Gaps in Equity in District of Columbia Wards and Neighborhoods
Pct. of adults 25 years
or over w/ HS
Homeownership
Employment
Diploma or GED
rate
rate
District of Columbia
87.5%
42.4%
89.5%
To match citywide rates, each area needs:
More people with
More
More people
diplomas
homeowners
with jobs
Ward 1
1,550
2,740
-1,680
Ward 2
-3,180
2,760
-3,110
Ward 3
-5,740
-3,380
-3,160
Ward 4
1,660
-4,980
370
Ward 5
2,300
-1,690
2,180
Ward 6 -2,040
-1,220
-1,500
Ward 7
2,300
370
2,970
Ward 8
Cluster 1: Kalorama Heights, Adams Morgan, Lanier Heights
Cluster 2: Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, Pleasant Plains, Park View
Cluster 3: Howard University, Le Droit Park, Cardozo/Shaw
3,140
5,400
3,930
-1,340
490
-620
2,710
2,100
-910
80
90
-230
Cluster 4: Georgetown, Burleith/Hillandale
-1,050
-930
-690
Cluster 5: West End, Foggy Bottom, GWU
-650
850
-500
-1,490
1,000
-1,030
220
1,370
-880
100
1,150
-30
Cluster 6: Dupont Circle, Connecticut Avenue/K Street
Cluster 7: Shaw, Logan Circle
Cluster 8: Downtown, Chinatown, Penn Quarters, Mount Vernon Square,
North Capitol Street
Cluster 9: Southwest Employment Area, Southwest/Waterfront, Fort McNair,
Buzzard Point
-550
-60
-280
Cluster 10: Hawthorne, Barnaby Woods, Chevy Chase
-790
-1,510
-490
Cluster 11: Friendship Heights, American University Park, Tenleytown
-900
-1,640
-550
-1,460
590
-820
-1,160
-1,620
-310
-800
0
-540
Woodland-Normanstone Terrace
-980
-220
-610
Cluster 16: Colonial Village, Shepherd Park, North Portal Estates
-260
-750
-80
750
-440
150
Cluster 12: North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, Van Ness
Cluster 13: Spring Valley, Palisades, Wesley Heights, Foxhall Crescent, Foxhall
Village, Georgetown Reservoir
Cluster 14: Cathedral Heights, McLean Gardens, Glover Park
Cluster 15: Cleveland Park, Woodley Park, Massachusetts Avenue Heights,
Cluster 17: Takoma, Brightwood, Manor Park
Cluster 18: Brightwood Park, Crestwood, Petworth
1,570
-1,830
610
Cluster 19: Lamond Riggs, Queens Chapel, Fort Totten, Pleasant Hill
380
-540
0
Cluster 20: North Michigan Park, Michigan Park, University Heights
-170
-1,120
260
370
-460
310
Cluster 21: Edgewood, Bloomingdale, Truxton Circle, Eckington
Cluster 22: Brookland, Brentwood, Langdon
Cluster 23: Ivy City, Arboretum, Trinidad, Carver Langston
Cluster 24: Woodridge, Fort Lincoln, Gateway
Cluster 25: NoMa, Union Station, Stanton Park, Kingman Park
220
-500
120
1,400
940
870
200
-870
690
-800
-1,230
-540
Gaps in Equity in District of Columbia Wards and Neighborhoods
Pct. of adults 25 years
or over w/ HS
Homeownership
Employment
Diploma or GED
rate
rate
District of Columbia
87.5%
42.4%
89.5%
To match citywide rates, each area needs:
More people with
More
More people
diplomas
homeowners
with jobs
Cluster 26: Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park
Cluster 27: Near Southeast, Navy Yard
-730
-1,250
-750
60
300
30
Cluster 28: Historic Anacostia
310
350
160
Cluster 29: Eastland Gardens, Kenilworth
240
0
190
Cluster 30: Mayfair, Hillbrook, Mahaning Heights
290
460
550
Heights
760
210
740
Cluster 32: River Terrace, Benning, Greenway, Fort Dupont
330
500
580
Cluster 33: Capitol View, Marshall Heights, Benning Heights
400
40
600
310
-500
690
Cluster 31: Deanwood, Burrville, Grant Park, Lincoln Heights, Fairmont
Cluster 34: Twining, Fairlawn, Randle Highlands, Penn Branch, Fort Davis
Park, Dupont Park
Cluster 35: Fairfax Village, Naylor Gardens, Hillcrest, Summit Park
-130
10
-50
Cluster 36: Woodland/Fort Stanton, Garfield Heights, Knox Hill
410
730
400
Cluster 37: Sheridan, Barry Farm, Buena Vista
440
740
400
Cluster 38: Douglass, Shipley Terrace
590
980
270
1,240
1,960
2,240
-150
590
60
Cluster 39: Congress Heights, Bellevue, Washington Highlands
Non-cluster areas
Notes: Data are presented for neighborhood clusters. Numbers for the Congress Heights area are much larger because it is twice the size of other
neighborhoods East of the River.
Source: American Community Survey 2008-2012 data tabulated by NeighborhoodInfo DC.