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 6,188 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 5,178 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 5,043 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -16 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -2.6 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 19 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 12 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 14 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -46 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 12 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 3.1 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 4.1 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 6.5 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 38 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 43 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 33 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 35 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 64 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 60 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 2.1 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.7 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 3.0 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 25 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 18 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 22 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.1 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.9 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 5.3 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 65 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 76 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 71 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 27 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 18 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 14 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 56 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 53 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 64 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 37 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 50 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 10 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.6 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 11 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 7.1 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.9 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 8.6 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 10.0 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 11 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 11 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 9.1 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 8.3 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 8.8 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 4.9 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 4.1 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 2.0 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 53,439 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 96,822 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 102,921 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 81 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 6.3 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 661 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 662 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 631 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 647 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 439 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 204 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 125 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 116 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 621 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 419 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 369 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 351 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 312 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 317 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 206 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 96 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 51 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 31 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,920 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 2,544 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 2,701 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.7 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 7.8 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.3 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 27 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 34 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 34 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 37 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 47 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 68 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 49 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 28 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 47 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 44 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 39 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 50 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 45 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 23 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 292,510 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 262,977 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 278,394 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 285,572 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 329,806 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 369,652 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 439,036 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 464,474 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 549,344 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 644,857 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 743,267 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 660,800 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.7 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 8.5 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -11 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 41 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 65 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 56 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 52 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 66 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 59 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 51 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 62 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 74 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 114,074 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 95,603 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 95,129 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 116,491 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 116,306 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 106,896 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 110,882 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 123,235 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 130,421 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 0.3 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 1.9 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 1.8 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 4.0 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 5.1 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 2.2 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 0.9 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 2.5 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 0.5 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 23 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 27 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 30 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 26 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 15 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 13 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 118 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 148 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 118 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 84 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 64 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 68 44 4.2 191

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