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
% 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 (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 food stamps, 2008 2,797 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 3,248 2,392 11 9,221
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
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 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 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 145 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 158 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 125 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 140 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 180 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 202 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 162 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 125 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 103 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 63 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 77 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 148,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 157,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 147,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 163,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 155,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 167,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 174,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 215,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 268,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 321,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 428,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 436,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 421,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 369,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 330,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 7.9 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 0.5 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -11 -9.9 -34 6.4
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 55,076 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 57,942 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 56,190 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 59,611 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 65,886 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 67,920 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 75,087 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 81,545 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 92,571 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 104,379 112,587 61,625 216,837
% 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 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
Violent crimes, 2006 18 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 18 14 0.2 51
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
Property crimes, 2006 57 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 57 48 3.1 235

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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