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  
 
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Population
Population, 1980 6,893 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 6,754 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 6,491 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -2.0 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -3.9 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 29 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 24 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 23 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -17 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.8 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.9 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 8.2 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 16 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 54 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 54 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 86 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 76 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 7.0 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 8.1 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 4.3 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 8.7 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 2.5 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 7.1 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 32 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 27 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 26 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 10.0 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 12 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 12 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 45 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 56 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 52 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 57 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 45 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 35 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 67 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 60 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 53 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 29 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 27 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 12 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 9.0 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 14 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.0 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 7.4 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 12 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 14 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 11 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 18 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 14 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 20 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 12 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 11 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 9.7 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 7.8 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 10 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 10 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 11 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 31,733 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 41,915 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 42,220 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 32 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 0.7 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,094 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,093 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,133 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,177 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,213 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,231 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,218 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,201 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,124 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 1,210 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 885 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 655 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 549 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 572 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 594 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 600 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 598 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 566 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 490 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 482 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 413 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 423 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 2,473 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 2,704 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 2,764 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 6.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.5 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.6 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 16 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 20 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 25 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 33 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 33 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 44 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 53 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 41 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 53 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 48 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 70 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 65 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 57 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 44 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 33 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 23 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 21 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 18 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 84,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 84,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 106,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 105,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 80,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 137,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 182,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 271,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 328,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 398,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 494,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 532,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 507,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 508,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 446,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 19 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 2.3 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -12 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 29 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 51 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 48 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 71 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 59 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 76 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 75 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 133 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 160 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 149 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 65,433 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 71,718 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 71,885 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 87,030 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 80,133 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 103,337 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 117,388 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 113,332 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 127,513 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 127,547 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 9.4 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 11 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 12 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 6.5 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.8 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 4.5 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 5.7 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 3.2 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 6.0 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 8.7 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 19 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 25 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 19 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 19 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 20 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 21 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 22 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 49 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 53 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 59 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 63 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 67 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 52 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 50 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 57 48 3.1 235

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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