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 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
% 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
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 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
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 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 35 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 26 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 24 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 36 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 28 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 31 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 27 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 312,918 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 308,899 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 393,368 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 382,247 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 466,706 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 553,875 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 593,576 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 610,846 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 703,723 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 850,662 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 925,767 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 869,067 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 11 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 7.9 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -6.1 14 -14 34
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 75,897 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 68,078 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 74,517 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 106,652 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 103,677 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 76,951 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 98,447 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 86,733 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 99,028 103,741 54,500 188,000
% 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
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
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

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