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 9,878 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 10,283 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 10,327 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 4.1 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 0.4 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 9.7 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 10 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 11 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 8.4 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 4.3 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 16 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 19 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 20 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 46 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 44 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 6.4 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 7.5 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 83 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 78 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 6.7 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 6.6 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 4.1 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 7.1 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 6.5 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 4.5 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 6.6 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.4 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 1.6 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 1.5 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 63 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 72 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 74 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 11 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 6.5 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 3.2 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 9.7 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 11 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 75 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 0.0 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 3.8 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 3.4 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 8.0 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 7.8 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 11 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.2 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 4.5 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 3.4 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.1 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 0.2 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.0 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.6 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.1 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.6 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.0 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 116,566 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 165,700 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 183,436 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 42 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 11 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 21 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 22 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 25 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 25 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 30 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 27 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 37 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 33 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7.0 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 6.0 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 5.0 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 7.0 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 5.0 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 s 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 s 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 10 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 5,709 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 5,982 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,070 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.6 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.3 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.3 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 32 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 38 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 50 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 42 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 51 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 62 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 46 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 49 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 42 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 45 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 50 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 44 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 29 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 37 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 442,166 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 383,893 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 494,133 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 485,918 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 642,188 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 529,794 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 854,656 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 697,978 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 903,121 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 875,359 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 1,008,576 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 977,058 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.8 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 2.7 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -3.1 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 62 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 90 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 91 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 90 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 98 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 83 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 92 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 91 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 102 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 120,176 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 115,694 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 124,923 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 135,467 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 147,610 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 137,449 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 143,148 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 157,570 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 157,779 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 0.1 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 0.8 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 0.3 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 2.9 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 1.0 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 0.9 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 1.0 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 0.4 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 0.6 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 2.0 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 2.7 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 2.6 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 1.5 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 1.2 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 1.5 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 29 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 27 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 24 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 24 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 27 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 21 44 4.2 191

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