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 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
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.1 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 17 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 2.5 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 1.8 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 1.8 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -30 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 15 -2.0 -100 296
% 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
% 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
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 81 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 76 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 5.6 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.0 7.9 0.7 32
% 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
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
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
% 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
% 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
% female-headed families with children, 1990 8.2 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 13 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 47 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 5.7 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 9.4 32 0.9 60
% 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
% 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 113,683 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 167,683 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 192,492 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 48 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 15 9.7 -66 226
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 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
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
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
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 25 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 32 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 31 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 8.0 125 0.0 481
Number of sales, 1996 12 137 0.0 547
Number of sales, 1997 15 152 0.0 583
Number of sales, 1998 25 200 0.0 819
Number of sales, 1999 21 190 0.0 777
Number of sales, 2000 12 144 0.0 580
Number of sales, 2001 15 155 0.0 634
Number of sales, 2002 15 160 0.0 686
Number of sales, 2003 23 159 0.0 683
Number of sales, 2004 18 177 0.0 755
Number of sales, 2005 11 160 0.0 730
Number of sales, 2006 14 130 0.0 539
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 190,862 107,780 476,179
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 297,336 172,425 105,719 487,630
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 322,963 179,181 102,785 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 313,557 188,039 98,532 572,417
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 342,251 201,681 97,697 667,079
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 387,713 260,509 108,307 650,201
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 550,258 273,308 116,491 859,047
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 593,558 318,373 126,779 863,829
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 647,944 335,011 141,421 929,658
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 632,508 416,464 164,644 1,065,797
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 823,847 479,496 212,332 1,167,825
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 714,795 481,111 257,121 1,128,759
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 9.2 11 7.9 16
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 5.4 12 5.4 23
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -13 0.3 -13 24
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 92,866 76,018 0.0 175,222
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 116,548 78,662 20,887 136,298
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 86,442 70,508 0.0 141,085
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 93,974 82,489 30,595 152,861
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 108,950 88,072 41,626 166,433
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 94,089 86,672 44,008 163,614
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 111,392 88,600 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 117,442 91,856 17,712 170,418
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 110,844 102,605 64,228 177,792
% 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
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 5.8 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 7.2 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 6.4 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 6.4 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 4.3 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 3.9 14 0.0 60
Property crimes, 2000 65 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 49 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 52 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 47 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 42 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 36 44 0.9 342

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