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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 8.2 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 13 11 2.9 16
% 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 11 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 7.3 12 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 food stamps, 2008 803 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 1,074 2,392 11 9,221
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 354 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 448 1,003 0.0 4,578
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 34 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 38 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 28 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 33 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 25 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 19 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 23 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 16 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 25 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 25 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 13 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 22 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 11 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 14 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 6.0 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 190,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 188,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 182,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 201,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 180,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 218,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 241,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 256,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 303,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 346,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 401,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 429,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 405,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 407,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 i 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 i 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 i 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 i -9.9 -34 6.4
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
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 82 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 52,443 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 52,293 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 49,960 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 56,417 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 60,420 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 56,848 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 69,660 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 67,400 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 69,024 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 65,074 112,587 61,625 216,837
% 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
% subprime loans, 2006 12 8.7 0.3 67
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
Violent crimes, 2006 11 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 14 14 0.2 51
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
Property crimes, 2006 41 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 48 48 3.1 235

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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