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 9
Ward 6 / Southwest Employment Area, Southwest/Waterfront, Fort McNair, Buzzard Point

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Population        
Population, 1980 12,332 15,958 3,506 44,081
Population, 1990 11,592 15,173 1,341 45,728
Population, 2000 11,779 14,301 2,374 46,779
Population, 2005-09 14,312 14,711 2,747 44,392
Population, 2010 11,588 15,043 2,445 47,378
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -6.0 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990 to 2000 1.6 -5.7 -20 77
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 22 2.9 -20 38
% change population, 2000 to 2010 -1.6 5.2 -7.3 58
% children, 1980 19 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 15 20 1.2 43
% children, 2005-09 13 19 2.0 47
% children, 2010 13 17 1.4 36
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -23 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 1.6 -2.0 -31 200
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 1.3 -0.3 -31 78
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -16 -12 -51 62
% foreign born, 1980 4.8 6.4 0.6 19
% foreign born, 1990 8.8 9.7 0.0 26
% foreign born, 2000 10 13 0.5 33
% foreign born, 2005-09 13 13 1.0 30
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 52 53 30 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 49 50 22 75
Population by Race/Ethnicity        
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 60 65 3.7 100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 67 61 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 54 55 2.1 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 56 51 3.7 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 34 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 25 28 0.1 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 30 32 0.0 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 33 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 2.8 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 4.3 7.9 0.2 30
% Hispanic, 2005-09 7.2 8.5 0.0 29
% Hispanic, 2010 5.2 9.1 0.9 27
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 2.1 1.8 0.0 8.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 2.4 3.0 0.1 13
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 3.4 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 5.2 4.2 0.2 14
Family Risk Factors        
Poverty rate (%), 1980 21 19 3.2 43
Poverty rate (%), 1990 20 17 2.4 42
Poverty rate (%), 2000 22 20 3.5 50
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 20 18 4.0 47
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.6 6.8 2.0 16
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.6 7.2 1.6 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 9.3 11 1.7 32
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 10.0 9.2 1.7 28
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 69 59 42 75
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 69 62 43 83
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 58 57 36 82
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 67 60 41 83
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 17 33 6.2 62
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 15 27 4.4 48
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 19 22 2.0 44
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 10 15 1.5 29
% female-headed families with children, 1990 61 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 6.6 81
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 63 53 3.6 88
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 97 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 60 63 30 91
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 61 64 44 92
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 47 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 42 32 0.5 67
% children in poverty, 2005-09 48 29 0.0 64
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 16 13 3.1 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 15 12 5.6 32
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 18 12 1.1 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.5 11 4.7 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 13 11 2.4 21
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 5.3 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 14 11 4.2 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 16 11 3.3 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 15 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 1999 13 15 0.0 34
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.0 38
% births to teen mothers, 2001 15 13 0.0 32
% births to teen mothers, 2002 13 13 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2004 14 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2005 14 11 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2006 12 12 0.0 29
% births to teen mothers, 2007 13 12 0.0 29
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 85,284 77,355 37,171 199,069
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 86,937 93,288 39,479 275,447
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 66,086 102,342 31,957 311,035
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 83,289 115,016 34,618 308,423
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 1.9 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 -24 9.7 -34 38
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 26 12 -26 68
Public Assistance        
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,683 2,013 21 10,858
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,636 1,908 19 10,081
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,683 1,954 16 10,413
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,846 2,122 21 11,126
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,048 2,251 24 11,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,017 2,301 26 11,020
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,955 2,270 17 10,882
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,844 2,235 16 10,958
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,991 2,327 17 11,988
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 2,143 2,690 23 14,159
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 2,418 3,056 25 16,217
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,088 1,472 0.0 9,052
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,059 1,281 5.0 7,937
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 963 1,164 6.0 7,258
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 936 1,159 0.0 6,991
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 893 1,177 6.0 7,153
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 952 1,184 5.0 7,364
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,049 1,224 0.0 7,267
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,018 1,202 6.0 6,831
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 963 1,115 0.0 6,125
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 887 1,059 0.0 6,080
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 907 1,057 0.0 6,543
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 949 1,128 0.0 7,030
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 1,001 1,161 7.0 7,427
Housing Conditions        
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,451 6,329 874 17,039
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,361 6,241 506 17,275
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,965 6,208 722 17,458
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 8,181 6,268 822 17,163
Occupied housing units, 2010 6,787 6,668 786 19,514
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 12 6.0 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 15 8.0 3.2 46
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.3 6.2 0.6 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 1.0 5.9 0.0 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 28 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 9.3 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 39 45 19 89
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 11 78 5.0 313
Number of sales, 1996 14 86 3.0 337
Number of sales, 1997 9.0 99 1.0 388
Number of sales, 1998 18 133 1.0 528
Number of sales, 1999 18 127 6.0 537
Number of sales, 2000 23 104 1.0 453
Number of sales, 2001 102 105 2.0 436
Number of sales, 2002 15 105 1.0 419
Number of sales, 2003 20 104 2.0 420
Number of sales, 2004 20 118 1.0 535
Number of sales, 2005 14 110 2.0 500
Number of sales, 2006 20 90 0.0 371
Number of sales, 2007 6.0 77 2.0 299
Number of sales, 2008 15 55 1.0 211
Number of sales, 2009 10 53 0.0 219
Number of sales, 2010 9.0 61 0.0 278
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 286,000 223,000 88,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 263,000 215,000 94,000 605,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 i 217,000 90,000 571,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 261,000 228,000 72,000 645,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 261,000 241,000 72,000 726,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 348,000 279,000 70,000 761,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 475,000 314,000 116,000 855,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 505,000 364,000 122,000 1,006,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 393,000 410,000 143,000 1,304,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 496,000 449,000 154,000 1,149,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 539,000 523,000 181,000 1,284,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 535,000 536,000 238,000 1,260,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 i 560,000 257,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 658,000 529,000 238,000 1,182,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 650,000 486,000 219,000 1,113,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 i 510,000 193,000 1,218,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 i 6.2 3.9 16
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 i -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 26 39 7.1 95
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 43 53 5.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 49 59 6.6 141
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 59 61 12 157
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 95 63 16 159
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 64 67 20 153
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 71 71 15 228
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 104 88 20 620
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 158 102 32 1,492
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 54 94 31 795
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 61,994 78,179 22,134 174,724
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 65,572 78,460 29,500 179,804
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 71,817 78,220 25,201 174,950
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 81,002 86,306 31,258 190,047
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 107,678 92,796 40,828 205,304
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 86,084 93,368 39,594 193,581
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 66,614 93,760 49,145 192,778
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 99,844 105,171 52,714 193,191
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 125,566 114,367 60,082 207,255
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 131,360 121,979 65,947 233,752
% subprime loans, 1997 7.4 3.9 0.0 44
% subprime loans, 1998 3.8 5.9 0.0 88
% subprime loans, 1999 2.2 4.5 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2000 1.2 5.1 0.0 32
% subprime loans, 2001 1.4 3.1 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2002 1.0 2.8 0.0 22
% subprime loans, 2003 0.4 3.6 0.4 30
% subprime loans, 2004 3.2 5.3 0.1 20
% subprime loans, 2005 5.2 10 0.4 29
% subprime loans, 2006 5.4 8.7 0.5 28
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 15 15 1.2 50
Violent crimes, 2002 14 15 0.9 41
Violent crimes, 2003 15 16 0.5 42
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.5 30
Violent crimes, 2005 13 14 0.5 36
Violent crimes, 2006 16 13 0.7 29
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 0.4 31
Violent crimes, 2008 13 13 0.4 30
Violent crimes, 2009 10 13 0.4 27
Violent crimes, 2010 9.4 12 0.4 27
Property crimes, 2000 67 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 68 56 17 270
Property crimes, 2002 55 54 14 218
Property crimes, 2003 48 54 16 163
Property crimes, 2004 43 47 11 127
Property crimes, 2005 46 43 11 119
Property crimes, 2006 50 42 10 123
Property crimes, 2007 43 45 11 125
Property crimes, 2008 37 46 12 125
Property crimes, 2009 34 44 13 114
Property crimes, 2010 34 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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