Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/10/2014

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I City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Appendix A: Community Background Figure 3-7 - Net Gain in Households and Housing 250,000 - 200,000 - 150,000 - 100,000 - 50,000 - 0 Net Gain in Households and Housing Units by Decade 16 -County Twin Cities Region 1960-2006 0 Households • Housing Units 133,366 132,559 179,890 168;718 178,688 198,116 183,969 161,591 130,056 174,124 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000-2006 Sources: US Census of Po pulation and Ho using: 1960-2000; M etropolitan Council; Bonestroo Location of New Housing Units by Decade The preceding factors of rate of growth, age distribution, and relative supply of new units often come together to affect where new units tend to get built in a region. For example, sharp increases in the demand for housing among younger households ages 18 to 34 may likely mean increased pressure to develop land where housing costs are the least expensive (i.e., exurban or rural areas) or can achieve significant economies of scale (i.e., multifamily developments on in -fill sites). Figure 3-8 depicts where in the metropolitan region new units have been added according to three distinct zones: fully developed communities; communities at the edge of contiguous development; and rural or exurban communities that are significantly beyond the edge of contiguous development. Since 1960, the zone at the contiguous edge of development has captured the most number of new housing units. However, during the 1970s, the number of new units built in the fully developed zone and the rural/exurban zone increased dramatically as the overall number of new units added increased sharply as well. Initial data for the 2000s suggest that by the end of the decade, units built in the rural/exurban zone may overtake the developing edge as adding the most number of new units. City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Appendix A-13