DC ZIP 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 15,252 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 14,744 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 15,936 20,431 553 58,213
% change population, 1980-1990 -3.3 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 8.1 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 20 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 19 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 18 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -10 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 5.2 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 11 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 12 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 14 13 1.1 43
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 59 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 63 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 8.1 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 10 61 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 85 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 79 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 3.5 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 4.5 7.9 0.7 32
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 3.3 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 5.3 3.0 0.3 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 5.6 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 4.0 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 4.2 20 2.5 71
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 2.4 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 2.7 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 2.2 11 1.7 60
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 60 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 66 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 62 57 31 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 9.5 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 5.1 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 6.8 22 2.2 40
% female-headed families with children, 1990 12 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 11 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 84 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 1.0 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 0.9 32 0.9 60
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 6.6 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 5.9 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 7.5 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 6.9 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 5.0 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.0 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 6.6 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 10 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.0 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 1.8 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.0 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 1.0 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.0 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.3 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.4 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.4 11 0.0 19
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 106,569 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 141,883 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 171,687 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 33 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 21 9.7 -66 226
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 63 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 54 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 52 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 55 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 68 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 67 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 78 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 70 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 8.0 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 5.0 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 5.0 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 s 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 8.0 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 5.0 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 6.0 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 9.0 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 8.0 1,513 6.0 9,222
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,232 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,189 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,270 8,869 30 25,054
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.7 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.9 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.3 6.2 0.0 16
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 67 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 69 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 73 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 172 125 0.0 481
Number of sales, 1996 190 137 0.0 547
Number of sales, 1997 238 152 0.0 583
Number of sales, 1998 317 200 0.0 819
Number of sales, 1999 298 190 0.0 777
Number of sales, 2000 145 144 0.0 580
Number of sales, 2001 182 155 0.0 634
Number of sales, 2002 214 160 0.0 686
Number of sales, 2003 219 159 0.0 683
Number of sales, 2004 184 177 0.0 755
Number of sales, 2005 164 160 0.0 730
Number of sales, 2006 160 130 0.0 539
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 397,269 190,862 107,780 476,179
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 389,840 172,425 105,719 487,630
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 400,474 179,181 102,785 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 419,772 188,039 98,532 572,417
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 463,408 201,681 97,697 667,079
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 502,100 260,509 108,307 650,201
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 567,820 273,308 116,491 859,047
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 634,185 318,373 126,779 863,829
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 732,458 335,011 141,421 929,658
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 797,976 416,464 164,644 1,065,797
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 849,327 479,496 212,332 1,167,825
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 844,641 481,111 257,121 1,128,759
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 8.0 11 7.9 16
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 8.3 12 5.4 23
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -0.6 0.3 -13 24
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 81 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 92 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 90 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 63 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 78 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 70 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 65 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 56 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 57 102 0.0 3,533
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 130,454 76,018 0.0 175,222
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 136,298 78,662 20,887 136,298
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 141,085 70,508 0.0 141,085
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 152,861 82,489 30,595 152,861
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 166,433 88,072 41,626 166,433
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 163,614 86,672 44,008 163,614
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 160,763 88,600 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 170,418 91,856 17,712 170,418
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 177,792 102,605 64,228 177,792
% subprime loans, 1997 1.2 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 0.7 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 0.4 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 3.2 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 1.2 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 2.7 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 1.8 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 3.1 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 2.7 10 0.0 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 2.4 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 3.7 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 2.3 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 2.6 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 2.6 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 1.6 14 0.0 60
Property crimes, 2000 31 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 28 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 27 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 32 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 27 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 23 44 0.9 342

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