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 19,775 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 17,797 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 14,407 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -10 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -19 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 25 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 26 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 25 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -7.0 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -20 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.4 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.9 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 3.6 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 63 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 55 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 95 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 93 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.1 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 5.0 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.4 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 1.4 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.9 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 24 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 30 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.8 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 10 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 51 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 53 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 43 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 56 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 47 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 38 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 66 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 94 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 50 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 30 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 45 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 22 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 20 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 16 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 13 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 14 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 17 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 14 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 16 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 15 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 23 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 20 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 19 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 25 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 17 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 15 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 22 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 19 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 36,042 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 39,151 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 38,228 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 8.6 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -2.4 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,566 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,620 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 3,790 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,420 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 5,190 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 5,331 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 5,062 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 4,909 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 5,367 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 6,081 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 2,733 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 2,310 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,169 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,150 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,220 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,405 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,856 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,717 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,537 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,263 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 2,386 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 2,404 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,519 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,202 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,736 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.9 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.6 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.6 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 23 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 25 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 29 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 68 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 61 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 66 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 131 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 115 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 78 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 101 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 108 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 92 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 113 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 146 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 88 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 57 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 25 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 33 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 103,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 104,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 100,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 96,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 96,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 100,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 116,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 134,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 164,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 210,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 299,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 325,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 321,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 308,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 202,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 7.7 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 -0.8 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -34 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 12 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 18 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 26 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 32 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 41 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 40 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 55 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 69 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 49 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 56,098 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 100,055 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 46,436 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 44,137 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 43,100 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 47,936 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 55,670 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 68,436 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 78,238 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 90,300 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 32 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 44 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 37 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 19 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 11 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 9.2 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 14 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 29 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 28 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 34 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 33 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 30 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 38 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 31 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 35 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 29 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 29 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 66 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 72 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 70 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 82 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 87 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 72 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 69 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 78 48 3.1 235

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