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 607

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Population
Population, 1980 12,122 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 11,198 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 10,025 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -7.6 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -10 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 26 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 23 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 24 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -19 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.9 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.3 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.5 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 2.2 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 64 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 60 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 95 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 97 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.7 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 1.8 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.7 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 0.7 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 16 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 13 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 18 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.2 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.3 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 13 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 67 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 67 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 53 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 35 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 28 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 26 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 59 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 66 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 63 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 19 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 25 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 17 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 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 15 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 12 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 9.4 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 17 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 18 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 23 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 22 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 18 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 22 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 20 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 15 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 21 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 47,722 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 53,287 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 53,246 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 12 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -0.1 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,604 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,537 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,665 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,940 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 1,909 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,155 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,171 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,208 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 2,362 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 2,784 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,139 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,070 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 952 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 937 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 984 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,053 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,089 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,136 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,063 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,048 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 1,084 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 1,204 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 4,848 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 4,619 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 4,382 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.5 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 7.7 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.5 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 33 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 34 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 35 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 38 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 54 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 58 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 61 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 56 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 57 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 48 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 54 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 39 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 60 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 56 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 36 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 34 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 15 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 15 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 132,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 114,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 126,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 115,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 116,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 116,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 133,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 149,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 178,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 191,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 262,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 295,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 280,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 274,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 189,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 5.0 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 -0.2 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -31 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 18 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 19 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 25 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 32 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 30 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 28 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 36 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 42 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 52 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 62 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 47,075 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 52,986 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 50,627 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 48,437 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 52,869 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 56,886 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 63,504 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 67,784 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 73,866 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 75,122 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 10 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 26 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 37 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 5.3 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 17 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 8.1 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 19 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 18 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 38 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 21 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 19 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 20 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 18 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 16 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 15 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 18 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 52 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 53 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 53 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 47 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 37 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 32 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 33 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 42 48 3.1 235

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