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 28,943 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 27,484 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 21,730 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.0 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -21 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 18 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 22 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -15 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.8 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 3.0 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 4.1 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 6.7 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 58 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 53 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 80 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 87 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 17 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 7.7 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.0 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 4.1 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.9 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.5 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 22 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 17 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 23 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.2 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 11 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 16 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 49 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 49 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 49 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 48 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 34 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 29 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 58 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 62 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 60 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 19 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 30 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 19 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 19 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 15 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 15 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 12 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 13 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 21 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 23 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 21 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 19 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 17 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 15 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 12 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 9.4 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 44,348 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 51,205 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 48,648 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 -5.0 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,612 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,437 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 3,438 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 3,803 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 4,135 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 4,170 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,827 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,768 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 2,617 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 2,349 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,064 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,877 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,888 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,861 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,982 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,917 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,700 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,572 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,434 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 8,741 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 8,235 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.1 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.2 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 11 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 39 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 41 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 41 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 168 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 186 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 228 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 344 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 333 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 213 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 264 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 267 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 257 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 293 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 237 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 176 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 112,242 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 118,273 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 119,554 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 127,939 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 128,811 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 154,122 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 166,594 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 218,983 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 281,715 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 345,753 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 424,664 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 440,705 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 14 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 21 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 3.8 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 28 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 41 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 49 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 57 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 61 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 69 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 77 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 97 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 110 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 49,194 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 52,707 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 55,437 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 62,747 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 65,356 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 71,974 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 71,398 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 81,802 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 94,712 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 21 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 38 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 19 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 14 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 8.8 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 7.4 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 5.7 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 10 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 22 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 19 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 17 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 18 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 17 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 44 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 51 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 51 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 60 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 54 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 47 44 4.2 191

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