Data from Washington D.C. shows how the demographics of eastern neighborhoods have shifted heavily toward childless singles over the past decade.
In a little more than a decade, Washington D.C. neighborhoods have seen some startling demographic changes. Analysts from the city's Office of Revenue Analysis used address data from local income taxes to extrapolate where different kinds of families lived in the years 2002 and 2013.
The result: a marked increase in childless singles living in eastern neighborhoods, and no real change in western ones. Fewer households east of Rock Creek Park were singles with dependents in 2013 than in 2002. Another noteworthy trend was a slight shift of married couples with no dependents toward more central zip codes. The distribution of married couples with dependents varied.
The article includes maps documenting the shift for various household types and an interactive tool showing neighborhood composition by zip code in both years.
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