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 12,333 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 11,616 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 11,780 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.8 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 1.4 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 19 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 15 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -23 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 1.6 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 4.8 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 8.8 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 10 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 52 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 49 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 60 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 67 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 34 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 25 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 2.9 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 4.3 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 2.1 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 2.4 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 21 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 20 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 22 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 5.6 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 8.6 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 9.3 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 69 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 68 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 58 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 17 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 15 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 19 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 61 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 60 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 47 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 42 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 16 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 15 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 11 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.4 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 13 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 16 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 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 13 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 12 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 14 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 13 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 12 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 13 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 65,160 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 66,538 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 50,497 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 2.1 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -24 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,686 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 1,641 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 1,686 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 1,848 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,050 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,018 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 1,956 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 1,846 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 1,994 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 2,147 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,088 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,059 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 963 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 937 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 893 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 952 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,051 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,018 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 963 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 888 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 908 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 950 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 6,452 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,362 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,966 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 12 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 15 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.3 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 28 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 37 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 33 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 11 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 14 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 9.0 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 18 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 18 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 23 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 102 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 15 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 20 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 20 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 14 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 20 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 7.0 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 13 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 10 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 282,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 259,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 i 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 257,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 257,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 343,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 467,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 497,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 387,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 488,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 530,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 527,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 i 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 648,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 640,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 9.6 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 5.6 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 27 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 45 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 50 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 60 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 97 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 65 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 72 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 105 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 159 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 54 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 59,623 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 63,719 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 68,773 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 77,836 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 101,397 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 81,053 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 65,982 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 97,711 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 119,490 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 123,002 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 7.0 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 3.6 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 2.2 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 1.2 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 1.4 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 1.0 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 0.4 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 3.1 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 5.3 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 5.4 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 18 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 16 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 15 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 15 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 14 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 13 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 16 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 81 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 81 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 66 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 57 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 45 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 50 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 54 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 52 48 3.1 235

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