March 13, 2012 · 10:00 am

The Georgetown Household

This week, GM is going through the recently released 2010 American Community Survey data from the Census. Today he’s exploring the Georgetown household.

A household, in Census parlance, is a single living unit. It can be a studio apartment all the way up to Evermay. And the ACS uses survey data to generate stats on what the average household in Georgetown looked like over the past five years. Here are the interesting bits:

There are 4,881 households in Georgetown. Of those, 89% are occupied, and 11% are vacant.

Of all the households, 6.74% are single family detached homes. A full 49% are single family attached homes (i.e. a rowhouse). Four percent are part of a structure with two units, and 3% are part of a structure with three to four units. Thirty percent of households are part of apartment buildings with 20 or more units.

It’s not a surprise that 63% of Georgetown households were built before 1939 (in fact the only surprise is that it’s not higher). A few percentage of Georgetown homes were built in each decade since then, with the exception of the 1980s, when 11% of Georgetown homes were built. Continue reading →

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March 13, 2012 · 8:00 am

The Morning Metropolitan

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

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March 12, 2012 · 2:00 pm

The Georgetown Metropolis

2500 block of Q St.

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March 12, 2012 · 10:00 am

How Georgetowners Make Their Money

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Last week, GM belatedly realized that the Census had released its updated American Community Survey numbers for 2010. This data gives a detailed picture of the American people, and the Five Year Estimates that the ACS produces can be drilled down to the level of a neighborhood as small as Georgetown.

So this week, GM will likely be trolling through these data sets looking for interesting information. And today that information answers the question: where do Georgetowners work? Here’s where:

  • Construction/Manufacturing – 3%
  • Wholesale/Retail Trade – 3%
  • Information – 6%
  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate – 9%
  • Professional/Scientific/Management – 27%
  • Education/Health Care – 16%
  • Arts/Entertainment/Recreation – 6%
  • Other Services (non public) – 10%
  • Public Administration – 20%

Some of these categories are a little too broad (for instance, GM would like to see “professional”, “scientific”, “education” and “health care” as separate line items). But it nonetheless gives you a flavor for what Georgetowners “do”.

Another interesting metric is what class of worker Georgetowners fall into:

  • Private Sector Wage/Salary – 68%
  • Public Sector – 22%
  • Self-Employed – 9%

 

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March 12, 2012 · 8:00 am

The Morning Metropolitan

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

  • GM heard a long time ago that Michel Richard was planning to close Citronelle once his Tyson’s location got up and running. Well, the Tyson’s location just closed, yet there are still rumors Citronelle will close. But these rumors call for it to reopen somewhere else in Georgetown.
  • The touching story behind the death of a Georgetown beat cop.

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March 9, 2012 · 2:00 pm

The Georgetown Metropolis

3200 block of Volta Place

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March 9, 2012 · 10:00 am

Georgetowners Continue to Get to Work More and More Without Driving

Last year, GM took a look at the then new Census numbers which for the first time produced reams of datasets for communities as small as Georgetown. One of those data sets GM took a particular interest in was the dataset stating how Georgetowners get to work. Here’s what GM found last year about the daily transportation choices Georgetowners make:

  • Drive to work – 40%
    • 35% drive alone
    • 4% carpool
  • Transit – 22%
  • Bike – 3%
  • Walk – 25%
  • Other – 10% (mostly people who work at home)

This data came from the American Community Survey, which uses samples to arrive at their results. Unlike the Census itself, which is a snapshot every ten years, this data represents an average over five years. So last years numbers essentially were saying that on an average day between 2005 and 2009, this is how Georgetowners traveled.

Last December the new numbers were released. These are also averages over five years, but now it’s 2006 to 2010. So while it’s not a snapshop, comparing the numbers to the previous year shows which direction the numbers are going. So without further ado, here are the updated numbers: Continue reading →

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March 9, 2012 · 8:00 am

The Morning Metropolitan

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

  • Philly Pizza undergoes yet another overhaul.
  • A little bit more on the pre-K lottery at Hyde that ended up with 13 local kids on the waitlist (looks like Glover Park is experiencing the same surge of interest in the local school).

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March 8, 2012 · 2:00 pm

The Georgetown Metropolis

1400 block of 31st St.

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March 8, 2012 · 10:00 am

Georgetown From A to Y

Yesterday, GM made a passing reference to the variety of Georgetown offerings. When he compiles his annual list of Georgetown stores, GM uses somewhat broad categories so that the pie charts are a little more legible. But yesterday GM sat down and split up all the shops (and restaurants, realtors, etc.) into more accurate categories, more like you’d find in the Yellow Pages.

And voila, the list of every type of establishment in Georgetown*. Maybe someday GM will get around to putting in addresses and phone numbers, but for now he’ll leave that to you and Google:

*A couple caveats: GM decided to pick a single category for each establishment. This makes sense for most stores, but a place like Sweet Green is tougher. Wanting to describe what food each restaurant offered GM decided to call it “Salad”. Also GM might simply be wrong about what type of store these places are, so let him know in the comments.

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