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 6,965 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 6,662 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 6,293 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -4.4 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -5.5 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 19 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 22 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -14 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 12 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 3.5 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.3 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 2.6 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 62 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 83 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 93 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 13 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 4.6 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.6 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 1.8 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.0 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.3 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 9.1 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 11 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 16 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 4.3 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.0 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 8.4 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 66 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 68 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 57 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 26 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 19 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 19 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 53 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 63 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 69 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 16 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 27 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 19 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 22 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 12 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.7 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 11 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 11 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 6.1 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 12 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 15 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 17 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 14 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 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 6.3 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 58,842 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 62,134 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 55,601 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 5.6 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -11 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 592 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 601 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 667 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 704 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 754 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 806 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 784 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 761 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 459 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 366 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 329 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 354 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 391 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 344 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 367 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 386 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 388 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 359 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,337 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,156 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,075 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 4.0 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.7 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.5 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 52 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 50 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 44 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 35 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 40 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 31 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 33 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 27 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 19 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 24 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 13 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 25 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 25 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 14 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 26 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 189,111 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 181,705 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 177,629 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 194,595 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 190,280 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 210,713 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 216,591 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 260,359 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 292,983 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 334,777 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 382,197 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 462,303 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.8 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 16 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 18 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 23 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 22 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 27 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 30 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 29 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 45 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 63 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 72 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 50,804 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 50,658 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 48,399 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 54,654 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 58,532 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 55,072 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 67,483 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 65,294 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 66,867 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 9.6 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 14 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 18 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 9.5 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 8.5 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 0.3 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 13 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 18 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 13 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 17 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 15 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 13 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 15 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 14 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 57 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 71 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 70 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 86 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 53 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 47 44 4.2 191

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