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 6,893 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 6,754 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 6,491 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -2.0 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -3.9 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 29 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 24 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -17 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.8 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.9 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 8.2 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 16 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 54 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 54 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 86 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 76 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 7.0 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 8.1 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 4.3 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 8.7 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 2.5 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 32 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 27 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 26 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 10.0 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 12 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 12 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 45 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 56 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 52 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 57 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 45 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 35 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 67 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 60 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 53 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 29 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 27 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 12 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 9.0 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 14 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.0 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 7.4 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 12 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 12 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 18 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 14 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 20 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 12 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 9.7 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 7.8 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 10 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 31,733 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 41,915 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 42,220 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 32 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 0.7 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,094 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,093 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,133 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,177 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,213 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,231 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,218 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,201 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 885 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 655 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 549 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 572 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 594 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 600 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 598 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 566 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 490 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 482 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,473 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 2,704 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 2,764 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 6.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.5 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.6 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 16 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 20 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 25 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 43 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 50 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 51 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 67 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 48 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 59 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 47 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 65 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 65 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 63 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 49 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 33 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 88,433 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 77,951 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 94,951 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 89,314 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 80,896 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 124,020 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 169,643 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 207,457 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 309,886 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 375,389 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 514,905 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 516,298 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 21 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 25 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 0.3 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 29 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 51 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 48 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 71 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 59 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 76 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 75 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 133 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 160 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 63,388 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 69,476 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 69,638 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 84,311 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 77,629 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 100,108 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 113,720 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 109,791 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 123,528 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 9.4 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 11 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 12 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 6.5 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.8 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 4.5 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 5.7 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 3.2 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 6.0 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 19 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 25 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 19 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 19 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 20 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 49 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 53 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 59 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 63 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 67 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 52 44 4.2 191

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