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 21,368 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 21,142 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 21,823 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -1.1 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 3.2 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 8.1 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 6.5 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 4.8 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -21 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -23 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 18 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 23 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 23 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 36 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 32 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 16 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 11 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 65 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 70 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 13 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 9.8 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 5.3 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 8.1 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 15 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 12 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 11 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 4.3 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.2 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 2.6 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 73 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 80 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 80 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 16 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 12 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 8.0 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 32 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 29 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 50 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 17 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 21 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 7.1 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 5.9 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.1 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.2 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 6.6 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.3 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 10 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 8.6 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.1 11 2.9 22
% births to teen mothers, 1998 4.5 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 3.6 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 5.5 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 3.2 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 4.6 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 1.0 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 5.0 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 1.5 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 2.1 12 0.0 24
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 86,168 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 111,135 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 140,524 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 29 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 26 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 437 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 407 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 429 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 433 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 432 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 428 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 416 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 412 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 363 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 228 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 203 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 181 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 180 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 186 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 180 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 182 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 165 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 150 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 142 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 114 940 0.0 4,228
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 13,412 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 13,287 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 14,580 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.3 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.6 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 2.6 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 21 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 30 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 31 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 33 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 36 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 56 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 69 125 0.0 345
Number of sales, 1999 72 118 0.0 334
Number of sales, 2000 66 90 0.0 242
Number of sales, 2001 42 96 0.0 262
Number of sales, 2002 36 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 62 99 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2004 56 110 0.0 285
Number of sales, 2005 37 98 0.0 248
Number of sales, 2006 37 81 0.0 212
Number of sales, 2007 35 68 0.0 162
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 450,000 206,000 87,000 533,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 441,000 195,000 81,000 512,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 491,000 205,000 90,000 548,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 500,000 214,000 74,000 556,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 539,000 225,000 68,000 664,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 701,000 258,000 79,000 701,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 678,000 295,000 115,000 884,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 775,000 342,000 125,000 873,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 828,000 386,000 141,000 934,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 1,016,000 439,000 153,000 1,016,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 1,098,000 515,000 192,000 1,136,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 1,287,000 561,000 233,000 1,287,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 920,000 540,000 264,000 1,139,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 6.5 10 5.9 18
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 3.5 9.6 2.9 19
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 -28 -3.6 -28 14
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 91 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 119 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 136 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 145 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 136 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 143 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 157 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 158 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 174 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 154 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 90,081 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 80,078 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 87,735 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 118,102 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 114,226 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 89,130 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 112,154 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 114,782 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 112,727 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 142,034 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 0.3 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 0.5 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 0.2 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 1.9 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 1.5 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 1.0 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 1.0 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 1.2 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 2.3 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 0.3 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 15 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 15 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 15 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 15 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 12 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 13 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 145 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 124 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 119 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 110 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 86 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 88 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 83 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 88 48 3.1 235

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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
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