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 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
% change population, 1980-1990 2.1 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 -9.5 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 14 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 10 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 13 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -25 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 13 -2.0 -100 296
% 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
% 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
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.2 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.8 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 2.1 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 3.4 7.9 0.7 32
% 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
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
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
% 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
% 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
% female-headed families with children, 1990 77 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 76 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 38 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 27 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 60 32 0.9 60
% 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
% 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 36,296 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 35,900 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 31,766 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 -1.1 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -12 9.7 -66 226
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 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
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
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
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 31 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 33 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 0.0 125 0.0 481
Number of sales, 1996 3.0 137 0.0 547
Number of sales, 1997 1.0 152 0.0 583
Number of sales, 1998 1.0 200 0.0 819
Number of sales, 1999 0.0 190 0.0 777
Number of sales, 2000 6.0 144 0.0 580
Number of sales, 2001 14 155 0.0 634
Number of sales, 2002 1.0 160 0.0 686
Number of sales, 2003 0.0 159 0.0 683
Number of sales, 2004 5.0 177 0.0 755
Number of sales, 2005 2.0 160 0.0 730
Number of sales, 2006 3.0 130 0.0 539
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 i 190,862 107,780 476,179
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 i 172,425 105,719 487,630
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 i 179,181 102,785 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 i 188,039 98,532 572,417
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 i 201,681 97,697 667,079
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 i 260,509 108,307 650,201
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 179,646 273,308 116,491 859,047
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 i 318,373 126,779 863,829
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 i 335,011 141,421 929,658
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 i 416,464 164,644 1,065,797
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 i 479,496 212,332 1,167,825
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 i 481,111 257,121 1,128,759
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 i 11 7.9 16
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 i 12 5.4 23
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 i 0.3 -13 24
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 67,534 76,018 0.0 175,222
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 61,106 78,662 20,887 136,298
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 56,269 70,508 0.0 141,085
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 78,256 82,489 30,595 152,861
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 65,063 88,072 41,626 166,433
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 75,992 86,672 44,008 163,614
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 101,896 88,600 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 110,108 91,856 17,712 170,418
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 105,000 102,605 64,228 177,792
% 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
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 52 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 71 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 38 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 25 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 33 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 60 14 0.0 60
Property crimes, 2000 219 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 248 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 203 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 239 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 181 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 159 44 0.9 342

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