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
 
PSA 502

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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
Population, 2005-09 15,828 13,076 2,958 29,195
Population, 2010 14,702 13,372 3,012 31,258
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -11 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -7.9 -5.7 -33 40
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 2.4 2.9 -43 35
% change population, 2000 to 2010 -4.9 5.2 -42 57
% children, 1980 24 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 21 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% children, 2005-09 23 19 1.7 39
% children, 2010 20 17 1.5 34
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -21 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -0.9 -2.0 -35 58
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 2.7 -0.3 -40 63
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -18 -12 -51 76
% 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
% foreign born, 2005-09 6.8 13 0.4 34
% 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
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 82 55 2.0 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 78 51 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 9.1 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 7.3 28 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 11 32 0.2 85
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 14 35 0.6 81
% Hispanic, 1990 1.5 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 2.9 7.9 0.2 33
% Hispanic, 2005-09 3.3 8.5 0.2 36
% Hispanic, 2010 6.2 9.1 1.0 31
% 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
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 0.4 3.0 0.0 11
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 1.3 4.2 0.2 14
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
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 24 18 1.4 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
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 13 9.2 1.5 26
% 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
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 51 60 38 85
% 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
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 17 15 0.1 32
% female-headed families with children, 1990 52 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 48 52 8.8 77
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 60 53 3.7 86
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 96 95 89 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 73 63 39 96
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 70 64 45 100
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 18 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 26 32 0.9 62
% children in poverty, 2005-09 45 29 0.0 65
% 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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 15 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 10 11 2.9 16
% 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 13 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 16 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 73,975 77,355 39,005 200,556
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 79,078 93,288 39,862 274,107
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 81,531 102,342 30,390 308,910
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 78,792 115,016 33,630 314,827
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 6.9 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 3.1 9.7 -25 44
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 -3.4 12 -23 61
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 food stamps, 2008 2,797 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 3,248 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 3,546 2,716 17 10,492
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,280 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 1,359 1,003 0.0 4,578
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 1,390 1,032 7.0 4,789
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
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 5,789 5,572 798 16,417
Occupied housing units, 2010 5,703 5,927 812 18,180
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
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 9.6 5.9 0.0 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
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 56 45 1.8 78
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 112 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 133 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 151 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 188 118 0.0 313
Number of sales, 1999 145 113 0.0 312
Number of sales, 2000 158 93 0.0 247
Number of sales, 2001 124 94 0.0 251
Number of sales, 2002 140 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2003 179 93 0.0 231
Number of sales, 2004 203 105 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2005 162 98 0.0 260
Number of sales, 2006 125 80 0.0 212
Number of sales, 2007 105 68 0.0 164
Number of sales, 2008 66 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 62 47 0.0 136
Number of sales, 2010 82 55 0.0 144
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 150,000 214,000 86,000 544,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 160,000 202,000 85,000 503,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 149,000 208,000 91,000 552,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 165,000 219,000 74,000 569,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 157,000 230,000 67,000 640,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 170,000 262,000 74,000 696,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 178,000 305,000 117,000 860,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 218,000 354,000 128,000 903,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 273,000 390,000 143,000 945,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 326,000 450,000 156,000 1,068,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 435,000 524,000 181,000 1,166,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 443,000 553,000 237,000 1,363,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 428,000 552,000 268,000 1,209,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 375,000 522,000 228,000 1,241,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 361,000 491,000 216,000 1,143,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 369,000 490,000 191,000 1,150,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 8.0 6.5 3.3 15
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 -3.3 -1.3 -5.1 10
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 2.1 -0.0 -20 14
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
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 68 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 58,820 75,326 0.0 173,077
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 61,881 78,026 30,584 178,481
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 60,010 76,284 23,402 173,728
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 63,663 84,673 22,670 188,624
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 70,364 90,157 41,515 203,161
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 72,537 92,008 35,591 189,562
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 80,191 92,970 0.0 200,140
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 87,088 103,822 36,473 188,203
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 98,863 114,709 60,464 208,834
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 111,473 120,240 65,813 231,575
% 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
% subprime loans, 2006 19 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 18 15 0.8 65
Violent crimes, 2002 17 15 0.4 53
Violent crimes, 2003 19 16 0.5 55
Violent crimes, 2004 17 14 0.6 40
Violent crimes, 2005 23 14 0.5 34
Violent crimes, 2006 19 13 0.3 35
Violent crimes, 2007 19 14 0.3 37
Violent crimes, 2008 18 13 0.3 32
Violent crimes, 2009 15 13 0.3 29
Violent crimes, 2010 15 12 0.0 27
Property crimes, 2000 64 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 66 56 0.6 326
Property crimes, 2002 59 54 1.3 259
Property crimes, 2003 70 54 3.7 194
Property crimes, 2004 66 47 3.2 161
Property crimes, 2005 67 43 5.3 149
Property crimes, 2006 59 42 6.2 158
Property crimes, 2007 55 45 3.3 163
Property crimes, 2008 53 46 2.3 152
Property crimes, 2009 53 44 2.8 142
Property crimes, 2010 54 40 2.3 113

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