Section 10-A2205. INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT

 

2205.1Data from the Department of Employment Services and the Office of Planning indicates there were 31,600 jobs in Rock Creek East in 2005, primarily in health care, local-serving businesses, public schools, and government. This represents 4.2 percent of the city’s job base. The largest employment centers are hospitals, including Walter Reed Hospital, the Washington Hospital, the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center, and the VA Hospital. Based on 2000 Census data, approximately 58 percent of the area’s jobs are held by Maryland residents and 12 percent by Virginia residents. Only about 30 percent of those who work in the Planning Area are District residents. 2205.1

 

2205.2Most employed residents in Rock Creek East commute to jobs within the District of Columbia. The 2000 Census indicated that 30 percent of the area’s commuters worked in Downtown Washington, nine percent worked within the Planning Area, 29 percent worked elsewhere in the District, and 32 percent commuted to the Maryland or Virginia suburbs. The Rock Creek East Planning Area has a higher percentage of residents driving alone to work than any of the other nine Planning Areas in the city-about 50 percent in 2000. 2205.2

 

2205.3The Planning Area’s median household income was $46,884 in 1999, which was slightly higher than the citywide median of $45,927. Approximately 13 percent of the area’s residents were below the federal poverty line. 2205.3

 

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