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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PSA 301

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Population
Population, 1980 10,012 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 11,138 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 11,794 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 11 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 5.9 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 15 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 15 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 13 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 3.2 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 18 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 32 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 38 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 46 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 41 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 36 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 27 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 35 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 35 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 26 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 31 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 3.0 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 6.3 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 18 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 14 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 18 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.4 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 5.5 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 5.8 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 68 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 74 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 69 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 25 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 27 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 29 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 34 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 25 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 57 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 22 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 29 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 8.3 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 11 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 10 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 8.2 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.2 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 10.0 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 4.4 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 6.6 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 9.0 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 7.8 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 8.8 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 9.0 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 8.2 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 8.9 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 2.3 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 1.5 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 6.0 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 7.2 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 6.2 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 58,050 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 59,368 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 69,402 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 2.3 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 17 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 573 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 545 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 493 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 501 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 508 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 475 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 495 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 528 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 510 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 651 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 249 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 212 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 194 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 191 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 187 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 186 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 182 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 139 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 148 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 169 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 129 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 133 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 4,512 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 4,558 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,203 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.3 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 15 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.8 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 23 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 27 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 53 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 64 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 69 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 97 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 75 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 80 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 65 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 74 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 57 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 55 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 59 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 48 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 42 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 37 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 30 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 293,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 258,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 286,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 297,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 338,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 436,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 462,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 583,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 606,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 741,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 818,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 712,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 772,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 687,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 621,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 6.3 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 -3.5 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -9.7 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 46 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 68 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 78 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 92 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 80 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 70 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 54 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 70 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 77 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 86 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 91,065 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 96,471 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 92,571 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 107,707 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 118,672 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 112,623 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 110,387 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 120,064 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 132,645 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 137,250 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 3.2 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 4.2 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 0.6 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 1.5 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.3 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 1.3 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 2.4 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 3.1 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 3.5 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 3.1 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 7.0 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 7.1 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 8.8 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 10 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 8.4 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 8.7 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 6.8 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 9.8 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 36 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 39 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 47 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 41 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 26 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 24 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 39 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 35 48 3.1 235

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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