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  
 
Sources and Notes
 
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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
Population, 2005-09 6,439 13,076 2,958 29,195
Population, 2010 6,659 13,372 3,012 31,258
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -2.0 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -3.9 -5.7 -33 40
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 -0.8 2.9 -43 35
% change population, 2000 to 2010 2.6 5.2 -42 57
% children, 1980 29 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 24 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% children, 2005-09 17 19 1.7 39
% children, 2010 17 17 1.5 34
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -17 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -6.8 -2.0 -35 58
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 -28 -0.3 -40 63
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -26 -12 -51 76
% 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
% foreign born, 2005-09 15 13 0.4 34
% 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
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 55 55 2.0 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 57 51 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 7.0 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 8.1 28 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 30 32 0.2 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 26 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 4.3 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 8.7 7.9 0.2 33
% Hispanic, 2005-09 6.8 8.5 0.2 36
% Hispanic, 2010 8.0 9.1 1.0 31
% 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
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 6.8 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 8.7 4.2 0.2 14
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
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 20 18 1.4 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
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 7.4 9.2 1.5 26
% 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
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 69 60 38 85
% 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
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 16 15 0.1 32
% female-headed families with children, 1990 67 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 60 52 8.8 77
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 60 53 3.7 86
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 95 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 53 63 39 96
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 64 64 45 100
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 29 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 27 32 0.9 62
% children in poverty, 2005-09 47 29 0.0 65
% 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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 14 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 11 11 2.9 16
% 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 10 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 11 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 41,534 77,355 39,005 200,556
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 54,861 93,288 39,862 274,107
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 55,260 102,342 30,390 308,910
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 84,617 115,016 33,630 314,827
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 32 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 0.7 9.7 -25 44
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 53 12 -23 61
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 food stamps, 2008 1,124 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 1,210 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 1,376 2,716 17 10,492
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 413 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 423 1,003 0.0 4,578
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 411 1,032 7.0 4,789
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
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 2,855 5,572 798 16,417
Occupied housing units, 2010 3,103 5,927 812 18,180
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
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 4.4 5.9 0.0 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
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 34 45 1.8 78
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 32 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 33 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 43 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 53 118 0.0 313
Number of sales, 1999 41 113 0.0 312
Number of sales, 2000 52 93 0.0 247
Number of sales, 2001 47 94 0.0 251
Number of sales, 2002 69 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2003 65 93 0.0 231
Number of sales, 2004 56 105 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2005 44 98 0.0 260
Number of sales, 2006 33 80 0.0 212
Number of sales, 2007 21 68 0.0 164
Number of sales, 2008 21 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 14 47 0.0 136
Number of sales, 2010 26 55 0.0 144
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 86,000 214,000 86,000 544,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 85,000 202,000 85,000 503,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 109,000 208,000 91,000 552,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 107,000 219,000 74,000 569,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 82,000 230,000 67,000 640,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 139,000 262,000 74,000 696,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 185,000 305,000 117,000 860,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 273,000 354,000 128,000 903,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 333,000 390,000 143,000 945,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 404,000 450,000 156,000 1,068,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 502,000 524,000 181,000 1,166,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 541,000 553,000 237,000 1,363,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 521,000 552,000 268,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 517,000 522,000 228,000 1,241,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 460,000 491,000 216,000 1,143,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 525,000 490,000 191,000 1,150,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 14 6.5 3.3 15
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 0.9 -1.3 -5.1 10
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 14 -0.0 -20 14
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
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 149 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 69,880 75,326 0.0 173,077
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 76,592 78,026 30,584 178,481
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 76,771 76,284 23,402 173,728
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 92,946 84,673 22,670 188,624
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 85,580 90,157 41,515 203,161
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 110,361 92,008 35,591 189,562
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 125,367 92,970 0.0 200,140
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 121,036 103,822 36,473 188,203
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 136,180 114,709 60,464 208,834
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 136,217 120,240 65,813 231,575
% 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
% subprime loans, 2006 8.7 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 19 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 25 15 0.8 65
Violent crimes, 2002 19 15 0.4 53
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.5 55
Violent crimes, 2004 18 14 0.6 40
Violent crimes, 2005 20 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2006 21 13 0.3 35
Violent crimes, 2007 22 14 0.3 37
Violent crimes, 2008 13 13 0.3 32
Violent crimes, 2009 15 13 0.3 29
Violent crimes, 2010 17 12 0.0 27
Property crimes, 2000 49 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 53 56 0.6 326
Property crimes, 2002 58 54 1.3 259
Property crimes, 2003 63 54 3.7 194
Property crimes, 2004 66 47 3.2 161
Property crimes, 2005 52 43 5.3 149
Property crimes, 2006 49 42 6.2 158
Property crimes, 2007 48 45 3.3 163
Property crimes, 2008 52 46 2.3 152
Property crimes, 2009 42 44 2.8 142
Property crimes, 2010 38 40 2.3 113

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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