DC Ward 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
 
Ward 5

  All Wards in D.C.
This
Ward		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 89,145 79,791 63,391 93,358
Population, 1990 83,198 75,863 65,638 83,198
Population, 2000 71,604 71,507 68,087 75,001
% change population, 1980-1990 -6.7 -4.9 -15 7.9
% change population, 1990-2000 -14 -5.7 -15 4.9
% children, 1980 22 22 10 37
% children, 1990 20 19 8.2 32
% children, 2000 21 20 7.8 36
% change child population, 1980-1990 -16 -19 -27 5.0
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.8 -2.0 -6.8 5.5
% foreign born, 1980 2.6 6.4 1.6 14
% foreign born, 1990 3.4 9.7 1.2 23
% foreign born, 2000 5.2 13 1.4 29
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 63 53 36 66
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 58 50 32 62
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 86 65 4.9 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 88 61 6.2 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 11 27 2.2 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 7.4 28 1.2 80
% Hispanic, 1990 1.4 5.2 0.8 18
% Hispanic, 2000 3.0 7.9 0.8 25
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.6 1.8 0.2 5.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.8 3.0 0.3 8.0
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 18 19 7.7 27
Poverty rate (%), 1990 15 17 6.5 27
Poverty rate (%), 2000 20 20 7.5 36
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.1 6.8 3.0 10
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 9.2 7.2 2.4 13
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 15 11 6.6 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 54 59 54 65
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 53 62 53 69
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 48 57 45 66
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 42 33 9.7 42
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 33 27 5.8 39
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 28 22 4.0 34
% female-headed families with children, 1990 56 54 13 67
% female-headed families with children, 2000 58 52 12 68
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 95 99
% HHs with a car, 2000 66 63 52 80
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 19 25 2.4 38
% children in poverty, 2000 28 32 2.9 47
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 19 13 5.2 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 17 13 6.7 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 13 12 7.4 16
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 14 12 6.4 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 13 12 6.9 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 11 11 5.7 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 13 11 5.2 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 7.5 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 14 11 8.4 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 13 11 7.0 14
% births to teen mothers, 1998 18 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 1999 19 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 2000 18 14 0.9 20
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 1.0 20
% births to teen mothers, 2002 17 13 0.5 19
% births to teen mothers, 2003 14 11 0.3 19
% births to teen mothers, 2004 14 11 0.9 18
% births to teen mothers, 2005 13 11 0.2 18
% births to teen mothers, 2006 15 12 0.3 20
% births to teen mothers, 2007 14 12 1.3 20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 50,305 59,101 35,834 117,886
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 55,545 71,274 37,016 166,102
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 54,479 78,192 35,228 187,709
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 10 21 3.3 41
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -1.9 9.7 -4.8 21
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 10,348 10,064 219 24,389
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 10,103 9,540 190 22,637
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 10,483 9,770 202 23,226
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 12,027 10,612 195 25,037
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 13,644 11,253 231 26,167
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 14,136 11,507 239 26,235
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 13,446 11,351 262 25,976
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 13,223 11,174 238 26,092
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 14,218 11,636 237 27,515
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 16,407 13,452 331 31,570
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7,715 7,362 45 20,413
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 6,520 6,405 44 18,019
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 6,052 5,822 42 16,230
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 5,907 5,793 42 15,982
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 6,114 5,883 50 16,127
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 6,316 5,918 38 16,550
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 7,109 6,118 41 16,849
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 7,034 6,008 36 16,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 6,493 5,574 36 14,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 5,923 5,294 35 14,625
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 6,089 5,287 34 14,981
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 6,284 5,642 43 16,053
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 30,334 31,643 29,914 34,509
Occupied housing units, 1990 30,513 31,204 27,775 35,873
Occupied housing units, 2000 28,110 31,042 25,063 36,849
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 3.5 6.0 2.9 9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 6.1 8.0 4.6 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 8.9 6.2 2.2 11
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 45 35 17 58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 46 39 18 60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 49 41 22 61
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 469 389 141 625
Number of sales, 1996 494 429 174 645
Number of sales, 1997 564 495 177 763
Number of sales, 1998 816 667 260 1,004
Number of sales, 1999 729 637 267 950
Number of sales, 2000 618 524 256 744
Number of sales, 2001 618 528 225 810
Number of sales, 2002 659 528 239 779
Number of sales, 2003 671 522 196 746
Number of sales, 2004 758 592 295 952
Number of sales, 2005 701 550 273 841
Number of sales, 2006 522 451 222 717
Number of sales, 2007 520 386 190 561
Number of sales, 2008 282 274 170 416
Number of sales, 2009 310 289 99 437
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 138,000 220,000 118,000 444,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 143,000 209,000 111,000 427,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 135,000 217,000 106,000 441,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 140,000 223,000 102,000 461,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 140,000 237,000 109,000 510,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 155,000 265,000 118,000 567,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 164,000 313,000 132,000 666,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 200,000 359,000 140,000 741,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 245,000 395,000 157,000 798,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 301,000 457,000 174,000 880,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 384,000 542,000 225,000 1,005,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 406,000 561,000 277,000 958,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 416,000 561,000 285,000 931,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 371,000 558,000 295,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 312,000 501,000 215,000 930,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 8.3 7.8 5.5 12
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 0.7 1.8 -0.2 5.7
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -16 -10 -27 -0.2
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 22 39 12 75
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 30 53 15 99
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 33 59 23 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 38 61 26 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 38 63 26 110
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 46 67 29 124
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 50 71 34 130
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 65 88 45 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 75 102 60 185
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 69 94 69 160
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 52,949 72,808 35,536 130,266
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 64,437 73,363 42,130 131,521
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 53,845 72,922 42,302 132,484
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 57,745 80,583 37,894 142,561
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 60,005 86,370 47,039 150,518
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 64,124 87,600 46,849 156,067
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 68,986 89,071 44,983 139,883
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 78,394 99,921 57,525 161,383
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 90,556 108,354 66,803 156,346
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 97,657 114,872 70,763 172,196
% subprime loans, 1997 15 3.9 1.0 18
% subprime loans, 1998 30 5.9 0.8 35
% subprime loans, 1999 21 4.5 0.9 27
% subprime loans, 2000 13 5.1 2.3 19
% subprime loans, 2001 8.0 3.1 1.4 8.8
% subprime loans, 2002 7.1 2.8 1.1 7.9
% subprime loans, 2003 9.4 3.6 0.8 10
% subprime loans, 2004 11 5.3 1.2 14
% subprime loans, 2005 22 10 1.4 24
% subprime loans, 2006 17 8.7 1.1 20
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 18 15 2.5 23
Violent crimes, 2001 18 16 3.1 23
Violent crimes, 2002 17 16 2.7 23
Violent crimes, 2003 21 16 1.8 23
Violent crimes, 2004 17 14 1.9 19
Violent crimes, 2005 19 14 1.8 20
Violent crimes, 2006 18 14 1.8 19
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 1.7 22
Property crimes, 2000 49 54 31 118
Property crimes, 2001 56 56 28 106
Property crimes, 2002 53 55 26 99
Property crimes, 2003 60 55 28 89
Property crimes, 2004 58 48 25 79
Property crimes, 2005 52 44 22 75
Property crimes, 2006 46 43 20 75
Property crimes, 2007 53 48 22 80

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