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 12,134 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 11,903 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 10,494 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -1.9 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -12 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 19 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 16 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 16 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -19 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -12 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.0 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 4.4 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 3.8 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 49 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 43 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 80 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 76 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 17 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 19 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.1 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 3.2 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.7 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.0 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 22 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 18 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 23 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.8 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.6 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 9.9 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 50 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 44 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 44 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 49 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 35 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 26 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 58 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 53 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 63 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 30 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 39 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 12 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 14 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 13 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.7 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 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 9.5 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 16 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 17 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 10.0 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 8.9 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 10 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 51,705 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 60,168 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 62,922 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 16 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 4.6 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,580 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,354 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,218 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,198 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,233 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,197 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,207 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,196 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,065 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 816 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 743 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 794 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 695 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 655 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 719 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 682 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 579 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 551 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,654 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,497 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,720 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.4 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 7.1 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 46 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 51 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 51 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 102 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 118 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 106 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 162 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 182 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 145 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 132 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 164 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 157 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 169 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 153 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 117 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 121,426 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 121,082 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 132,630 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 139,924 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 151,835 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 178,805 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 199,562 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 279,203 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 314,394 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 443,442 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 496,856 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 493,671 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 15 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 20 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -0.6 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 34 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 50 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 62 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 71 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 62 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 81 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 83 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 78 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 89 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 48,775 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 53,400 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 50,226 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 64,519 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 84,314 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 72,297 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 85,419 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 97,964 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 120,833 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 11 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 11 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 6.6 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 5.5 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 4.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 3.8 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 1.8 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 3.8 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 9.0 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 11 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 11 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 11 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 11 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 9.4 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 10 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 36 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 53 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 38 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 38 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 35 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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