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 9,068 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 7,808 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 7,586 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -14 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -2.9 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 18 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 15 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 15 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -31 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 0.7 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 3.1 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 3.7 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 6.4 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 43 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 43 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 41 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 38 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 56 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 55 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 1.2 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 3.7 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.6 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 2.9 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 21 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 16 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 18 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.1 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 4.6 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 4.9 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 68 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 75 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 72 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 31 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 18 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 12 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 53 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 50 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 98 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 70 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 31 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 43 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 8.8 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 11 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.4 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 9.9 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 4.7 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 10 11 4.4 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.8 11 2.9 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 7.0 11 2.9 16
% births to teen mothers, 1998 6.3 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 14 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 9.6 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 6.8 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 7.6 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 6.9 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 6.7 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 6.3 11 0.0 25
% births to teen mothers, 2006 3.4 12 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2007 7.9 12 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 61,756 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 84,674 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 94,723 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 37 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 12 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 1,087 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 955 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 880 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 862 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 816 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 708 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 685 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 653 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 677 2,069 15 7,806
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 685 2,392 11 9,221
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 700 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 540 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 514 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 520 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 467 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 471 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 459 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 412 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 355 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 323 941 0.0 3,992
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 320 940 0.0 4,228
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 306 1,003 0.0 4,578
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 3,824 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 3,488 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 3,773 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.1 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 11 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.8 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 38 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 46 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 48 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 60 69 0.0 168
Number of sales, 1996 97 76 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1997 121 88 0.0 236
Number of sales, 1998 124 118 0.0 315
Number of sales, 1999 127 113 0.0 313
Number of sales, 2000 95 93 0.0 253
Number of sales, 2001 111 94 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2002 104 94 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2003 88 93 0.0 233
Number of sales, 2004 91 105 0.0 268
Number of sales, 2005 99 98 0.0 259
Number of sales, 2006 77 80 0.0 213
Number of sales, 2007 66 69 0.0 163
Number of sales, 2008 57 49 0.0 142
Number of sales, 2009 65 51 0.0 136
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 239,000 210,000 84,000 535,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 249,000 199,000 84,000 495,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 221,000 205,000 90,000 544,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 252,000 215,000 73,000 559,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 277,000 227,000 66,000 630,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 336,000 258,000 73,000 679,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 401,000 299,000 115,000 846,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 459,000 348,000 126,000 888,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 533,000 385,000 141,000 930,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 596,000 443,000 153,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 761,000 515,000 178,000 1,137,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 712,000 544,000 233,000 1,341,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 669,000 541,000 264,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 647,000 515,000 224,000 1,221,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 620,000 464,000 189,000 1,100,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 8.4 7.4 3.7 19
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 0.8 0.9 -3.5 13
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -4.1 -9.9 -34 6.4
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 52 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 71 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 75 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 70 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 63 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 80 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 64 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 86 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 73 102 2.3 1,197
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 84 94 2.3 527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 89,604 70,531 0.0 162,061
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 82,229 73,060 28,637 167,122
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 92,550 71,429 21,913 162,671
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 111,143 79,284 21,227 176,619
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 112,673 84,419 38,873 190,231
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 124,695 86,152 33,326 177,498
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 115,407 87,053 0.0 187,402
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 136,979 97,214 34,151 176,225
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 154,103 107,408 56,616 195,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 143,764 112,587 61,625 216,837
% subprime loans, 1997 2.9 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 2.0 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 1.4 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 5.5 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 5.2 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 2.4 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 1.6 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 1.6 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 3.4 10 0.5 100
% subprime loans, 2006 5.4 8.7 0.3 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 21 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 23 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 23 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 17 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 16 14 0.5 43
Violent crimes, 2006 15 14 0.2 46
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 0.2 51
Property crimes, 2000 84 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 96 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 83 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 67 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 71 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 54 44 4.2 191
Property crimes, 2006 51 43 4.6 211
Property crimes, 2007 69 48 3.1 235

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