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  
 
Sources and Notes
 
Ward 6

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Average Low High
Population        
Population, 1980 77,312 79,791 63,391 93,358
Population, 1990 72,486 75,863 65,638 83,198
Population, 2000 68,087 71,507 68,087 75,001
Population, 2005-09 74,669 73,554 69,288 77,411
Population, 2010 76,598 75,215 70,712 79,915
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -6.2 -4.9 -15 7.9
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -6.1 -5.7 -15 4.9
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 9.7 2.9 -3.1 9.7
% change population, 2000 to 2010 13 5.2 -0.3 16
% children, 1980 21 22 10 37
% children, 1990 16 19 8.2 32
% children, 2000 17 20 7.8 36
% children, 2005-09 15 19 7.1 33
% children, 2010 13 17 5.8 30
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -26 -19 -27 5.0
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -0.4 -2.0 -6.8 5.5
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 -3.0 -0.3 -15 42
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -16 -12 -31 16
% foreign born, 1980 3.4 6.4 1.6 14
% foreign born, 1990 5.0 9.7 1.2 23
% foreign born, 2000 6.7 13 1.4 29
% foreign born, 2005-09 8.2 13 2.5 25
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 49 53 36 66
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 48 50 32 62
Population by Race/Ethnicity        
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 65 65 4.9 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 63 61 6.2 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 47 55 5.3 96
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 42 51 5.6 96
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 31 27 2.2 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 30 28 1.2 80
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 42 32 1.6 78
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 47 35 1.4 78
% Hispanic, 1990 1.9 5.2 0.8 18
% Hispanic, 2000 3.2 7.9 0.8 25
% Hispanic, 2005-09 5.0 8.5 1.7 22
% Hispanic, 2010 4.8 9.1 1.8 21
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.6 1.8 0.2 5.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 2.5 3.0 0.3 8.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 3.6 3.0 0.3 7.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 5.0 4.2 0.2 10.0
Family Risk Factors        
Poverty rate (%), 1980 22 19 7.7 27
Poverty rate (%), 1990 19 17 6.5 27
Poverty rate (%), 2000 21 20 7.5 36
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 18 18 6.9 35
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.6 6.8 3.0 10
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.2 7.2 2.4 13
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 9.6 11 6.6 22
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 8.4 9.2 3.4 19
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 59 59 54 65
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 62 62 53 69
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 58 57 45 66
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 65 60 47 71
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 38 33 9.7 42
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 27 27 5.8 39
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 21 22 4.0 34
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 12 15 3.4 21
% female-headed families with children, 1990 57 54 13 67
% female-headed families with children, 2000 60 52 12 68
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 49 53 12 77
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 95 99
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 95 95 93 97
% HHs with a car, 2000 63 63 52 80
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 65 64 52 79
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 29 25 2.4 38
% children in poverty, 2000 36 32 2.9 47
% children in poverty, 2005-09 31 29 3.1 48
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 14 13 5.2 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 14 13 6.7 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 11 12 7.4 16
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 14 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 11 11 5.2 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 7.5 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.7 11 8.4 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 11 11 7.0 14
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 1999 14 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 2000 14 14 0.9 20
% births to teen mothers, 2001 12 13 1.0 20
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 13 0.5 19
% births to teen mothers, 2003 11 11 0.3 19
% births to teen mothers, 2004 11 11 0.9 18
% births to teen mothers, 2005 9.4 11 0.2 18
% births to teen mothers, 2006 9.2 12 0.3 20
% births to teen mothers, 2007 8.0 12 1.3 20
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 69,492 77,355 46,902 154,296
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 86,344 93,288 48,448 217,404
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 88,288 102,342 46,108 245,685
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 120,526 115,016 44,076 257,386
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 24 21 3.3 41
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 2.3 9.7 -4.8 21
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 37 12 -7.2 37
Public Assistance        
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 11,922 10,064 219 24,389
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 11,112 9,540 190 22,637
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 11,577 9,770 202 23,226
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 13,145 10,612 195 25,037
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 13,984 11,253 231 26,167
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 13,647 11,507 239 26,235
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 12,807 11,351 262 25,976
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 12,109 11,174 238 26,092
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 12,328 11,636 237 27,515
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 13,396 13,452 331 31,570
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 14,798 15,280 412 35,423
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7,410 7,362 45 20,413
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 6,290 6,405 44 18,019
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 5,659 5,822 42 16,230
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 5,736 5,793 42 15,982
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 5,622 5,883 50 16,127
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 5,817 5,918 38 16,550
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 5,921 6,118 41 16,849
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 5,634 6,008 36 16,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 4,984 5,574 36 14,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 4,458 5,294 35 14,625
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 4,085 5,287 34 14,981
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 4,042 5,642 43 16,053
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 4,186 5,807 47 16,386
Housing Conditions        
Occupied housing units, 1980 30,823 31,643 29,914 34,509
Occupied housing units, 1990 30,209 31,204 27,775 35,873
Occupied housing units, 2000 32,028 31,042 25,063 36,849
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 34,333 31,340 25,917 35,607
Occupied housing units, 2010 36,795 33,338 26,742 40,362
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.3 6.0 2.9 9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.2 8.0 4.6 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.3 6.2 2.2 11
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 4.4 5.9 3.8 8.2
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 36 35 17 58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 40 39 18 60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 41 41 22 61
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 47 45 24 63
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 469 388 141 625
Number of sales, 1996 564 428 174 644
Number of sales, 1997 636 494 177 764
Number of sales, 1998 863 665 260 1,005
Number of sales, 1999 872 635 266 949
Number of sales, 2000 736 522 256 736
Number of sales, 2001 806 527 225 806
Number of sales, 2002 720 527 239 781
Number of sales, 2003 693 521 196 747
Number of sales, 2004 765 591 295 953
Number of sales, 2005 784 549 270 846
Number of sales, 2006 574 451 221 717
Number of sales, 2007 473 383 182 561
Number of sales, 2008 386 274 171 416
Number of sales, 2009 434 266 80 434
Number of sales, 2010 492 307 113 492
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 161,000 223,000 120,000 451,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 157,000 213,000 113,000 434,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 164,000 221,000 107,000 448,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 171,000 226,000 104,000 468,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 183,000 241,000 111,000 518,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 209,000 268,000 120,000 576,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 302,000 318,000 134,000 677,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 344,000 364,000 142,000 753,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 373,000 401,000 160,000 811,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 476,000 464,000 177,000 895,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 547,000 551,000 229,000 1,023,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 568,000 568,000 281,000 973,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 552,000 570,000 289,000 954,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 527,000 567,000 300,000 1,074,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 536,000 535,000 244,000 986,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 557,000 527,000 225,000 925,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 10 7.0 4.3 11
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 0.3 -0.9 -2.2 0.3
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 3.8 -1.6 -17 11
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)        
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 38 39 12 75
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 58 53 15 99
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 67 59 23 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 69 61 26 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 72 63 26 110
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 75 67 29 124
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 80 71 34 130
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 107 88 45 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 131 102 60 185
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 96 94 69 160
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 72,564 77,757 37,951 139,121
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 72,681 78,350 44,993 140,461
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 76,856 77,878 45,177 141,489
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 94,335 86,060 40,469 152,251
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 103,089 92,241 50,236 160,749
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 104,143 93,554 50,033 166,675
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 95,689 95,125 48,040 149,391
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 115,875 106,713 61,435 172,352
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 130,698 115,719 71,344 166,973
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 137,366 122,680 75,573 183,900
% subprime loans, 1997 6.2 3.9 1.0 18
% subprime loans, 1998 7.5 5.9 0.8 35
% subprime loans, 1999 4.5 4.5 0.9 27
% subprime loans, 2000 5.3 5.1 2.3 19
% subprime loans, 2001 3.7 3.1 1.4 8.8
% subprime loans, 2002 2.8 2.8 1.1 7.9
% subprime loans, 2003 2.9 3.6 0.8 10
% subprime loans, 2004 3.8 5.3 1.2 14
% subprime loans, 2005 6.7 10 1.4 24
% subprime loans, 2006 6.5 8.7 1.1 20
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 2.5 23
Violent crimes, 2001 20 15 3.1 23
Violent crimes, 2002 20 15 2.7 23
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 1.8 23
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 1.8 19
Violent crimes, 2005 15 14 1.8 20
Violent crimes, 2006 15 13 1.8 19
Violent crimes, 2007 15 14 1.7 22
Violent crimes, 2008 14 13 1.5 21
Violent crimes, 2009 12 13 1.7 20
Violent crimes, 2010 10 12 1.6 20
Property crimes, 2000 70 54 31 118
Property crimes, 2001 82 56 28 105
Property crimes, 2002 69 54 25 96
Property crimes, 2003 62 54 28 85
Property crimes, 2004 60 47 25 74
Property crimes, 2005 56 43 21 70
Property crimes, 2006 54 42 19 68
Property crimes, 2007 51 45 21 70
Property crimes, 2008 50 46 23 74
Property crimes, 2009 48 44 24 71
Property crimes, 2010 41 40 22 60

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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