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 6,514 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 3,751 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 5,236 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -42 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 40 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 41 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 33 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 37 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -53 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 58 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.7 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.0 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 1.5 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 53 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 51 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 99 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 98 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.7 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.2 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.6 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 0.7 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.0 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.5 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 36 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 25 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 31 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 12 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 9.7 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 17 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 49 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 53 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 48 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 48 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 45 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 33 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 71 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 56 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 35 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 38 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 20 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 11 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 20 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 12 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 12 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 18 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 25 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 24 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 22 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 26 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 20 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 18 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 26 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 24 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 36,138 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 37,799 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 33,217 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 4.6 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -12 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,882 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,687 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,794 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,823 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,919 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,086 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,088 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,023 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,185 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,151 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,081 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,006 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,073 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,050 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,060 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,125 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,084 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,184 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 1,988 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 1,415 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 1,975 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 6.7 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 15 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.5 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 17 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 22 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 20 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 6.0 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 7.0 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 12 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 13 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 12 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 3.0 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 7.0 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 13 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 9.0 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 16 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 13 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 11 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 i 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 119,981 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 152,644 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 124,462 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 i 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 i 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 179,167 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 i 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 187,694 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 278,685 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 323,972 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 i 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 i 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 16 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 5.6 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 18 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 16 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 15 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 13 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 26 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 20 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 45 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 36 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 19,136 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 44,051 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 21,228 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 47,532 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 61,082 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 55,476 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 53,726 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 53,984 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 70,914 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 50 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 20 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 0.0 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 0.0 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 16 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 17 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 18 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 28 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 11 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 17 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 17 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 19 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 15 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 23 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 36 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 41 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 39 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 71 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 52 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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