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 16,813 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 15,821 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 14,173 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.9 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -10 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 20 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 15 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -32 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.3 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.2 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.7 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 6.2 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 47 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 48 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 60 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 56 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 37 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 39 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.1 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 3.3 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.9 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.9 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 21 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 15 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 14 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.6 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.0 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 7.9 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 55 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 40 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 27 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 18 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 51 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 49 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 70 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 12 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 27 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 13 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 9.0 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 8.4 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 9.7 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 7.3 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 11 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 13 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 16 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 7.5 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 8.3 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 9.8 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 9.2 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 5.4 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 54,076 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 74,251 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 75,967 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 37 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 2.3 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,906 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,869 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,386 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 3,135 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 3,911 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,922 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,504 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,350 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,144 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,040 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 939 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 897 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 884 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 846 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 872 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 768 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 664 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 485 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,275 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,491 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,624 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.4 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.9 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.7 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 45 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 47 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 50 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 169 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 210 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 211 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 294 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 297 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 241 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 235 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 265 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 242 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 280 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 255 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 187 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 156,459 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 129,837 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 148,563 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 152,644 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 172,992 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 221,550 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 240,006 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 288,135 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 314,337 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 420,831 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 509,596 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 536,868 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 15 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 17 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 5.4 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 41 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 67 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 83 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 84 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 77 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 81 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 89 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 95 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 98 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 63,657 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 72,731 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 74,032 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 86,324 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 91,388 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 103,201 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 100,083 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 107,817 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 117,812 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 6.6 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 9.6 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 4.4 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 5.7 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 3.6 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 2.9 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 2.8 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 6.1 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 11 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 20 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 19 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 14 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 63 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 79 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 69 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 70 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 90 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 66 44 4.2 191

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