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 21,476 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 19,873 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 19,014 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -7.5 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -4.3 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 21 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 20 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 22 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -14 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 8.7 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 6.4 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 9.8 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 18 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 61 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 90 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 81 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 5.3 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 4.5 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 3.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 13 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.4 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 11 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 11 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 14 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.4 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.6 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 7.5 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 59 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 61 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 54 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 37 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 31 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 27 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 59 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 49 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 67 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 15 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 19 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 13 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 14 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 13 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 11 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.5 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 10 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 10.0 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 12 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 15 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 13 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 14 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 14 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 14 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 13 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 12 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 13 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 14 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 57,107 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 59,340 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 61,772 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 3.9 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 4.1 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,170 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,018 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,942 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,128 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,294 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,471 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,535 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,528 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 2,761 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 3,581 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,511 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,295 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,137 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,148 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,152 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,139 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,191 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,193 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,170 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,081 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,155 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 1,341 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,864 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,548 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 7,242 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.2 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.3 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 8.4 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 49 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 53 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 53 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 145 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 150 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 182 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 223 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 218 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 153 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 184 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 157 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 168 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 256 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 233 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 201 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 137 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 73 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 95 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 165,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 153,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 158,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 154,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 161,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 164,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 193,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 227,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 286,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 337,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 438,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 450,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 447,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 399,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 376,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 8.9 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 2.2 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -5.7 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 27 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 33 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 36 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 38 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 43 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 42 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 51 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 79 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 94 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 89 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 67,981 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 69,732 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 69,455 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 77,117 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 82,132 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 84,129 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 92,929 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 101,741 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 115,021 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 112,560 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 8.8 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 18 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 13 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 8.3 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 7.7 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 4.6 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 8.3 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 10 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 20 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 17 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 11 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 9.4 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 11 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 15 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 11 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 15 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 40 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 35 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 42 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 37 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 35 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 36 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 29 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 33 48 3.1 235

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