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  
 
Sources and Notes
 
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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
Population, 2005-09 22,050 13,076 2,958 29,195
Population, 2010 23,638 13,372 3,012 31,258
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -5.0 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -21 -5.7 -33 40
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 1.5 2.9 -43 35
% change population, 2000 to 2010 8.8 5.2 -42 57
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 18 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 22 20 1.2 41
% children, 2005-09 18 19 1.7 39
% children, 2010 14 17 1.5 34
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -15 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -6.8 -2.0 -35 58
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 -17 -0.3 -40 63
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -32 -12 -51 76
% 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
% foreign born, 2005-09 8.2 13 0.4 34
% 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
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 71 55 2.0 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 62 51 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 17 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 7.7 28 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 18 32 0.2 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 28 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 2.0 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 4.1 7.9 0.2 33
% Hispanic, 2005-09 6.4 8.5 0.2 36
% Hispanic, 2010 6.7 9.1 1.0 31
% 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
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 1.3 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 2.8 4.2 0.2 14
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
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 16 18 1.4 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
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 11 9.2 1.5 26
% 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
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 59 60 38 85
% 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
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 17 15 0.1 32
% female-headed families with children, 1990 58 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 62 52 8.8 77
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 66 53 3.7 86
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 96 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 60 63 39 96
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 65 64 45 100
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 19 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 30 32 0.9 62
% children in poverty, 2005-09 21 29 0.0 65
% 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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 12 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 13 11 2.9 16
% 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 10 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 12 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 58,046 77,355 39,005 200,556
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 67,021 93,288 39,862 274,107
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 63,674 102,342 30,390 308,910
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 89,554 115,016 33,630 314,827
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 15 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 -5.0 9.7 -25 44
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 41 12 -23 61
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 food stamps, 2008 3,874 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 4,464 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 4,843 2,716 17 10,492
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,577 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 1,649 1,003 0.0 4,578
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 1,631 1,032 7.0 4,789
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
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 8,187 5,572 798 16,417
Occupied housing units, 2010 9,326 5,927 812 18,180
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
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 7.8 5.9 0.0 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
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 49 45 1.8 78
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 134 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 143 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 198 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 313 118 0.0 313
Number of sales, 1999 312 113 0.0 312
Number of sales, 2000 230 93 0.0 247
Number of sales, 2001 251 94 0.0 251
Number of sales, 2002 254 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2003 231 93 0.0 231
Number of sales, 2004 262 105 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2005 207 98 0.0 260
Number of sales, 2006 152 80 0.0 212
Number of sales, 2007 131 68 0.0 164
Number of sales, 2008 66 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 74 47 0.0 136
Number of sales, 2010 86 55 0.0 144
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 122,000 214,000 86,000 544,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 128,000 202,000 85,000 503,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 122,000 208,000 91,000 552,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 136,000 219,000 74,000 569,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 137,000 230,000 67,000 640,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 165,000 262,000 74,000 696,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 172,000 305,000 117,000 860,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 246,000 354,000 128,000 903,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 296,000 390,000 143,000 945,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 358,000 450,000 156,000 1,068,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 438,000 524,000 181,000 1,166,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 452,000 553,000 237,000 1,363,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 434,000 552,000 268,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 390,000 522,000 228,000 1,241,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 400,000 491,000 216,000 1,143,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 370,000 490,000 191,000 1,150,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 8.4 6.5 3.3 15
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 -3.3 -1.3 -5.1 10
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 -7.5 -0.0 -20 14
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
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 96 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 54,232 75,326 0.0 173,077
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 58,105 78,026 30,584 178,481
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 61,115 76,284 23,402 173,728
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 69,174 84,673 22,670 188,624
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 72,050 90,157 41,515 203,161
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 79,346 92,008 35,591 189,562
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 78,711 92,970 0.0 200,140
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 90,180 103,822 36,473 188,203
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 104,412 114,709 60,464 208,834
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 108,978 120,240 65,813 231,575
% 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
% subprime loans, 2006 12 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 19 15 0.8 65
Violent crimes, 2002 17 15 0.4 53
Violent crimes, 2003 18 16 0.5 55
Violent crimes, 2004 15 14 0.6 40
Violent crimes, 2005 16 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2006 16 13 0.3 35
Violent crimes, 2007 13 14 0.3 37
Violent crimes, 2008 13 13 0.3 32
Violent crimes, 2009 14 13 0.3 29
Violent crimes, 2010 13 12 0.0 27
Property crimes, 2000 44 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 50 56 0.6 326
Property crimes, 2002 50 54 1.3 259
Property crimes, 2003 58 54 3.7 194
Property crimes, 2004 53 47 3.2 161
Property crimes, 2005 45 43 5.3 149
Property crimes, 2006 36 42 6.2 158
Property crimes, 2007 51 45 3.3 163
Property crimes, 2008 43 46 2.3 152
Property crimes, 2009 38 44 2.8 142
Property crimes, 2010 37 40 2.3 113

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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