DC Ward 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  
 
Ward 4

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Ward		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 83,237 79,791 63,391 93,358
Population, 1990 78,010 75,863 65,638 83,198
Population, 2000 75,001 71,507 68,087 75,001
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.3 -4.9 -15 7.9
% change population, 1990-2000 -3.9 -5.7 -15 4.9
% children, 1980 21 22 10 37
% children, 1990 19 19 8.2 32
% children, 2000 20 20 7.8 36
% change child population, 1980-1990 -18 -19 -27 5.0
% change child population, 1990-2000 5.5 -2.0 -6.8 5.5
% foreign born, 1980 6.4 6.4 1.6 14
% foreign born, 1990 10 9.7 1.2 23
% foreign born, 2000 18 13 1.4 29
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 66 53 36 66
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 62 50 32 62
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 79 65 4.9 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 71 61 6.2 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 15 27 2.2 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 15 28 1.2 80
% Hispanic, 1990 4.2 5.2 0.8 18
% Hispanic, 2000 12 7.9 0.8 25
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.9 1.8 0.2 5.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.4 3.0 0.3 8.0
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 9.0 19 7.7 27
Poverty rate (%), 1990 8.2 17 6.5 27
Poverty rate (%), 2000 12 20 7.5 36
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.5 6.8 3.0 10
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 6.2 7.2 2.4 13
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 6.6 11 6.6 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 60 59 54 65
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 63 62 53 69
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 56 57 45 66
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 30 33 9.7 42
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 25 27 5.8 39
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 22 22 4.0 34
% female-headed families with children, 1990 45 54 13 67
% female-headed families with children, 2000 40 52 12 68
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 95 99
% HHs with a car, 2000 73 63 52 80
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 8.9 25 2.4 38
% children in poverty, 2000 16 32 2.9 47
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 13 13 5.2 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 6.7 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 9.6 12 7.4 16
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.9 12 6.4 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 6.9 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 11 11 5.7 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 8.6 11 5.2 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 7.5 14
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 1999 11 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 2000 11 14 0.9 20
% births to teen mothers, 2001 11 13 1.0 20
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 13 0.5 19
% births to teen mothers, 2003 9.6 11 0.3 19
% births to teen mothers, 2004 10 11 0.9 18
% births to teen mothers, 2005 8.9 11 0.2 18
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 71,568 59,101 35,834 117,886
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 76,805 71,274 37,016 166,102
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 81,500 78,192 35,228 187,709
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 7.3 21 3.3 41
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 6.1 9.7 -4.8 21
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 6,047 10,064 219 24,389
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 5,585 9,540 190 22,637
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 5,506 9,770 202 23,226
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 6,136 10,612 195 25,037
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 6,713 11,253 231 26,167
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 7,081 11,507 239 26,235
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 7,383 11,351 262 25,976
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 7,364 11,174 238 26,092
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 4,182 7,362 45 20,413
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 3,540 6,405 44 18,019
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 3,219 5,822 42 16,230
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 3,096 5,793 42 15,982
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 3,203 5,883 50 16,127
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 3,196 5,918 38 16,550
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 3,365 6,118 41 16,849
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 3,398 6,008 36 16,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 3,316 5,574 36 14,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 3,037 5,294 35 14,625
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 30,624 31,643 29,914 34,509
Occupied housing units, 1990 29,829 31,204 27,775 35,873
Occupied housing units, 2000 29,195 31,042 25,063 36,849
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.9 6.0 2.9 9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.9 8.0 4.6 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.7 6.2 2.2 11
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 58 35 17 58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 60 39 18 60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 61 41 22 61
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 692 437 166 692
Number of sales, 1996 716 480 182 716
Number of sales, 1997 802 532 189 802
Number of sales, 1998 1,050 701 270 1,050
Number of sales, 1999 1,000 665 285 1,000
Number of sales, 2000 719 505 238 719
Number of sales, 2001 790 543 253 805
Number of sales, 2002 816 561 284 816
Number of sales, 2003 800 555 207 800
Number of sales, 2004 994 618 307 994
Number of sales, 2005 857 561 276 857
Number of sales, 2006 724 455 221 724
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 171,424 206,003 111,834 431,228
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 168,399 197,535 107,041 416,270
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 174,400 207,584 103,348 426,311
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 170,924 213,767 98,189 438,853
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 177,659 228,100 104,542 496,575
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 192,652 259,038 117,638 552,671
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 204,883 298,493 127,613 632,212
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 259,322 342,982 134,271 714,575
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 323,972 379,382 152,126 769,785
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 362,217 438,571 166,840 852,857
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 445,897 523,265 217,640 955,493
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 478,244 543,489 267,405 930,776
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 11 11 7.9 15
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 18 13 7.3 21
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 7.3 3.9 -2.6 23
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 35 39 12 75
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 43 53 15 99
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 47 59 23 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 46 61 26 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 47 63 26 110
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 48 67 29 124
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 50 71 34 130
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 64 88 45 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 73 102 60 185
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 76,072 70,532 34,425 126,195
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 71,644 71,070 40,813 127,411
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 78,331 70,643 40,980 128,344
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 80,045 78,065 36,710 138,106
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 85,546 83,671 45,569 145,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 88,689 84,862 45,385 151,190
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 98,578 86,288 43,577 135,511
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 98,557 93,191 51,110 156,340
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 121,399 104,968 64,715 151,460
% subprime loans, 1997 3.9 3.9 1.0 18
% subprime loans, 1998 6.7 5.9 0.8 35
% subprime loans, 1999 6.1 4.5 0.9 27
% subprime loans, 2000 7.0 5.1 2.3 19
% subprime loans, 2001 3.8 3.1 1.4 8.8
% subprime loans, 2002 3.2 2.8 1.1 7.9
% subprime loans, 2003 5.4 3.6 0.8 10
% subprime loans, 2004 7.8 5.3 1.2 14
% subprime loans, 2005 16 10 1.4 24
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 9.1 15 2.5 23
Violent crimes, 2001 7.7 16 3.1 23
Violent crimes, 2002 9.8 16 2.7 23
Violent crimes, 2003 12 16 1.8 23
Violent crimes, 2004 11 14 1.9 19
Violent crimes, 2005 10 14 1.8 20
Property crimes, 2000 37 54 31 118
Property crimes, 2001 37 56 28 106
Property crimes, 2002 42 55 26 99
Property crimes, 2003 38 55 28 89
Property crimes, 2004 33 48 25 79
Property crimes, 2005 32 44 22 75

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