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
% 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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 14 11 4.2 22
% 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
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 food stamps, 2008 1,991 2,327 17 11,988
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
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 4.0 550
Number of sales, 2000 23 101 3.0 430
Number of sales, 2001 86 109 2.0 446
Number of sales, 2002 15 113 2.0 474
Number of sales, 2003 19 111 2.0 473
Number of sales, 2004 23 123 2.0 561
Number of sales, 2005 14 111 2.0 495
Number of sales, 2006 19 91 1.0 377
Number of sales, 2007 7.0 76 2.0 305
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 281,000 216,000 83,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 259,000 207,000 93,000 594,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 i 214,000 89,000 561,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 257,000 223,000 74,000 631,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 221,000 234,000 74,000 714,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 342,000 270,000 77,000 735,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 474,000 307,000 109,000 848,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 497,000 352,000 115,000 985,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 484,000 406,000 141,000 1,282,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 454,000 444,000 152,000 1,135,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 530,000 513,000 178,000 1,263,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 532,000 584,000 233,000 1,239,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 i 550,000 251,000 1,197,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 i 9.9 6.4 19
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 i 9.3 1.4 20
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 i -5.8 -16 20
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 (2005 $), 1997 58,049 73,203 20,725 163,604
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 61,399 73,466 27,622 168,361
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 67,246 73,241 23,597 163,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 75,847 80,813 29,268 177,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 100,824 86,890 38,229 192,237
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 80,605 87,425 37,074 181,261
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 62,374 87,793 46,017 180,509
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 93,489 98,477 49,359 180,896
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 117,574 107,088 56,258 194,065
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 123,000 114,215 61,750 218,875
% 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 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
Violent crimes, 2006 16 14 0.7 36
Violent crimes, 2007 16 14 0.7 37
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
Property crimes, 2006 50 43 10 165
Property crimes, 2007 44 48 13 184

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
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