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I I Decision Resources, LId. i' February, 1997 I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY City of Arden Hills I Methodology: I This study contains the results of a telephone survey of 403 randomly selected residents of the City of Arden Hills. Survey responses were gathered by professional interviewers across the I community between January 9 and January 23, 1997. The average interview took twenty-six minutes. In general, random samples such as this yield results projectable to the entire universe of adult Arden Hills residents within,j:; 5,0 percentage points in 95 out of 100 cases. I Residential Demographics: I In the seven year interim between studies, Arden Hills remained a mature, up-scale, very stable, and remarkably contented community. The median longevity of adult residents was 12.4 years, Ie an increase of3.9 years since the 1990 study. Nine percent of the sample reported moving to the city during the past two years, while twenty-six percent had been there over two decades. Over one-half of the sample came from two locations prior to moving to the community: twenty-two I percent reported moving from Saint Paul, while thirty-five percent moved from other Northern Ramsey County suburbs, A seventy-six percent majority either had no plans to move, or felt they would remain in Arden Hills for at least ten years. In line with the last study, forty-two percent I of the households contained school-aged children or pre-schoolers. Seventeen percent of the households reported the presence of seniors; twelve percent of the households were composed I exclusively of senior citizens. Ninety-seven percent owned their current residences, with ninety- one percent residing in single family homes. I The median age of adult respondents was 48,7 years old, an increase 00.4 years since the 1990 study. Fifty percent of the sample fell into the 45-64 year age range, reflecting the increasing age of the "bubble" noted in the earlier study, Fifty-one percent reported heads-of-households I working in either Professional-Technical or Owner-Manager jobs, a decrease of sixteen percent since 1990 and reflective of corporate "downsizing." Twenty-two percent held jobs in the Clerical-Sales field, a three-fold increase since 1990, Twenty-four percent reported household I members working in Arden Hills. The median household yearly income was $68,500.00, approximately $17,500.00 higher than the current Metropolitan Area suburban norm. In general, then, the changing demographics of Arden Hills reflect both national trends and the on-going I Metropolitan Area "suburbanization" of job sites. f' I