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 6

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Ward		 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
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.2 -4.9 -15 7.9
% change population, 1990-2000 -6.1 -5.7 -15 4.9
% children, 1980 21 22 10 37
% children, 1990 16 19 8.2 32
% children, 2000 17 20 7.8 36
% change child population, 1980-1990 -26 -19 -27 5.0
% change child population, 1990-2000 -0.4 -2.0 -6.8 5.5
% 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
% 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
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 31 27 2.2 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 30 28 1.2 80
% Hispanic, 1990 1.9 5.2 0.8 18
% Hispanic, 2000 3.2 7.9 0.8 25
% 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
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
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
% 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
% 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
% female-headed families with children, 1990 57 54 13 67
% female-headed families with children, 2000 60 52 12 68
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 95 99
% HHs with a car, 2000 63 63 52 80
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 29 25 2.4 38
% children in poverty, 2000 36 32 2.9 47
% 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
% 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 53,094 59,101 35,834 117,886
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 65,969 71,274 37,016 166,102
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 67,454 78,192 35,228 187,709
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 24 21 3.3 41
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 2.3 9.7 -4.8 21
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 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
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
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
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 36 35 17 58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 40 39 18 60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 41 41 22 61
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 535 437 166 692
Number of sales, 1996 654 480 182 716
Number of sales, 1997 681 532 189 802
Number of sales, 1998 914 701 270 1,050
Number of sales, 1999 915 665 285 1,000
Number of sales, 2000 698 505 238 719
Number of sales, 2001 805 543 253 805
Number of sales, 2002 786 561 284 816
Number of sales, 2003 769 555 207 800
Number of sales, 2004 812 618 307 994
Number of sales, 2005 791 561 276 857
Number of sales, 2006 575 455 221 724
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 149,520 206,003 111,834 431,228
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 145,364 197,535 107,041 416,270
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 155,022 207,584 103,348 426,311
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 161,549 213,767 98,189 438,853
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 174,237 228,100 104,542 496,575
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 205,295 259,038 117,638 552,671
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 279,812 298,493 127,613 632,212
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 316,603 342,982 134,271 714,575
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 349,326 379,382 152,126 769,785
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 444,539 438,571 166,840 852,857
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 523,398 523,265 217,640 955,493
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 539,953 543,489 267,405 930,776
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 14 11 7.9 15
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 14 13 7.3 21
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 3.2 3.9 -2.6 23
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 65,822 70,532 34,425 126,195
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 65,928 71,070 40,813 127,411
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 69,715 70,643 40,980 128,344
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 85,571 78,065 36,710 138,106
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 93,511 83,671 45,569 145,815
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 94,467 84,862 45,385 151,190
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 86,799 86,288 43,577 135,511
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 98,206 93,191 51,110 156,340
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 118,556 104,968 64,715 151,460
% 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
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 2.5 23
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 3.1 23
Violent crimes, 2002 21 16 2.7 23
Violent crimes, 2003 21 16 1.8 23
Violent crimes, 2004 17 14 1.9 19
Violent crimes, 2005 16 14 1.8 20
Property crimes, 2000 70 54 31 118
Property crimes, 2001 83 56 28 106
Property crimes, 2002 71 55 26 99
Property crimes, 2003 64 55 28 89
Property crimes, 2004 63 48 25 79
Property crimes, 2005 59 44 22 75

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