CC PACKET 01242002 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Village of Saint Anthony Methodology: This study contains the results of a telephone survey of 400 randomly selected residents of the Village of Saint Anthony. Survey responses were gathered by professional interviewers between November 26" and December 12`h, 2001. The average interview took twenty-one minutes. In general,random samples such as this yield results projectable to the entire universe of adult Saint Anthony residents within ± 5.0 percentage points in 95 out of 100 cases. Residential Demographics: Fifteen percent of Saint Anthony residents reported moving to the community within the past five years, while twenty-five percent had lived there for more than thirty years. The median • residential longevity proved to be 14.3 years, indicative of a mature suburban area with a substantial renter population. Senior households composed a large forty-two percent of the community's residences; in fact, thirty-four percent of the households were composed entirely of senior citizens. Twenty-four percent of the households reported the presence of school-aged children, while seven percent had pre-schoolers in residence. Thirty-six percent classified their households as "single,"with the vast majority containing"no others." Sixty-two percent reported they were "married or living with a partner," with forty-one percent of this group reporting the presence of children. Ninety-five percent called themselves White, with the remainder split between African-American, Hispanic-Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander, and Native American. The average age of an adult resident was found to be 54.8 years old. In fact, thirty-five percent of the population was found to be 65 years old or older. Women outnumbered men by two percent in the sample. Forty-eight percent reported they had completed college or undertaken post-graduate coursework; twenty-seven percent were high school graduates or less well- educated, while twenty-five percent had post-secondary educational experience short of the completion of college. Thirty-seven percent of the community's households were led by retirees. Professional-Technical job holders led twenty-four percent of the households, and Blue Collar employees headed sixteen percent. The median pre-tax household income was found to be $49,000.00. Eleven percent reported levels of under yearly, while eight percent reported earning over$100,000.00 annually. • Page 1