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 21,476 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 19,873 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 19,014 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -7.5 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -4.3 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 20 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 22 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -14 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 8.7 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 6.4 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 9.8 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 18 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 61 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 90 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 81 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 5.3 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 4.5 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 3.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 13 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.4 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 11 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 11 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 14 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.4 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.6 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 7.5 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 59 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 61 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 54 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 37 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 31 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 27 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 59 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 67 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 15 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 19 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 14 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.1 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 13 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 11 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.5 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 10 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 15 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 13 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 14 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 14 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 14 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 13 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 12 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 57,107 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 59,340 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 61,772 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 3.9 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 4.1 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,170 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,018 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,942 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,128 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,294 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,471 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,535 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,528 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,511 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,295 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,137 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,148 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,152 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,139 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,191 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,193 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,170 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,081 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,864 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,548 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 7,242 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.2 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.3 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 8.4 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 49 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 53 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 53 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 159 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 166 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 190 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 234 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 218 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 145 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 195 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 170 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 194 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 272 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 235 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 199 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 156,459 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 145,034 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 147,376 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 146,284 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 151,368 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 163,754 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 185,857 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 209,879 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 273,263 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 321,010 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 423,602 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 436,076 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 12 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 19 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 2.9 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 33 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 43 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 42 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 51 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 79 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 94 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 65,856 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 67,553 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 67,284 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 74,707 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 79,565 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 81,500 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 90,025 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 98,561 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 111,427 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 8.8 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 18 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 13 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 8.3 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 7.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 4.6 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 8.3 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 10 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 20 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 11 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 9.4 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 11 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 15 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 40 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 35 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 42 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 37 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 35 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 36 44 4.2 191

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