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  
 
PSA 603

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Population
Population, 1980 15,043 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 13,193 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 11,726 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -12 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -11 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 27 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 24 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 27 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -22 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -2.8 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.1 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.5 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 1.5 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 57 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 98 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 97 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.6 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.5 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 1.0 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 1.1 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 0.2 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 20 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 19 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 24 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.0 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.7 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 13 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 60 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 59 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 47 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 43 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 37 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 29 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 65 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 75 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 57 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 29 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 35 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 15 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 14 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 12 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 15 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 13 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 15 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 22 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 19 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 16 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 18 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 22 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 20 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 16 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 41,591 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 42,310 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 37,896 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.7 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -10 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,786 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,808 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,831 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 3,053 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 3,348 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,430 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,597 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,532 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,751 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,647 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,756 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,815 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,820 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,731 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,867 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,863 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,801 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,715 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,241 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 5,763 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,220 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.7 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 6.8 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 7.1 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 28 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 32 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 32 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 52 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 65 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 58 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 59 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 72 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 44 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 55 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 66 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 48 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 73 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 73 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 50 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 115,644 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 105,059 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 107,353 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 96,548 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 95,908 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 107,765 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 128,784 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 142,914 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 145,646 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 168,486 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 212,332 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 257,121 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.4 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 15 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 21 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 13 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 14 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 24 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 29 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 27 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 25 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 29 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 70 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 66 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 41,004 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 41,599 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 36,494 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 41,053 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 44,656 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 48,923 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 47,559 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 48,369 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 60,246 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 2.4 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 27 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 32 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 26 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 5.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 8.6 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 18 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 23 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 24 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 20 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 22 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 21 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 18 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 52 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 54 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 58 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 61 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 48 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 39 44 4.2 191

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