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<br />City of Ramsey <br />MASTER HOUSING PLAN <br /> <br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.----.- <br /> <br />Family Composition: <br /> <br />In addition to age, family composition can provide clues as to the type of housing that will be <br />needed by current and future residents of Ramsey. Figure 8 compares household composition in <br />1990 and 2000. In 1990, 61 % of households had children. In 2000, this percentage had decreased to <br />51 %. This decrease was attributable to the fact that the categories "non-family households" and <br />"families with no children living at home" increased more than "families with children living at <br />home." However, there are still 809 more families with children living in Ramsey than there were in <br />1990, according to the 2000 Census. The number of family households with no children living at <br />home doubled, representing an increase of 1 ,085 households. This indicates that while 50% of <br />households are families with children, their share of the total number of households is decreasing. If <br />these changes continue, Ramsey will have more childless households than families with children by <br />2010. <br /> <br />Figure 8: Household Composition <br /> <br />1990 <br /> <br />2000 <br /> <br />6% <br /> <br />8% <br /> <br />II Living with <br />Unrelated <br />PeDDie <br /> <br /> <br />44% <br /> <br /> <br />[] Married with <br />Children <br /> <br />Ii Married with no <br />Children <br /> <br />o Single Parents <br /> <br />56% <br /> <br />o Living Alone <br /> <br />Income: <br /> <br />The median household income in Ramsey in 2000 was about $77,000, according to data obtained <br />from the 2000 Census. This is higher than the metropolitan average. 10% of the ownership <br />households and 30% of rental households in Ramsey are considered very low income by state <br />standards. The State's standards for very low income are households eaming less than 50% of the <br />Area Median Income (AMI), which is very similar to the County as a whole at 9% ownership and <br />28% renter households. Only 1.3% of the total households in Ramsey live in poverty or eam less <br />than 30% of the AMI, which is well below the pove11y rate in the County at 4.1 %, and the <br />metropolitan region at 6.4%. <br /> <br />February 2008 <br /> <br />City of Ramsey Master Housing Plan <br /> <br />Page 14 <br />