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  
 
Sources and Notes
 
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
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 16 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 11 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
% births to teen mothers, 2006 13 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 15 12 0.0 20
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 food stamps, 2008 3,135 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 3,658 3,844 9.0 20,677
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
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,349 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 1,409 1,612 0.0 10,092
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 125 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 128 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 142 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 172 190 0.0 774
Number of sales, 1999 147 182 0.0 764
Number of sales, 2000 139 150 0.0 622
Number of sales, 2001 144 151 0.0 625
Number of sales, 2002 140 151 0.0 621
Number of sales, 2003 182 149 0.0 607
Number of sales, 2004 183 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 191 157 0.0 728
Number of sales, 2006 149 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 198 110 0.0 424
Number of sales, 2008 95 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 91 83 0.0 332
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 155,000 204,000 113,000 507,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 157,000 185,000 111,000 498,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 147,000 186,000 106,000 548,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 154,000 200,000 103,000 591,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 155,000 214,000 102,000 690,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 174,000 272,000 106,000 685,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 176,000 291,000 121,000 874,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 203,000 329,000 131,000 894,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 248,000 348,000 150,000 961,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 293,000 452,000 170,000 1,106,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 412,000 491,000 220,000 1,175,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 425,000 496,000 266,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 452,000 491,000 277,000 1,022,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 422,000 459,000 264,000 993,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 327,000 399,000 195,000 987,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 7.8 6.4 3.6 12
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 2.2 -2.5 -2.2 6.4
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -23 -13 -26 6.2
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
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 73 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 56,746 78,470 0.0 180,875
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 54,194 81,199 21,561 140,695
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 53,648 72,783 0.0 145,636
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 58,479 85,149 31,582 157,792
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 62,249 90,913 42,969 171,802
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 61,738 89,468 45,427 168,891
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 74,426 91,458 0.0 264,052
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 75,043 99,731 34,151 175,915
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 86,196 105,915 66,300 183,527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 93,903 113,881 67,516 192,365
% 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
% subprime loans, 2006 19 8.7 0.0 67
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
Violent crimes, 2006 16 14 0.0 63
Violent crimes, 2007 14 14 0.0 52
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
Property crimes, 2006 51 43 0.9 305
Property crimes, 2007 54 48 1.5 334

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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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