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 6
Ward 2 / Dupont Circle, Connecticut Avenue/K Street

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Population
Population, 1980 16,621 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 16,216 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 16,930 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 -2.4 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 4.4 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 7.4 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 5.7 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 3.8 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -25 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 -31 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 18 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 24 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 23 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 34 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 31 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 14 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 9.1 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 65 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 72 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 15 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 9.2 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 6.1 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 8.6 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 16 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 11 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 11 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 4.3 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 2.6 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 2.5 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 75 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 83 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 82 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 16 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 11 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 6.4 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 30 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 29 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 47 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 17 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 17 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 8.8 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 3.7 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.4 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.9 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.6 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 7.2 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.0 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 9.7 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 10 11 4.2 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 4.6 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 2.7 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 3.4 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 2.8 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 3.1 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.9 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 3.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.6 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 0.0 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 60,345 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 92,570 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 123,931 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 53 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 34 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 219 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 206 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 225 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 235 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 215 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 202 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 212 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 226 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 186 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 108 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 96 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 78 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 86 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 104 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 96 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 86 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 75 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 75 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 73 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 61 1,057 0.0 6,543
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 10,682 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 10,491 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 11,607 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.1 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.4 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.3 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 18 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 28 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 30 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 33 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 20 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 31 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 40 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 51 133 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 35 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 27 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 24 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 36 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 27 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 26 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 26 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 25 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 324,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 319,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 407,000 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 395,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 483,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 573,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 624,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 632,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 728,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 868,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 942,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 875,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 915,000 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 8.4 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 7.7 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 4.6 -5.8 -16 20
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 95 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 123 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 141 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 157 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 146 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 149 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 169 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 163 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 179 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 152 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 78,345 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 70,274 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 76,920 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 110,093 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 107,021 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 79,433 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 101,622 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 102,924 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 102,223 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 129,328 114,215 61,750 218,875
% subprime loans, 1997 0.5 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 0.4 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 0.2 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 1.6 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 1.4 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 1.1 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 0.8 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 1.2 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 2.8 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 0.5 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 16 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 18 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 13 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 14 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 15 14 0.7 37
Property crimes, 2000 172 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 146 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 141 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 123 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 100 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 102 44 11 153
Property crimes, 2006 90 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 100 48 13 184

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