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 20059

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Population        
Population, 1980 598 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 611 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 553 20,431 553 58,213
Population, 2005-09 592 21,015 383 60,729
Population, 2010 306 21,490 306 60,810
% change population, 1980 to 1990 2.1 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -9.5 -5.7 -45 90
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 7.1 2.9 -43 52
% change population, 2000 to 2010 -45 5.2 -59 86
% children, 1980 14 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 10 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 13 20 0.0 37
% children, 2005-09 13 19 0.0 39
% children, 2010 7.8 17 0.2 37
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -25 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 13 -2.0 -100 296
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 13 -0.3 -99 523
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -66 -12 -66 521
% foreign born, 1980 4.8 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 3.7 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 9.8 13 1.1 43
% foreign born, 2005-09 6.9 13 2.0 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 44 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 30 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
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 79 55 3.1 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 82 51 3.7 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.2 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.8 28 0.6 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 0.6 32 0.6 82
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 8.5 35 0.8 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.1 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 3.4 7.9 0.7 32
% Hispanic, 2005-09 17 8.5 1.4 31
% Hispanic, 2010 4.9 9.1 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.7 3.0 0.3 40
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 0.2 3.0 0.1 22
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 2.9 4.2 0.2 15
Family Risk Factors        
Poverty rate (%), 1980 22 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 30 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 40 20 2.5 71
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 42 18 0.0 64
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.6 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.5 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 16 11 1.7 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 22 9.2 0.0 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 39 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 38 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 39 57 31 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 34 60 24 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 51 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 43 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 37 22 2.2 40
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 23 15 0.0 24
% female-headed families with children, 1990 77 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 76 52 0.0 76
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 54 53 0.0 81
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 94 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 92 95 91 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 38 63 24 96
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 86 64 0.0 100
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 27 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 60 32 0.9 60
% children in poverty, 2005-09 62 29 1.4 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 15 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 24 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 21 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.0 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 24 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 0.0 11 0.0 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 19 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 17 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 24 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 23 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 21 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 18 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 7.1 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 4.0 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 9.1 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 18 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2006 12 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 10 12 0.0 20
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 47,506 77,355 46,496 172,526
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 46,988 93,288 35,505 230,656
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 41,577 102,342 40,019 261,840
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 34,590 115,016 34,590 273,717
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 -1.1 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 -12 9.7 -66 226
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 -17 12 -20 102
Public Assistance        
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 84 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 79 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 77 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 81 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 83 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 78 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 71 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 71 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 68 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 75 3,844 9.0 20,677
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 84 4,366 12 23,014
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 48 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 47 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 46 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 38 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 41 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 38 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 42 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 41 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 28 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 32 1,513 6.0 9,222
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 30 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 28 1,612 0.0 10,092
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 26 1,659 6.0 10,129
Housing Conditions        
Occupied housing units, 1980 139 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 154 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 138 8,869 30 25,054
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 47 8,954 47 24,554
Occupied housing units, 2010 56 9,525 0.0 27,582
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.7 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.8 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 7.1 6.2 0.0 16
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 2.0 5.9 0.0 17
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 31 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 33 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 3.2 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 47 45 1.8 88
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 0.0 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 1.0 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 1.0 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 1.0 190 0.0 769
Number of sales, 1999 0.0 181 0.0 759
Number of sales, 2000 6.0 149 0.0 615
Number of sales, 2001 15 150 0.0 620
Number of sales, 2002 1.0 151 0.0 617
Number of sales, 2003 0.0 149 0.0 605
Number of sales, 2004 4.0 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 1.0 157 0.0 725
Number of sales, 2006 2.0 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 1.0 109 0.0 415
Number of sales, 2008 1.0 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 0.0 76 0.0 274
Number of sales, 2010 0.0 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 i 189,000 107,000 557,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 i 203,000 104,000 601,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 i 219,000 104,000 705,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 i 276,000 108,000 696,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 190,000 295,000 123,000 888,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 i 335,000 133,000 908,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 i 353,000 152,000 978,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 i 459,000 173,000 1,127,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 i 499,000 223,000 1,211,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 i 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 i 444,000 220,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 i 4.9 4.2 11
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 i -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 28 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 35 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 57 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 65 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 80 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 66 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 86 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 87 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 86 102 0.0 3,533
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 77 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 74,451 83,803 0.0 193,169
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 67,365 86,719 23,026 150,258
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 62,032 77,730 0.0 155,535
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 86,271 90,937 33,729 168,518
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 71,727 97,093 45,890 183,479
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 83,775 95,549 48,515 180,371
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 112,332 97,674 0.0 282,000
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 121,386 106,510 36,473 187,872
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 115,754 113,114 70,806 196,002
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 103,593 121,622 72,105 205,440
% subprime loans, 1997 11 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 33 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 12 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 7.5 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 0.0 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 2.0 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 8.7 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 11 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 15 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 9.2 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 52 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 74 15 0.0 74
Violent crimes, 2002 42 15 0.0 42
Violent crimes, 2003 29 16 0.3 33
Violent crimes, 2004 40 14 0.3 40
Violent crimes, 2005 77 14 0.0 77
Violent crimes, 2006 86 13 0.0 86
Violent crimes, 2007 39 14 0.0 39
Violent crimes, 2008 73 13 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2009 48 13 0.0 48
Violent crimes, 2010 39 12 0.0 39
Property crimes, 2000 219 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 259 56 0.0 646
Property crimes, 2002 222 54 0.5 420
Property crimes, 2003 276 54 0.8 319
Property crimes, 2004 220 47 1.4 220
Property crimes, 2005 205 43 1.2 239
Property crimes, 2006 178 42 1.4 201
Property crimes, 2007 147 45 2.0 196
Property crimes, 2008 214 46 0.4 222
Property crimes, 2009 181 44 1.4 198
Property crimes, 2010 134 40 1.1 180

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