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 14,465 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 13,889 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 12,968 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -4.0 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -6.6 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 20 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 17 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -28 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 6.0 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.9 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.6 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 6.6 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 68 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 64 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 81 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 82 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 15 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 13 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 1.8 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 3.3 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.8 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 1.1 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 8.6 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 5.6 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 8.9 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.5 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 6.3 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 16 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 64 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 60 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 51 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 25 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 20 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 18 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 48 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 49 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 81 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 3.8 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 9.2 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 18 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 13 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 12 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 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 9.2 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 11 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 14 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 8.6 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 12 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 16 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 15 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 7.8 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 9.4 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 8.4 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 16 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 9.5 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 62,246 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 71,131 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 64,992 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 14 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -8.6 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 761 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 689 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 698 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 840 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 988 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 1,074 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,041 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,129 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,282 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 1,523 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 542 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 488 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 446 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 447 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 441 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 474 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 490 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 508 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 456 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 473 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 549 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 568 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 5,133 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 5,285 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,166 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 0.7 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 3.1 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 7.7 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 61 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 61 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 63 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 93 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 94 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 93 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 121 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 95 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 92 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 81 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 91 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 95 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 118 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 107 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 85 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 88 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 53 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 46 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 166,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 165,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 158,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 157,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 160,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 163,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 177,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 191,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 220,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 276,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 346,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 383,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 383,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 319,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 276,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 5.6 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 -0.0 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -13 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 21 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 26 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 24 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 23 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 25 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 34 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 47 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 48 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 53 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 48,934 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 49,530 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 54,579 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 56,320 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 58,945 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 60,187 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 66,339 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 75,737 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 89,178 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 91,890 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 5.3 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 20 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 7.1 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 0.0 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 1.3 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 4.6 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 14 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 9.9 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 19 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 18 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 5.6 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 6.6 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 7.0 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 11 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 5.9 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 7.3 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 9.2 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 8.7 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 24 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 33 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 33 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 30 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 29 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 27 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 24 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 25 48 3.1 235

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