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 12,122 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 11,198 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 10,025 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -7.6 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -10 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 26 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 23 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 24 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -19 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.9 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.3 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.5 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 2.2 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 60 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 95 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 97 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.7 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 1.8 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.7 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 0.7 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 16 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 13 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 18 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.2 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.3 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 13 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 67 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 67 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 53 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 35 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 28 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 26 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 59 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 66 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 63 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 19 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 25 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 17 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 14 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 15 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 11 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.4 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 12 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 18 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 18 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 23 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 22 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 18 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 22 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 20 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 47,722 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 53,287 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 53,246 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 12 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -0.1 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,604 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,537 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,665 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,940 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,909 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,155 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,171 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,208 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,139 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,070 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 952 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 937 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 984 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,053 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,089 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,136 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,063 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,048 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 4,848 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 4,619 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 4,382 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 7.7 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.5 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 33 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 34 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 35 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 42 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 59 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 61 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 59 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 59 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 50 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 46 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 55 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 49 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 58 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 54 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 42 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 126,868 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 109,023 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 121,434 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 111,210 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 112,009 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 114,387 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 128,783 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 144,068 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 169,029 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 185,719 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 250,339 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 286,869 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 10 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 17 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 18 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 19 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 25 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 32 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 30 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 28 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 36 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 42 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 52 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 45,604 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 51,331 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 49,044 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 46,924 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 51,217 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 55,109 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 61,519 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 65,665 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 71,558 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 10 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 26 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 37 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 5.3 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 17 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 8.1 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 19 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 18 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 38 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 19 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 18 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 16 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 15 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 52 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 53 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 53 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 47 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 37 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 32 44 4.2 191

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