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 23,383 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 20,056 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 16,044 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -14 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -20 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 32 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 29 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 32 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -23 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -12 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.4 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.7 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 1.0 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 67 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 63 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 99 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 99 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.4 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.2 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.3 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 0.4 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 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 25 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 33 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.7 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 11 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 58 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 55 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 44 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 46 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 39 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 33 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 68 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 68 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 55 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 37 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 48 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 17 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 13 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 17 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 15 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 18 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 15 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 15 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 21 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 21 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 18 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 23 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 22 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 22 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 41,309 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 41,706 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 39,388 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.0 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -5.6 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 4,486 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 4,512 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 4,675 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,874 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 5,016 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 5,211 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 5,259 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 5,120 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 4,051 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 3,306 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,837 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 3,026 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 3,141 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,953 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 3,031 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,995 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,913 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,757 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,181 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,485 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,277 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.2 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.1 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 11 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 29 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 37 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 68 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 86 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 83 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 104 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 94 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 96 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 104 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 100 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 101 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 131 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 145 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 130 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 108,256 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 112,327 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 109,807 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 108,123 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 103,920 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 113,263 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 122,930 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 126,779 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 138,604 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 160,254 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 222,948 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 256,863 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 8.6 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 16 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 15 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 32 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 21 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 20 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 22 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 23 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 32 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 59 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 57 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 43,795 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 44,795 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 45,025 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 33,502 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 37,658 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 36,430 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 48,981 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 55,152 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 60,477 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 16 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 25 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 22 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 18 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.0 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 14 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 8.2 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 8.7 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 24 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 21 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 17 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 40 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 41 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 51 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 56 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 39 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 30 44 4.2 191

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