DC PSA 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  
 
Sources and Notes
 
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Population
Population, 1980 10,362 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 10,764 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 11,297 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 3.9 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 5.0 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 1.7 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 1.4 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 1.2 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -15 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -12 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 15 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 17 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 19 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 30 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 21 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 5.1 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 6.1 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 82 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 75 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 4.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 5.3 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 7.1 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 13 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 13 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 22 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 29 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 2.8 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 4.4 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 29 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 62 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 58 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 48 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 6.1 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 5.3 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 5.6 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 3.6 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 16 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 44 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 9.1 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 9.2 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 4.2 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 7.6 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 10 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 8.5 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 16 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 12 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 5.8 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 12 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 2.9 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 6.3 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 6.7 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 4.2 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 1.7 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.0 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 2.9 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.0 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 4.8 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 1.6 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 2.8 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 120,083 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 172,588 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 202,007 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 44 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 17 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 69 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 55 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 44 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 32 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 41 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 41 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 48 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 81 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 88 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 78 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7.0 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 8.0 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 s 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 0.0 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 12 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 5.0 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 7.0 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 26 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 33 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 20 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,092 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 5,538 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,514 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.6 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.6 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.3 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 23 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 30 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 29 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 6.0 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 6.0 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 10 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 16 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 12 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 10 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 7.0 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 10 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 17 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 12 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 8.0 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 14 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 2.0 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 3.0 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 7.0 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 i 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 i 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 332,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 386,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 386,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 445,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 i 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 530,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 653,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 654,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 i 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 740,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 i 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 i 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 i 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 i 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 i 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 i -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 55 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 83 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 109 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 98 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 118 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 115 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 124 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 125 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 163 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 108 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 106,936 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 74,253 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 67,379 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 84,910 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 88,275 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 76,034 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 72,552 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 100,449 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 111,504 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 109,177 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 0.3 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 0.5 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 1.1 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 0.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 1.0 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 0.7 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 0.1 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 1.0 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 0.7 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 5.5 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 5.3 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 5.3 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 4.4 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 4.1 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 3.1 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 2.1 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 2.8 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 65 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 49 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 49 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 44 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 41 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 39 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 35 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 34 48 3.1 235

Notes:
i = Insufficient data; s = Suppressed proprietary or confidential data.
 
Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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