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 12,796 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 14,220 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 15,035 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 11 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 5.7 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 7.0 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 5.7 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 5.9 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -8.7 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 8.1 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 11 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 16 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 13 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 30 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 26 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 4.5 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 3.9 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 85 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 86 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 5.7 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 3.8 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 4.7 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 6.0 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 14 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 15 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 15 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 1.7 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 2.1 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 2.1 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 67 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 67 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 65 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 6.0 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 4.4 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 2.1 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 22 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 9.8 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 81 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 9.4 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 5.5 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 2.5 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 3.8 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 5.6 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 4.1 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 2.6 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 5.8 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 10 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 5.1 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 1.2 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 0.0 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.3 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.0 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.0 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.3 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.0 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.0 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 153,230 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 192,343 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 232,844 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 26 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 21 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 13 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 16 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 17 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 15 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 16 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 22 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 17 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 31 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 s 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 s 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 6.0 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 6.0 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 7.0 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 6.0 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 9.0 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 6.0 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 s 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 5.0 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 5,041 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 5,303 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,655 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 6.2 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 6.5 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.2 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 43 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 49 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 53 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 149 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 162 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 235 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 278 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 225 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 196 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 194 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 214 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 202 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 160 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 175 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 125 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 465,295 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 439,396 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 503,822 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 538,072 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 584,938 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 644,181 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 737,580 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 840,202 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 856,413 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 932,984 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 1,061,659 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 1,182,754 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 10 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 9.9 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 11 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 75 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 100 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 99 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 85 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 85 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 91 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 81 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 96 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 93 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 145,750 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 132,191 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 96,122 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 134,438 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 157,850 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 159,053 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 181,546 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 170,598 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 189,432 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 2.0 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 1.3 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 0.8 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 2.6 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.8 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 0.4 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 1.1 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 2.0 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 2.3 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 7.8 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 7.5 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 7.1 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 6.9 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 6.5 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 5.5 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 64 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 64 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 52 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 52 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 54 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 56 44 4.2 191

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