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 9,120 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 8,307 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 7,252 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -8.9 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -13 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 23 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 20 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 19 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -22 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -15 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.3 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.1 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 1.2 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 75 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 67 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 94 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 96 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 5.1 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 2.9 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.6 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 1.2 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 0.0 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 10 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 7.8 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 11 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.9 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.3 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 11 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 63 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 64 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 50 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 32 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 26 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 21 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 54 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 49 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 77 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 10 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 14 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 7.6 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 24 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 16 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 13 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 15 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 15 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 25 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 15 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 18 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 15 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 13 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 21 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 60,267 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 65,951 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 69,150 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 9.4 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 4.9 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 771 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 730 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 874 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 981 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,120 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,236 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,369 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,456 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 583 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 480 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 416 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 435 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 518 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 515 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 528 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 556 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 607 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 618 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,421 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,251 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,149 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.4 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.8 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 11 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 62 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 64 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 66 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 65 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 63 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 75 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 86 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 89 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 48 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 56 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 53 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 59 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 72 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 67 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 56 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 131,544 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 127,524 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 126,601 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 139,872 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 129,433 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 144,452 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 140,491 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 167,118 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 197,200 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 225,014 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 281,340 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 310,859 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.3 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 17 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 10 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 17 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 26 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 31 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 26 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 24 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 27 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 32 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 38 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 42 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 54,228 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 48,540 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 49,606 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 53,286 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 56,921 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 59,298 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 67,873 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 73,842 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 83,601 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 11 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 14 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 13 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 11 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 5.0 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 5.6 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 7.7 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 15 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 15 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 12 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 14 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 13 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 12 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 11 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 9.5 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 37 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 46 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 52 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 71 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 48 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 34 44 4.2 191

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