2006 Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan - City of Lakeville

Households
Lakeville residents overwhelmingly own their housing, which is predominantly single
family, as compared to the percentage of renter occupied units. This generally allows
for a lower housing unit turnover and increased opportunities to advocate long term
community investments in park land and recreation facilities. Tables 10 through 13
illustrate the anticipated household trends within the City of Lakeville. During the 1990s,
Lakeville added an average of 557 new households annually. Forecasts suggest that
the household growth rate will remain strong through the year 2020 and then begin to
decrease as the City nears development saturation.
The average household size in Lakeville has declined over the past two decades. This
trend is attributed to several socioeconomic factors including, maturation of existing
households (resulting in an increasing number of empty nesters), married couples
waiting longer to have children and families having fewer children. These factors are
anticipated to continue and will, in effect, gradually change the age composition of
Lakeville’s population. Lakeville is not the only community experiencing such changes,
these socioeconomic factors are nationwide and have caused an overall decrease in
the Country’s household size.
TABLE 10
HOUSEHOLD AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Population Household Household Size
1990 24,854 7,851 3.17
2000 43,128 13,609 3.17
2010 55,300 19,200 2.88
2020 76,500 28,000 2.73
2030 86,000 33,500 2.57
Source: U.S. Census 1990, 2000; Metropolitan Council Development Framework.
Tables 11 through 13 provide a more detailed profile of Lakeville households, taken
from the 1990 and 2000 Census. Of the 7,890 households in Lakeville in 1990, 6,679
or 84.7 percent were families, comprised mostly of married couples. Approximately 57
percent of the total households consisted of families with children, while only 15 percent
of all households were non-family households. In 2000, the percentage of family versus
non-family households remained nearly identical to the 1990 figures. There was a slight
decrease in the percentage of non-family households (-0.6%) and a slight increase in
the percentage of family households (0.6%).
TABLE 11
1990 AND 2000* HOUSEHOLD TYPES
ALL HOUSEHOLDS
Percent of Total
Households
Number of Households
1990 2000* 1990 2000*
Family Households 6,679 11,635 84.7 85.3
Non-Family Households 1,211 1.998 15.3 14.7
Total Households 7,890 13,633 100.0 100.0
*Taken from Census 2000 Summary File 3 – Sample Data (figures may differ slightly from other 2000 Census figures)
The percent of family households with children has remained steady from 1990 to 2000.
There has been, however, a slight increase in the percent of households in Lakeville
City of Lakeville, Minnesota
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