DC ZIP Code 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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ZIP 20037

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Population        
Population, 1980 10,172 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 9,653 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 11,328 20,431 553 58,213
Population, 2005-09 11,008 21,015 383 60,729
Population, 2010 14,544 21,490 306 60,810
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -5.1 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990 to 2000 17 -5.7 -45 90
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 -2.8 2.9 -43 52
% change population, 2000 to 2010 28 5.2 -59 86
% children, 1980 2.5 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 1.8 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 1.8 20 0.0 37
% children, 2005-09 2.8 19 0.0 39
% children, 2010 1.9 17 0.2 37
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -30 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 15 -2.0 -100 296
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 54 -0.3 -99 523
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 36 -12 -66 521
% foreign born, 1980 16 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 20 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 23 13 1.1 43
% foreign born, 2005-09 25 13 2.0 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 37 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 28 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity        
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 6.0 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 6.7 61 4.0 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 7.6 55 3.1 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 7.5 51 3.7 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 81 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 76 28 0.6 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 69 32 0.6 82
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 73 35 0.8 86
% Hispanic, 1990 5.6 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.0 7.9 0.7 32
% Hispanic, 2005-09 9.5 8.5 1.4 31
% Hispanic, 2010 6.1 9.1 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 7.3 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 11 3.0 0.3 40
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 10 3.0 0.1 22
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 12 4.2 0.2 15
Family Risk Factors        
Poverty rate (%), 1980 12 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 16 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 21 20 2.5 71
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 20 18 0.0 64
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.0 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.6 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 10 11 1.7 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 2.3 9.2 0.0 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 70 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 67 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 61 57 31 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 58 60 24 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 6.5 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 4.9 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 5.4 22 2.2 40
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 2.3 15 0.0 24
% female-headed families with children, 1990 8.2 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 13 52 0.0 76
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 14 53 0.0 81
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 94 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 96 95 91 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 47 63 24 96
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 47 64 0.0 100
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 5.7 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 9.4 32 0.9 60
% children in poverty, 2005-09 9.6 29 1.4 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 6.0 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 6.6 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.6 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 6.6 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.7 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 7.0 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 0.0 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 5.7 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 8.7 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 2.4 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 2.3 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 1.1 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.0 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.6 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.0 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 4.1 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2006 1.1 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 0.6 12 0.0 20
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 148,795 77,355 46,496 172,526
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 219,473 93,288 35,505 230,656
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 251,945 102,342 40,019 261,840
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 206,600 115,016 34,590 273,717
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 48 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 15 9.7 -66 226
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 -18 12 -20 102
Public Assistance        
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 65 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 57 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 43 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 35 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 37 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 37 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 49 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 62 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 60 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 58 3,844 9.0 20,677
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 81 4,366 12 23,014
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7.0 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 7.0 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 s 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 s 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 8.0 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 s 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 8.0 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 10 1,513 6.0 9,222
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 13 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 7.0 1,612 0.0 10,092
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 11 1,659 6.0 10,129
Housing Conditions        
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,077 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,278 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,789 8,869 30 25,054
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 6,289 8,954 47 24,554
Occupied housing units, 2010 7,095 9,525 0.0 27,582
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.3 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 10.0 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.0 6.2 0.0 16
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 11 5.9 0.0 17
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 25 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 32 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 31 41 3.2 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 39 45 1.8 88
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 5.0 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 7.0 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 13 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 20 190 0.0 769
Number of sales, 1999 16 181 0.0 759
Number of sales, 2000 13 149 0.0 615
Number of sales, 2001 13 150 0.0 620
Number of sales, 2002 12 151 0.0 617
Number of sales, 2003 22 149 0.0 605
Number of sales, 2004 14 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 10 157 0.0 725
Number of sales, 2006 14 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 5.0 109 0.0 415
Number of sales, 2008 3.0 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 8.0 76 0.0 274
Number of sales, 2010 11 88 0.0 367
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 i 207,000 114,000 515,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 i 189,000 113,000 507,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 340,000 189,000 107,000 557,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 373,000 203,000 104,000 601,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 432,000 219,000 104,000 705,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 442,000 276,000 108,000 696,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 609,000 295,000 123,000 888,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 575,000 335,000 133,000 908,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 691,000 353,000 152,000 978,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 698,000 459,000 173,000 1,127,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 871,000 499,000 223,000 1,211,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 752,000 504,000 270,000 1,160,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 i 409,000 282,000 1,043,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 i 464,000 268,000 1,018,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 i 428,000 219,000 1,027,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 810,000 444,000 220,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 6.2 4.9 4.2 11
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 -1.5 -2.3 -2.6 0.7
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 i 3.8 -25 21
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)        
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 60 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 99 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 117 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 109 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 124 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 118 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 123 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 127 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 191 102 0.0 3,533
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 142 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 102,378 83,803 0.0 193,169
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 128,485 86,719 23,026 150,258
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 95,295 77,730 0.0 155,535
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 103,599 90,937 33,729 168,518
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 120,108 97,093 45,890 183,479
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 103,726 95,549 48,515 180,371
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 122,801 97,674 0.0 282,000
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 129,470 106,510 36,473 187,872
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 122,197 113,114 70,806 196,002
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 123,723 121,622 72,105 205,440
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 0.5 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 0.4 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 1.7 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 0.8 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 1.3 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 1.4 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 0.2 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 1.1 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 0.6 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 5.8 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 7.0 15 0.0 74
Violent crimes, 2002 6.0 15 0.0 42
Violent crimes, 2003 5.9 16 0.3 33
Violent crimes, 2004 3.9 14 0.3 40
Violent crimes, 2005 3.4 14 0.0 77
Violent crimes, 2006 2.5 13 0.0 86
Violent crimes, 2007 3.2 14 0.0 39
Violent crimes, 2008 3.5 13 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2009 4.4 13 0.0 48
Violent crimes, 2010 3.3 12 0.0 39
Property crimes, 2000 65 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 48 56 0.0 646
Property crimes, 2002 49 54 0.5 420
Property crimes, 2003 43 54 0.8 319
Property crimes, 2004 37 47 1.4 220
Property crimes, 2005 32 43 1.2 239
Property crimes, 2006 32 42 1.4 201
Property crimes, 2007 30 45 2.0 196
Property crimes, 2008 33 46 0.4 222
Property crimes, 2009 28 44 1.4 198
Property crimes, 2010 23 40 1.1 180

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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