 Almost one-third of the neighborhood's 6,000 residents lived below the poverty line, with a neighborhood median income of just $27,871 ($ in dollars), more than 40 percent lower than the citywide median income of $44,180 ($ in dollars).The city appeared to hold out little hope for Ivy City.In late 2004, Deborah Crain, and official in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, argued that all residents of Ivy City should be relocated, and the entire area razed for new commercial or industrial development.