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 10,546 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 9,797 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 9,585 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -7.1 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -2.2 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 19 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 17 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 14 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -18 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -17 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 5.0 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 9.9 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 15 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 48 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 38 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 81 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 73 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 9.7 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 14 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 7.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 11 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.8 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.5 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 27 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 28 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 9.7 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 9.2 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 8.9 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 44 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 49 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 53 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 48 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 38 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 31 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 62 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 57 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 48 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 25 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 43 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 14 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 15 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 18 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 14 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 7.3 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 17 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 21 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 18 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 13 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 5.2 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 7.9 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 7.8 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 37,673 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 45,024 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 48,955 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 20 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 8.7 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,207 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,110 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,090 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,112 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,118 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,073 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,000 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 958 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 793 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 676 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 629 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 554 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 532 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 526 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 560 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 517 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 396 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 393 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,403 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,493 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,416 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.4 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.1 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.6 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 29 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 32 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 34 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 58 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 55 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 58 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 116 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 124 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 89 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 166 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 120 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 109 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 102 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 92 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 62 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 129,997 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 138,757 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 121,752 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 147,747 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 141,256 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 174,591 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 230,125 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 341,728 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 419,191 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 504,909 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 557,371 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 653,086 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 17 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 23 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 17 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 37 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 55 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 75 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 123 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 166 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 136 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 123 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 110 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 251 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 68,100 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 68,753 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 70,425 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 80,682 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 78,004 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 90,112 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 101,064 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 110,570 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 108,419 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 8.9 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 14 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 6.1 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 5.8 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 3.1 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 3.9 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 5.4 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 8.7 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 6.1 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 28 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 30 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 27 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 25 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 24 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 27 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 127 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 112 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 114 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 122 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 110 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 102 44 4.2 191

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