DC PSA 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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Population
Population, 1980 7,021 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 7,883 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 8,174 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 12 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 3.7 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 26 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 20 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -13 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 17 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 8.7 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 9.8 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 13 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 54 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 49 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 84 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 76 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 6.6 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 11 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 1.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 3.3 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 7.6 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 8.5 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 29 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 37 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 35 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 12 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 17 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 22 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 49 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 43 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 42 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 57 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 49 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 37 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 59 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 67 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 39 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 37 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 36 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 18 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 16 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 19 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 15 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 17 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 17 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 16 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 18 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 13 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 13 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 18 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 15 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 16 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 12 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 16 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 33,613 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 31,963 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 42,749 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -4.9 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 34 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,080 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,875 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 3,051 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 3,589 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 3,689 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,714 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,560 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,197 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,334 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,238 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,116 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,197 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,279 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,388 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,427 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,454 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,296 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,214 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,641 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 2,782 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,405 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.3 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.1 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 5.5 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 6.6 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 10.0 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 7.0 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 7.0 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 8.0 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 4.0 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 7.0 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 6.0 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 4.0 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 3.0 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 6.0 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 6.0 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 4.0 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 3.0 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 i 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 i 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 i 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 i 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 i 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 i 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 i 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 i 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 i 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 i 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 i 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 i 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 i 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 i 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 46 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 50 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 56 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 49 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 60 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 65 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 169 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 456 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 1,197 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 74,615 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 53,180 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 73,103 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 106,434 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 80,994 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 112,196 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 71,170 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 105,707 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 101,332 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 1.0 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 6.0 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 9.7 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 1.2 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 0.6 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 0.5 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 1.8 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 1.6 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 4.5 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 70 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 68 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 59 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 64 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 49 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 43 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 375 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 345 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 288 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 227 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 197 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 191 44 4.2 191

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