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 20,209 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 18,983 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 18,677 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.1 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -1.6 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 19 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -16 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 21 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 5.9 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 12 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 22 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 63 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 61 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 86 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 72 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 6.8 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 6.6 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 6.3 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 19 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.8 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.5 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 12 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 10 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 16 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 4.7 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.5 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 8.2 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 56 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 61 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 53 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 39 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 33 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 31 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 48 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 43 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 10 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 22 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 12 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 6.9 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 11 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 10 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.5 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 7.6 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 19 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 12 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 16 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 15 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 14 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 12 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 11 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 64,235 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 65,147 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 69,998 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.4 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 7.4 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,046 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,827 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,839 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,063 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,197 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,273 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,352 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,334 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,355 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,214 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,122 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,007 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,075 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,064 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,102 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,136 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,073 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 936 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,072 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,830 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,780 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.3 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.9 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.9 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 58 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 59 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 59 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 186 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 193 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 204 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 287 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 260 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 197 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 218 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 214 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 199 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 276 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 240 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 158 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 155,098 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 148,007 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 148,708 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 148,192 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 160,678 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 180,491 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 188,493 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 233,966 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 298,618 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 360,516 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 457,044 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 489,815 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 13 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 21 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 7.2 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 33 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 40 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 42 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 50 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 50 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 50 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 58 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 76 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 80 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 69,234 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 66,790 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 74,358 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 82,046 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 82,302 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 91,662 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 105,381 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 104,897 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 135,750 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 10 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 10 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 9.0 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 6.8 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 2.4 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 2.3 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 7.4 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 14 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 13 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 9.1 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 13 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 14 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 14 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 42 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 40 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 50 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 40 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 37 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 34 44 4.2 191

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