 54 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 41 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 42 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 41 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 36 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 34 44 11 153

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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised February 20, 2008).
 
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