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  
 
ZIP 20016

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Population
Population, 1980 27,634 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 30,712 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 31,231 20,431 553 58,213
% change population, 1980-1990 11 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 1.7 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 13 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 12 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 13 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 3.2 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 12 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 13 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 19 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 19 13 1.1 43
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 45 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 45 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 4.7 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 5.9 61 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 84 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 80 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 6.7 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.8 7.9 0.7 32
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 4.4 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 6.1 3.0 0.3 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 6.8 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 6.2 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 6.8 20 2.5 71
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 2.8 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 2.6 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 19 11 1.7 60
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 58 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 66 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 59 57 31 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 10.0 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 5.7 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 3.7 22 2.2 40
% female-headed families with children, 1990 12 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 12 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 84 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 2.2 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 1.8 32 0.9 60
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 5.7 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 8.7 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 6.1 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 5.2 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 8.0 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 6.1 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 6.0 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 5.1 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.6 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 0.3 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 1.3 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.7 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.9 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.3 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 1.0 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.3 11 0.0 19
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 124,351 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 176,227 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 200,052 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 42 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 14 9.7 -66 226
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 68 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 57 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 60 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 61 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 71 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 75 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 72 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 63 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 19 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 11 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 16 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 16 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 20 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 16 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 20 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 12 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 10 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 7.0 1,513 6.0 9,222
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 12,032 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 13,324 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 13,788 8,869 30 25,054
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.4 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 4.6 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.4 6.2 0.0 16
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 59 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 58 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 61 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 271 125 0.0 481
Number of sales, 1996 273 137 0.0 547
Number of sales, 1997 354 152 0.0 583
Number of sales, 1998 417 200 0.0 819
Number of sales, 1999 407 190 0.0 777
Number of sales, 2000 287 144 0.0 580
Number of sales, 2001 288 155 0.0 634
Number of sales, 2002 319 160 0.0 686
Number of sales, 2003 345 159 0.0 683
Number of sales, 2004 280 177 0.0 755
Number of sales, 2005 298 160 0.0 730
Number of sales, 2006 203 130 0.0 539
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 448,969 190,862 107,780 476,179
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 424,199 172,425 105,719 487,630
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 429,217 179,181 102,785 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 445,531 188,039 98,532 572,417
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 516,488 201,681 97,697 667,079
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 571,936 260,509 108,307 650,201
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 635,724 273,308 116,491 859,047
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 723,219 318,373 126,779 863,829
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 760,630 335,011 141,421 929,658
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 846,546 416,464 164,644 1,065,797
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 917,910 479,496 212,332 1,167,825
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 903,522 481,111 257,121 1,128,759
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 7.9 11 7.9 16
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 7.3 12 5.4 23
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -1.6 0.3 -13 24
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 64 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 85 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 89 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 79 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 81 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 80 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 93 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 88 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 103 102 0.0 3,533
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 128,503 76,018 0.0 175,222
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 134,791 78,662 20,887 136,298
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 139,646 70,508 0.0 141,085
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 150,606 82,489 30,595 152,861
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 153,933 88,072 41,626 166,433
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 157,015 86,672 44,008 163,614
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 143,346 88,600 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 153,494 91,856 17,712 170,418
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 158,509 102,605 64,228 177,792
% subprime loans, 1997 0.6 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 0.7 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 1.1 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 3.7 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 2.0 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 1.3 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 0.6 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 1.2 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 1.6 10 0.0 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 2.4 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 2.4 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 2.1 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 1.3 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 1.4 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 1.5 14 0.0 60
Property crimes, 2000 28 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 27 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 24 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 25 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 23 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 21 44 0.9 342

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