DC ZIP 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
 
ZIP 20037

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Population
Population, 1980 10,172 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 9,653 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 11,328 20,431 553 58,213
% change population, 1980-1990 -5.1 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 17 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 2.5 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 1.8 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 1.8 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -30 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 15 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 16 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 20 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 23 13 1.1 43
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 37 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 28 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 6.0 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 6.7 61 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 81 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 76 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 5.6 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 6.0 7.9 0.7 32
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 7.3 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 11 3.0 0.3 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 12 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 16 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 21 20 2.5 71
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 3.0 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 3.6 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 10 11 1.7 60
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 70 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 67 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 61 57 31 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 6.5 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 4.9 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 5.4 22 2.2 40
% female-headed families with children, 1990 8.2 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 13 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 100 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 47 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 5.7 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 9.4 32 0.9 60
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 6.0 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 6.6 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 8.6 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 6.6 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 9.7 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 7.0 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 0.0 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 5.7 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 8.7 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 2.4 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 2.3 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 1.1 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 0.0 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 0.6 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 0.0 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 0.0 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 4.1 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2006 1.1 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 0.6 12 0.0 20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 113,683 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 167,683 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 192,492 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 48 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 15 9.7 -66 226
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 65 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 57 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 43 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 35 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 37 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 37 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 49 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 62 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 60 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 58 3,844 9.0 20,677
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 7.0 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 7.0 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 s 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 s 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 s 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 s 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 8.0 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 s 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 8.0 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 10 1,513 6.0 9,222
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 13 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 7.0 1,612 0.0 10,092
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,077 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 6,278 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,789 8,869 30 25,054
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 8.3 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 10.0 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.0 6.2 0.0 16
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 25 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 32 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 31 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 5.0 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 7.0 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 13 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 20 190 0.0 774
Number of sales, 1999 16 182 0.0 764
Number of sales, 2000 13 150 0.0 622
Number of sales, 2001 13 151 0.0 625
Number of sales, 2002 12 151 0.0 621
Number of sales, 2003 22 149 0.0 607
Number of sales, 2004 14 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 10 157 0.0 728
Number of sales, 2006 14 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 5.0 110 0.0 424
Number of sales, 2008 3.0 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 8.0 83 0.0 332
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 i 204,000 113,000 507,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 i 185,000 111,000 498,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 334,000 186,000 106,000 548,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 367,000 200,000 103,000 591,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 425,000 214,000 102,000 690,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 435,000 272,000 106,000 685,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 600,000 291,000 121,000 874,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 566,000 329,000 131,000 894,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 680,000 348,000 150,000 961,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 687,000 452,000 170,000 1,106,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 857,000 491,000 220,000 1,175,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 740,000 496,000 266,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 i 491,000 277,000 1,022,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 i 459,000 264,000 993,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 i 399,000 195,000 987,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 i 6.4 3.6 12
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 i -2.5 -2.2 6.4
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 i -13 -26 6.2
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 60 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 99 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 117 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 109 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 124 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 118 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 123 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 127 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 191 102 0.0 3,533
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 142 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 95,862 78,470 0.0 180,875
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 120,308 81,199 21,561 140,695
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 89,230 72,783 0.0 145,636
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 97,006 85,149 31,582 157,792
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 112,464 90,913 42,969 171,802
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 97,125 89,468 45,427 168,891
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 114,985 91,458 0.0 264,052
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 121,230 99,731 34,151 175,915
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 114,420 105,915 66,300 183,527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 115,849 113,881 67,516 192,365
% subprime loans, 1997 0.0 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 0.5 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 0.4 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 1.7 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 0.8 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 1.3 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 1.4 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 0.2 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 1.1 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 0.6 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 5.8 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 7.2 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 6.4 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 6.4 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 4.3 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 3.9 14 0.0 60
Violent crimes, 2006 2.9 14 0.0 63
Violent crimes, 2007 4.5 14 0.0 52
Property crimes, 2000 65 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 49 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 52 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 47 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 42 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 36 44 0.9 342
Property crimes, 2006 37 43 0.9 305
Property crimes, 2007 39 48 1.5 334

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