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 20018

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Population
Population, 1980 19,079 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 17,993 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 16,767 20,431 553 58,213
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.7 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 -6.8 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 24 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 20 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 21 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -19 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 -1.5 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 1.2 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 2.9 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 3.1 13 1.1 43
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 68 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 62 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 94 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 94 61 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 4.0 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 2.6 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 0.9 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 2.3 7.9 0.7 32
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.7 3.0 0.3 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 15 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 14 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 18 20 2.5 71
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.8 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 9.7 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 12 11 1.7 60
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 52 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 52 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 46 57 31 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 37 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 34 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 27 22 2.2 40
% female-headed families with children, 1990 51 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 52 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 70 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 17 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 24 32 0.9 60
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 15 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.3 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 15 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 19 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.5 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 11 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 17 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 17 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 18 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 16 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 19 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 17 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 16 11 0.0 19
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 59,401 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 58,828 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 62,238 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -1.0 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 5.8 9.7 -66 226
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,086 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,015 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,184 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,528 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,847 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,026 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,956 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,872 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,526 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,132 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,173 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,217 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,329 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,349 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,536 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,607 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,515 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,368 1,513 6.0 9,222
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,852 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,069 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,875 8,869 30 25,054
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.8 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.7 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.7 6.2 0.0 16
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 58 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 58 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 58 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 135 125 0.0 481
Number of sales, 1996 138 137 0.0 547
Number of sales, 1997 149 152 0.0 583
Number of sales, 1998 172 200 0.0 819
Number of sales, 1999 153 190 0.0 777
Number of sales, 2000 136 144 0.0 580
Number of sales, 2001 154 155 0.0 634
Number of sales, 2002 141 160 0.0 686
Number of sales, 2003 185 159 0.0 683
Number of sales, 2004 182 177 0.0 755
Number of sales, 2005 195 160 0.0 730
Number of sales, 2006 145 130 0.0 539
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 146,137 190,862 107,780 476,179
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 136,250 172,425 105,719 487,630
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 138,228 179,181 102,785 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 148,503 188,039 98,532 572,417
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 149,346 201,681 97,697 667,079
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 169,775 260,509 108,307 650,201
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 165,077 273,308 116,491 859,047
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 194,779 318,373 126,779 863,829
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 235,513 335,011 141,421 929,658
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 283,737 416,464 164,644 1,065,797
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 395,999 479,496 212,332 1,167,825
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 410,364 481,111 257,121 1,128,759
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 12 11 7.9 16
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 20 12 5.4 23
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 3.6 0.3 -13 24
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 26 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 32 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 29 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 34 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 33 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 42 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 44 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 53 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 67 102 0.0 3,533
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 54,973 76,018 0.0 175,222
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 52,501 78,662 20,887 136,298
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 51,971 70,508 0.0 141,085
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 56,651 82,489 30,595 152,861
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 60,304 88,072 41,626 166,433
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 59,809 86,672 44,008 163,614
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 72,100 88,600 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 72,698 91,856 17,712 170,418
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 83,503 102,605 64,228 177,792
% subprime loans, 1997 8.7 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 20 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 20 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 18 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 8.7 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 7.8 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 11 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 12 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 19 10 0.0 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 15 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 17 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 18 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 15 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 18 14 0.0 60
Property crimes, 2000 59 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 63 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 58 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 66 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 63 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 59 44 0.9 342

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