Section 10-A2005. INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT

 

2005.1Data from the Department of Employment Services and the Office of Planning indicates there were about 28,300 jobs in Mid-City in 2005. Major employers included Howard University and Howard Hospital, District government and public schools, and numerous retail businesses and services. District residents fill only about 44 percent of the area’s jobs. Based on 2000 Census journey-to-work data, 40 percent of the jobs in the Planning Area are filled by residents of Maryland, and about 14 percent by residents of Virginia. 2005.1

 

2005.2There were approximately 38,000 employed residents in the Mid-City area in 2000. As of the 2000 Census, median household income in the Planning Area was $36,777, compared to a citywide median of $45,927. About nine percent of the Mid-City’s employed residents worked within the Planning Area, 36 percent commuted to Central Washington, 30 percent commuted elsewhere in Washington, and 25 percent commuted to jobs outside of the District. More than 40 percent of the area’s residents used transit to get to work, and about 17 percent walked or bicycled. 2005.2

 

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