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 7,035 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 7,238 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 7,036 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 2.9 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -2.8 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 20 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 17 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 18 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -15 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 4.9 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.2 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.2 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 3.0 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 69 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 66 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 95 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 94 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.5 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 2.0 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 1.0 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 2.8 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.1 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.7 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 12 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 13 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 16 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.8 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 9.0 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 11 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 51 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 51 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 44 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 36 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 32 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 27 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 38 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 51 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 71 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 6.3 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 11 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 15 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 10 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 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 17 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 13 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 8.4 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 17 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 7.9 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 11 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 16 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 9.4 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 7.9 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 13 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 14 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 66,118 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 64,857 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 65,808 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -1.9 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 1.5 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 652 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 581 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 614 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 710 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 784 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 833 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 828 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 805 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 336 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 288 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 276 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 274 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 308 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 310 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 342 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 349 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 336 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 297 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,737 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,180 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,268 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 6.1 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.1 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 67 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 59 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 56 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 66 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 66 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 54 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 61 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 67 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 56 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 61 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 59 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 70 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 56 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 78 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 68 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 159,180 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 158,579 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 148,563 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 148,828 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 155,569 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 178,745 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 177,956 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 206,305 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 251,289 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 285,383 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 390,691 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 414,723 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 10 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 18 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 6.2 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 29 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 34 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 30 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 37 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 33 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 42 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 45 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 50 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 67 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 54,790 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 47,384 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 51,460 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 61,156 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 61,427 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 60,635 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 74,783 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 69,997 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 82,259 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 7.9 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 22 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 21 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 19 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 6.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 7.0 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 10 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 12 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 20 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 9.1 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 11 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 12 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 13 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 11 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 11 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 50 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 59 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 52 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 52 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 50 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 43 44 4.2 191

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