 The median household income was $16,250.About 45.7% of families and 43.0% of the population were below the poverty line.This neighborhood was the site of the old Westport Raceway - a stock car dirt track racing course during the 1930s - 1940s to mid 1950s along with adjacent Westport Stadium, a baseball grounds used by various Negro Leagues professional baseball teams, the Baltimore Black Sox in the 1920s and early 1930s, followed by the later Baltimore Elite Giants in the 1940s.