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  
 
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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
Population, 2005-09 16,572 14,711 2,747 44,392
Population, 2010 17,318 15,043 2,445 47,378
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -2.4 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990 to 2000 4.4 -5.7 -20 77
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 -2.1 2.9 -20 38
% change population, 2000 to 2010 2.3 5.2 -7.3 58
% children, 1980 7.4 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 5.7 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 3.8 20 1.2 43
% children, 2005-09 3.8 19 2.0 47
% children, 2010 2.8 17 1.4 36
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -25 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -31 -2.0 -31 200
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 -0.1 -0.3 -31 78
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -24 -12 -51 62
% 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
% foreign born, 2005-09 19 13 1.0 30
% 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
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 13 55 2.1 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 7.7 51 3.7 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 65 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 72 28 0.1 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 67 32 0.0 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 73 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 15 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 9.2 7.9 0.2 30
% Hispanic, 2005-09 8.5 8.5 0.0 29
% Hispanic, 2010 8.2 9.1 0.9 27
% 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
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 8.9 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 11 4.2 0.2 14
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
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 15 18 4.0 47
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
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 2.4 9.2 1.7 28
% 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
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 82 60 41 83
% 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
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 8.0 15 1.5 29
% female-headed families with children, 1990 30 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 29 52 6.6 81
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 19 53 3.6 88
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 94 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 47 63 30 91
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 48 64 44 92
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 17 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 17 32 0.5 67
% children in poverty, 2005-09 19 29 0.0 64
% 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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 6.6 11 3.3 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 0.0 12 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2007 1.7 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 78,983 77,355 37,171 199,069
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 121,160 93,288 39,479 275,447
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 162,208 102,342 31,957 311,035
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 175,137 115,016 34,618 308,423
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 53 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 34 9.7 -34 38
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 8.0 12 -26 68
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 food stamps, 2009 212 2,690 23 14,159
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 243 3,056 25 16,217
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 73 1,128 0.0 7,030
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 73 1,161 7.0 7,427
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
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 10,277 6,268 822 17,163
Occupied housing units, 2010 11,413 6,668 786 19,514
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
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 4.1 5.9 0.0 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
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 35 45 19 89
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 30 78 5.0 313
Number of sales, 1996 19 86 3.0 337
Number of sales, 1997 27 99 1.0 388
Number of sales, 1998 30 133 1.0 528
Number of sales, 1999 43 127 6.0 537
Number of sales, 2000 32 104 1.0 453
Number of sales, 2001 27 105 2.0 436
Number of sales, 2002 18 105 1.0 419
Number of sales, 2003 32 104 2.0 420
Number of sales, 2004 27 118 1.0 535
Number of sales, 2005 24 110 2.0 500
Number of sales, 2006 26 90 0.0 371
Number of sales, 2007 22 77 2.0 299
Number of sales, 2008 17 55 1.0 211
Number of sales, 2009 5.0 53 0.0 219
Number of sales, 2010 17 61 0.0 278
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 354,000 223,000 88,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 323,000 215,000 94,000 605,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 414,000 217,000 90,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 385,000 228,000 72,000 645,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 470,000 241,000 72,000 726,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 549,000 279,000 70,000 761,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 614,000 314,000 116,000 855,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 704,000 364,000 122,000 1,006,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 724,000 410,000 143,000 1,304,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 883,000 449,000 154,000 1,149,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 948,000 523,000 181,000 1,284,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 890,000 536,000 238,000 1,260,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 841,000 560,000 257,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 861,000 529,000 238,000 1,182,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 i 486,000 219,000 1,113,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 850,000 510,000 193,000 1,218,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 4.5 6.2 3.9 16
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 -2.2 -0.5 -4.6 7.5
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 i 4.9 -18 30
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 (2006 $), 1997 83,670 78,179 22,134 174,724
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 75,050 78,460 29,500 179,804
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 82,149 78,220 25,201 174,950
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 117,576 86,306 31,258 190,047
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 114,296 92,796 40,828 205,304
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 84,832 93,368 39,594 193,581
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 108,530 93,760 49,145 192,778
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 109,920 105,171 52,714 193,191
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 109,171 114,367 60,082 207,255
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 138,118 121,979 65,947 233,752
% 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 15 1.2 50
Violent crimes, 2002 18 15 0.9 41
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.5 42
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 0.5 30
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 14 13 0.7 29
Violent crimes, 2007 14 14 0.4 31
Violent crimes, 2008 15 13 0.4 30
Violent crimes, 2009 11 13 0.4 27
Violent crimes, 2010 13 12 0.4 27
Property crimes, 2000 172 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 146 56 17 270
Property crimes, 2002 140 54 14 218
Property crimes, 2003 122 54 16 163
Property crimes, 2004 99 47 11 127
Property crimes, 2005 101 43 11 119
Property crimes, 2006 89 42 10 123
Property crimes, 2007 93 45 11 125
Property crimes, 2008 104 46 12 125
Property crimes, 2009 104 44 13 114
Property crimes, 2010 89 40 14 93

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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