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 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
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.0 -4.9 -62 23
% change population, 1990-2000 1.6 -5.7 -20 77
% children, 1980 19 22 1.8 43
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 37
% children, 2000 15 20 1.2 43
% change child population, 1980-1990 -23 -19 -77 53
% change child population, 1990-2000 1.6 -2.0 -31 200
% 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
% 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
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 34 27 0.1 87
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 25 28 0.1 85
% Hispanic, 1990 2.8 5.2 0.0 21
% Hispanic, 2000 4.3 7.9 0.2 30
% 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
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
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
% 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
% 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
% female-headed families with children, 1990 61 54 4.7 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 6.6 81
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 60 63 30 91
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 47 25 0.0 56
% children in poverty, 2000 42 32 0.5 67
% 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
% 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 65,159 59,101 28,399 152,093
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 66,422 71,274 30,163 210,448
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 50,491 78,192 24,416 237,638
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.9 21 -9.1 55
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -24 9.7 -34 38
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 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
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
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
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 28 35 4.5 87
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 4.9 90
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 9.3 90
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 13 87 5.0 361
Number of sales, 1996 16 96 3.0 396
Number of sales, 1997 9.0 106 1.0 417
Number of sales, 1998 20 140 1.0 559
Number of sales, 1999 19 133 4.0 548
Number of sales, 2000 23 101 3.0 429
Number of sales, 2001 86 109 2.0 447
Number of sales, 2002 15 112 1.0 471
Number of sales, 2003 19 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 23 124 1.0 563
Number of sales, 2005 13 112 3.0 502
Number of sales, 2006 14 91 1.0 381
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 272,102 208,945 79,930 542,844
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 250,224 200,371 89,770 574,849
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 i 207,208 85,857 542,577
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 248,365 215,544 71,234 610,578
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 214,137 226,333 71,659 690,725
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 331,121 260,852 74,785 710,405
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 458,778 296,623 108,296 819,534
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 480,224 342,518 111,220 944,219
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 467,646 387,765 136,350 1,059,247
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 439,051 435,310 147,082 1,097,628
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 599,837 501,908 171,989 1,220,908
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 667,999 571,801 225,160 1,234,179
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 10 11 4.9 20
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 7.8 14 6.3 28
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 11 14 -14 34
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 56,235 70,916 20,078 158,491
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 59,480 71,170 26,759 163,099
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 65,145 70,952 22,859 158,696
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 73,476 78,287 28,354 172,390
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 97,674 84,174 37,035 186,230
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 78,086 84,693 35,915 175,596
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 60,425 85,049 44,579 174,868
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 64,691 93,142 47,817 175,243
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 113,900 103,741 54,500 188,000
% 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
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.9 54
Violent crimes, 2001 15 16 1.2 53
Violent crimes, 2002 14 16 0.9 46
Violent crimes, 2003 14 16 0.5 49
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2005 13 14 0.5 36
Property crimes, 2000 67 54 19 312
Property crimes, 2001 68 56 17 286
Property crimes, 2002 55 55 14 243
Property crimes, 2003 48 55 16 191
Property crimes, 2004 43 48 11 156
Property crimes, 2005 46 44 11 153

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