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 23,896 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 22,497 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 20,604 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.9 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -8.4 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 18 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 19 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -20 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -4.2 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 5.7 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 10.0 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 18 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 70 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 62 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 90 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 84 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 4.9 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 4.3 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 4.4 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 11 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.6 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.9 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 7.3 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 6.9 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 11 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.6 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 5.8 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 7.1 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 62 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 62 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 56 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 30 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 24 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 22 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 48 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 45 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 74 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 7.5 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 17 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 9.3 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 11 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.8 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 14 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 13 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.2 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 9.6 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 15 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 11 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 11 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 9.0 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 10 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 7.7 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 11 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 7.1 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 65,458 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 65,780 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 63,665 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 0.5 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -3.2 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,532 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,450 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,462 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,658 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,895 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,979 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,116 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,096 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,130 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 867 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 808 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 797 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 844 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 865 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 920 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 911 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 926 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 854 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 9,269 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 9,188 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 8,883 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 1.7 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.3 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.7 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 55 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 57 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 58 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 183 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 162 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 181 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 238 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 243 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 184 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 182 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 225 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 195 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 244 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 223 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 211 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 156,459 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 156,663 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 160,189 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 159,005 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 157,436 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 179,769 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 184,190 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 218,983 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 264,812 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 323,800 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 392,814 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 411,392 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 10 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 17 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 4.7 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 22 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 30 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 36 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 38 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 38 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 44 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 39 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 54 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 63 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 60,224 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 56,657 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 63,483 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 67,022 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 73,618 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 67,894 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 75,150 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 83,210 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 95,067 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 3.0 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 7.4 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 8.4 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 8.0 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 5.9 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 2.4 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 5.1 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 6.4 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 19 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 8.4 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 7.6 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 10 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 14 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 12 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 11 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 35 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 39 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 45 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 42 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 35 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 33 44 4.2 191

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