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 9,604 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 8,769 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 8,052 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -8.7 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -8.2 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 22 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 17 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 16 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -29 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -11 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 7.2 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 8.3 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 13 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 65 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 63 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 73 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 71 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 22 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 19 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.1 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 7.5 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 2.1 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.3 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 5.4 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 5.0 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 8.1 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.0 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 4.7 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 5.0 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 68 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 70 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 66 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 16 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 13 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 10 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 30 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 36 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 86 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 3.0 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 9.8 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 11 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 21 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 23 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 4.8 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 4.0 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 16 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 11 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 16 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 6.0 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 9.0 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 3.0 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 3.8 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 7.1 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 6.8 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 5.1 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 6.0 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 99,164 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 113,547 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 114,815 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 15 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 1.1 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 283 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 272 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 249 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 271 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 304 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 340 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 361 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 388 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 183 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 163 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 150 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 139 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 129 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 127 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 149 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 156 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 145 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 161 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,156 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,042 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,049 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.4 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.1 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.3 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 71 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 73 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 72 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 62 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 72 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 76 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 111 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 106 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 99 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 71 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 77 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 86 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 85 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 56 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 63 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 302,714 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 293,701 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 275,810 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 292,568 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 331,673 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 355,203 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 403,913 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 472,542 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 481,732 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 559,790 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 642,304 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 646,915 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 8.2 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 9.9 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 0.7 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 27 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 50 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 58 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 57 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 46 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 51 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 45 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 48 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 55 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 110,298 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 82,495 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 100,067 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 70,573 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 79,878 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 98,780 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 113,679 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 84,397 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 132,386 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 2.2 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 6.2 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 6.2 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 8.8 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 0.9 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 5.0 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 10.0 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 12 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 7.5 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 8.3 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 8.6 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 9.9 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 8.8 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 7.6 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 44 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 52 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 47 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 47 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 38 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 39 44 4.2 191

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