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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PSA 604

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Population
Population, 1980 23,383 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 20,056 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 16,044 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -14 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -20 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 32 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 29 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 32 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -23 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -12 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 1.4 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 0.7 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 1.0 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 67 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 63 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 99 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 99 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.4 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.2 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.3 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 0.4 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.5 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 25 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 33 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.7 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 11 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 58 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 55 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 44 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 46 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 39 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 33 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 68 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 68 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 95 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 55 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 37 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 48 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 15 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 17 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 13 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 17 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 15 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 18 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 15 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 15 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 16 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 14 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 21 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 21 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 18 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 23 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 22 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 22 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 21 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 19 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 41,309 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 41,706 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 39,388 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 1.0 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -5.6 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 4,486 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 4,512 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 4,675 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,874 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 5,016 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 5,211 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 5,259 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 5,120 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 5,194 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 6,142 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 4,051 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 3,306 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,837 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 3,026 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 3,141 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,953 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 3,031 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,995 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,913 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,757 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 2,750 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 2,995 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 8,181 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,485 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,277 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.2 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.1 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 11 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 29 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 31 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 37 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 64 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 81 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 82 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 98 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 95 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 100 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 103 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 95 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 89 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 126 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 140 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 123 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 103 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 103 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 109 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 112,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 116,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 114,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 116,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 107,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 112,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 128,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 132,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 150,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 168,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 227,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 266,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 290,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 319,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 315,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 11 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 13 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -1.2 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 32 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 21 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 20 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 22 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 23 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 32 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 59 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 57 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 72 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 45,207 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 46,240 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 46,477 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 34,583 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 38,873 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 37,605 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 50,561 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 56,931 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 62,428 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 65,687 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 16 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 25 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 22 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 18 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 2.0 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 14 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 8.2 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 8.7 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 24 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 18 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 21 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 17 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 16 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 17 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 15 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 14 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 40 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 41 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 51 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 56 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 39 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 30 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 29 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 38 48 3.1 235

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