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 18,927 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 16,790 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 15,463 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -11 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -7.9 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 24 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 21 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -21 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -0.9 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.3 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.9 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 4.4 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 67 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 61 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 88 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 88 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 9.1 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 7.3 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 1.5 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 2.9 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 0.8 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 15 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 13 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 17 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.3 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.8 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 12 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 56 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 56 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 49 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 35 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 30 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 24 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 52 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 48 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 73 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 18 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 26 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 13 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 7.6 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 14 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 18 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.2 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 11 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 17 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 16 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 20 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 18 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 19 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 21 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 17 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 16 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 56,519 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 60,418 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 62,291 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 6.9 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 3.1 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,757 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,775 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,944 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,254 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,547 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,729 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,689 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,612 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,487 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,084 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,096 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,160 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,258 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,266 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,439 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,542 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,464 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,318 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,511 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,105 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,705 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 4.0 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.3 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.8 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 58 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 61 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 63 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 118 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 138 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 162 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 192 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 140 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 154 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 132 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 147 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 189 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 204 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 170 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 125 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 141,667 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 138,757 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 141,587 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 152,517 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 149,346 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 168,511 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 164,609 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 201,695 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 253,543 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 307,336 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 410,862 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 416,535 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 12 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 20 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 1.4 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 25 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 31 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 29 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 34 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 32 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 44 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 45 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 56 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 63 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 53,355 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 56,132 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 54,435 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 57,748 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 63,827 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 65,798 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 72,741 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 78,997 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 89,678 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 8.6 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 14 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 17 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 10 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 7.0 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 6.0 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 11 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 17 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 18 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 17 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 19 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 22 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 64 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 66 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 59 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 69 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 64 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 65 44 4.2 191

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