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I <br />RESIDENTIAL DEM06RAPHICS <br />Respondents were asked a series of demographic questions in <br />order to first, establish a community profile, and second, to <br />Iidentify large subgroups within the city which might exhibit <br />different behavior from their peerso The composite also permits <br />Icomparison of the sample with the actual census s atistics on the <br />eommunity and validation of the sample. This section will discuss <br />the community at large, with attention to both the past growth <br />patterns of Mounds View as well as speculations <br />about its future. <br />By comparing ihe current composition of the city's citizenry with <br />l <br />potential future trends, extrapolations about policy demands can <br />I be systematically deduced. <br />Residential Lonqev_itY: <br />I <br />Residents were first asked: <br />Approxsinately Mioa lor9g ave you lived <br />i n Maurndl s'V i ea? <br />About one-third of the sample reported moving to Mounds View <br />i <br />during the past two years: <br />LESS THAN TWD YEARS.......so............ <br />14% <br />Z -- 5 YEARS ............................... <br />21% <br />6 -- 10 YEARS .................o............ <br />15% <br />o .......................... <br />29Y. <br />11 20 YEARS. <br />21 30 YEAR5. <br />12' <br />OVER THIRTY YEARS .......................... <br />9% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ......................... <br />0% <br />A little over one-fifth had resided in the city for over twenty <br />years. Median longevity was about 10.5 years. Although not <br />experiencing the population changeover of many other areas, <br />4 Mounds View has certainly not stagnated as have many inner ring <br />suburbs.