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 20008

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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
% change population, 1980-1990 3.8 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 -1.1 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 9.4 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 9.2 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 9.0 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 1.2 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 -2.8 -2.0 -100 296
% 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
% 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
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 83 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 79 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 7.5 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.9 7.9 0.7 32
% 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
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
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
% 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
% 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
% female-headed families with children, 1990 12 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 11 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 73 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 0.6 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 2.6 32 0.9 60
% 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
% 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
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 124,476 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 167,291 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 185,279 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 34 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 11 9.7 -66 226
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 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
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
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
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 33 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 39 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 114 125 0.0 481
Number of sales, 1996 103 137 0.0 547
Number of sales, 1997 144 152 0.0 583
Number of sales, 1998 187 200 0.0 819
Number of sales, 1999 154 190 0.0 777
Number of sales, 2000 151 144 0.0 580
Number of sales, 2001 116 155 0.0 634
Number of sales, 2002 118 160 0.0 686
Number of sales, 2003 147 159 0.0 683
Number of sales, 2004 131 177 0.0 755
Number of sales, 2005 101 160 0.0 730
Number of sales, 2006 108 130 0.0 539
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 476,179 190,862 107,780 476,179
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 487,630 172,425 105,719 487,630
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 529,659 179,181 102,785 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 572,417 188,039 98,532 572,417
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 667,079 201,681 97,697 667,079
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 650,201 260,509 108,307 650,201
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 859,047 273,308 116,491 859,047
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 863,829 318,373 126,779 863,829
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 929,658 335,011 141,421 929,658
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 1,065,797 416,464 164,644 1,065,797
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 1,167,825 479,496 212,332 1,167,825
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 1,128,759 481,111 257,121 1,128,759
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 8.8 11 7.9 16
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 5.6 12 5.4 23
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 -3.3 0.3 -13 24
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
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 127,489 76,018 0.0 175,222
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 119,237 78,662 20,887 136,298
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 126,887 70,508 0.0 141,085
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 139,643 82,489 30,595 152,861
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 148,525 88,072 41,626 166,433
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 144,969 86,672 44,008 163,614
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 138,151 88,600 0.0 255,801
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 157,034 91,856 17,712 170,418
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 147,109 102,605 64,228 177,792
% 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
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 3.3 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 4.4 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 4.3 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 3.1 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 2.9 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 2.7 14 0.0 60
Property crimes, 2000 38 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 32 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 30 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 36 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 28 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 24 44 0.9 342

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