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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Population        
Population, 1980 25,502 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 26,479 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 26,188 20,431 553 58,213
Population, 2005-09 27,291 21,015 383 60,729
Population, 2010 27,890 21,490 306 60,810
% change population, 1980 to 1990 3.8 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -1.1 -5.7 -45 90
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 4.2 2.9 -43 52
% change population, 2000 to 2010 6.5 5.2 -59 86
% children, 1980 9.4 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 9.2 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 9.0 20 0.0 37
% children, 2005-09 12 19 0.0 39
% children, 2010 9.1 17 0.2 37
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 1.2 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -2.8 -2.0 -100 296
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 36 -0.3 -99 523
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 7.7 -12 -66 521
% foreign born, 1980 16 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 19 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 19 13 1.1 43
% foreign born, 2005-09 20 13 2.0 33
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 46 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 42 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity        
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 5.6 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 6.6 61 4.0 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 5.1 55 3.1 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 5.9 51 3.7 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 83 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 79 28 0.6 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 75 32 0.6 82
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 77 35 0.8 86
% Hispanic, 1990 7.5 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.9 7.9 0.7 32
% Hispanic, 2005-09 8.8 8.5 1.4 31
% Hispanic, 2010 7.7 9.1 0.2 30
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 3.9 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 6.5 3.0 0.3 40
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 7.6 3.0 0.1 22
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 8.9 4.2 0.2 15
Family Risk Factors        
Poverty rate (%), 1980 6.8 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 4.5 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 5.5 20 2.5 71
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 6.9 18 0.0 64
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.4 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 2.1 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 1.7 11 1.7 60
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 3.5 9.2 0.0 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 67 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 73 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 75 57 31 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 72 60 24 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 10 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 6.4 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 4.4 22 2.2 40
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 2.0 15 0.0 24
% female-headed families with children, 1990 12 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 11 52 0.0 76
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 9.4 53 0.0 81
Isolation Indicators        
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 94 100
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 96 95 91 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 73 63 24 96
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 69 64 0.0 100
Child Well-Being Indicators        
% children in poverty, 1990 0.6 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 2.6 32 0.9 60
% children in poverty, 2005-09 2.9 29 1.4 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 4.9 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 6.2 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 5.9 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.2 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 7.2 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 6.0 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 4.3 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 8.2 11 0.0 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 8.2 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 7.5 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 0.5 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 0.6 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 0.2 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.8 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.7 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.8 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 0.1 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2006 0.0 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 1.3 12 0.0 20
Income Conditions        
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 162,921 77,355 46,496 172,526
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 218,960 93,288 35,505 230,656
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 242,504 102,342 40,019 261,840
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 249,129 115,016 34,590 273,717
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 34 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 11 9.7 -66 226
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 2.7 12 -20 102
Public Assistance        
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 59 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 58 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 68 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 65 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 93 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 92 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 100 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 93 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 78 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 101 3,844 9.0 20,677
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 128 4,366 12 23,014
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 14 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 12 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 6.0 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 14 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 16 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 15 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 12 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 10 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 11 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 15 1,513 6.0 9,222
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 10 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 12 1,612 0.0 10,092
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 18 1,659 6.0 10,129
Housing Conditions        
Occupied housing units, 1980 14,911 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 15,466 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 15,604 8,869 30 25,054
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 15,405 8,954 47 24,554
Occupied housing units, 2010 16,140 9,525 0.0 27,582
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.9 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.2 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.4 6.2 0.0 16
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 5.1 5.9 0.0 17
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 33 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 39 41 3.2 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 43 45 1.8 88
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)        
Number of sales, 1995 106 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 96 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 137 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 179 190 0.0 769
Number of sales, 1999 138 181 0.0 759
Number of sales, 2000 151 149 0.0 615
Number of sales, 2001 114 150 0.0 620
Number of sales, 2002 106 151 0.0 617
Number of sales, 2003 140 149 0.0 605
Number of sales, 2004 127 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 98 157 0.0 725
Number of sales, 2006 98 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 91 109 0.0 415
Number of sales, 2008 75 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 94 76 0.0 274
Number of sales, 2010 82 88 0.0 367
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 515,000 207,000 114,000 515,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 507,000 189,000 113,000 507,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 557,000 189,000 107,000 557,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 601,000 203,000 104,000 601,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 705,000 219,000 104,000 705,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 696,000 276,000 108,000 696,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 888,000 295,000 123,000 888,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 908,000 335,000 133,000 908,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 978,000 353,000 152,000 978,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 1,127,000 459,000 173,000 1,127,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 1,211,000 499,000 223,000 1,211,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 1,160,000 504,000 270,000 1,160,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 1,043,000 409,000 282,000 1,043,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 944,000 464,000 268,000 1,018,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 1,027,000 428,000 219,000 1,027,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 1,100,000 444,000 220,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 4.7 4.9 4.2 11
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 -1.9 -2.3 -2.6 0.7
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 7.1 3.8 -25 21
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)        
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 64 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 96 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 97 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 92 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 98 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 86 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 93 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 95 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 107 102 0.0 3,533
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 86 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 140,547 83,803 0.0 193,169
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 131,449 86,719 23,026 150,258
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 139,883 77,730 0.0 155,535
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 153,946 90,937 33,729 168,518
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 163,738 97,093 45,890 183,479
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 159,817 95,549 48,515 180,371
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 152,300 97,674 0.0 282,000
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 173,117 106,510 36,473 187,872
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 162,176 113,114 70,806 196,002
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 187,633 121,622 72,105 205,440
% subprime loans, 1997 0.3 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 0.7 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 0.4 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 2.0 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 1.1 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 0.9 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 1.3 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 0.4 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 0.6 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 0.9 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)        
Violent crimes, 2000 3.3 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 4.4 15 0.0 74
Violent crimes, 2002 4.2 15 0.0 42
Violent crimes, 2003 3.0 16 0.3 33
Violent crimes, 2004 2.8 14 0.3 40
Violent crimes, 2005 2.6 14 0.0 77
Violent crimes, 2006 2.2 13 0.0 86
Violent crimes, 2007 2.2 14 0.0 39
Violent crimes, 2008 2.1 13 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2009 2.4 13 0.0 48
Violent crimes, 2010 2.2 12 0.0 39
Property crimes, 2000 38 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 31 56 0.0 646
Property crimes, 2002 30 54 0.5 420
Property crimes, 2003 35 54 0.8 319
Property crimes, 2004 28 47 1.4 220
Property crimes, 2005 23 43 1.2 239
Property crimes, 2006 22 42 1.4 201
Property crimes, 2007 23 45 2.0 196
Property crimes, 2008 25 46 0.4 222
Property crimes, 2009 26 44 1.4 198
Property crimes, 2010 21 40 1.1 180

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