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 7
Ward 2 / Shaw, Logan Circle

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Population
Population, 1980 18,637 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 19,867 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 20,865 14,301 2,374 46,779
% change population, 1980-1990 6.6 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 5.0 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 20 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 16 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 16 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -14 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 6.3 -2.0 -31 200
% foreign born, 1980 7.8 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 15 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 24 13 0.5 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 43 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 42 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 65 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 50 61 3.7 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 22 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 25 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 9.5 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 18 7.9 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 2.7 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 5.9 3.0 0.1 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 29 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 25 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 25 20 3.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.9 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 9.7 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 8.2 11 1.7 32
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 54 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 64 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 64 57 36 82
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 44 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 32 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 28 22 2.0 44
% female-headed families with children, 1990 61 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 46 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 48 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 28 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 32 32 0.5 67
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 10 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 10 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 8.6 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 8.3 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 10 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 10 11 5.3 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 13 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 12 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 16 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 11 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 10 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 6.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 8.6 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 6.6 11 0.0 24
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 37,868 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 45,637 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 51,264 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 21 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 12 9.7 -34 38
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,266 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,251 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,351 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,448 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,465 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,562 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,563 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,496 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,517 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,170 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 975 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,027 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,082 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,107 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,105 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,057 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 922 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 870 1,059 0.0 6,080
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,743 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 9,179 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 10,512 6,208 722 17,458
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 12 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 10 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.6 6.2 0.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 12 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 18 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 23 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 68 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 75 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 93 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 99 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 87 133 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 89 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 73 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 93 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 99 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 100 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 68 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 44 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 102,038 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 92,504 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 116,403 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 119,832 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 136,900 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 163,036 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 205,469 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 276,610 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 371,863 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 438,503 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 530,829 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 574,819 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 20 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 23 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 8.3 14 -14 34
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 56 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 74 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 83 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 90 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 87 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 131 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 134 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 242 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 218 102 32 1,492
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 66,824 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 76,083 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 78,347 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 90,165 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 88,129 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 99,740 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 116,136 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 108,040 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 119,750 103,741 54,500 188,000
% subprime loans, 1997 1.9 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 3.3 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 4.9 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 3.7 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 1.3 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 1.7 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 1.7 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 1.3 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 2.8 10 0.4 29
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 16 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 16 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 16 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 15 14 0.5 36
Property crimes, 2000 54 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 55 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 67 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 60 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 61 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 53 44 11 153

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