MOUNTLAKE
TERRACE
November 2006
Town Center Planning Project
Occupational
Profile
Acknowledgments
City Council
Jerry E. Smith, Mayor
John Zambrano, Mayor pro tem
Angela Amundson
Michelle Angrick
Michelle Robles
Laura Sonmore
Douglas Wittinger
Planning Commission
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Alice Kier, Chair
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John O. Olsen
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City Staff
John Caulfield, City Manager
Shane Hope, Planning and Development Director
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE TOWN CENTER OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Mountlake Terrace Town Center Plan
November, 2006
Overview
The Mountlake Terrace Town Center Occupational Profile is an
adjunct to the Mountlake Terrace Town Center Demographic
Profile, prepared in September 2006. Both are collections of
socio-economic exhibits and analysis to be input used by the City’s
Planning staff in developing the Town Center Plan.
This Profile includes analysis of the employment of the citizens of
the City of Mountlake Terrace and the Town Center
Neighborhood. It expands on the employment analysis found in
the City of Mountlake Terrace Melody Hill Sub-area Plan:
SW 220th Street Corridor and Melody Hill Economic and
Market Trends Analysis of 2005 by looking at what industries
and categories of employment the residents of Mountlake Terrace
fit within, regardless of whether they work in the City or not.
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Table of Contents
Table of Exhibits
Occupations ..................................................................................3
Exhibit 1 Mountlake Terrace Occupational Breakdown ......................................... 5
Comparing the 1990 Census and 2000 Census...........6
Exhibit 2 Town Center Neighborhood Occupational Breakdown ...................... 5
Summary.....................................................................................10
Exhibit 3 1990 Census STF-3 Data Categories......................................................... 7
Exhibit 4 2000 Census SF-3 Data Categories ........................................................... 8
Exhibit 5 Mountlake Terrace Census Block Groups: 1990 and 2000 ......... 9
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OCCUPATIONS
x
x
x
The Town Center Neighborhood’s residents’ employment
breakdown is very similar to that of the entire City (see
Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2). They are more alike in 2000
than they were in 1990.
Exceptions to this general trend:
o
A small increase in the total number of Town
Center residents employed in Construction (even
while the percentage of Neighborhood residents
employed in the sector decreased);
o
No change in the number of Town Center
residents employed in Service occupations, but a
decline in percentage share;
o
A decrease in the number and percent of City
residents employed in Sales and Office positions.
Exceptions to the general similarity all come from 1990:
o
o
The Town Center Neighborhood had a smaller
percentage of residents working in Sales and
Office (29.9%), and Management, Business, and
Financial Operations occupations (7.4%) than the
City as a whole (32.8% and 11.2%, respectively);
A larger percentage of Neighborhood residents
(17.1%) worked in service-related professions
than did City residents (12.7%).
x
In 2000 the differences between the City and the
Neighborhood essentially disappeared.
x
Both geographies are in line with regional and national
trends that show a reduction in the number of jobs in
manufacturing, farming, and some other types of industrial
jobs, and an increase in the number of service and sales
jobs. With three exceptions (see below), these trends hold
for the City and the Neighborhood: both moved from
having about 30% of jobs in industrial-, construction-, and
agriculture-related categories in 1990, to about 23% in
2000.
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x
While the number of employed residents of the Town
Center Neighborhood increased by 9.2% over the decade,
the number of employed persons in the City essentially
stayed the same (0.0% change).
x
The increase in employed Town Center Residents could
stem from an increase in the population of the
Neighborhood, an increase in the rate of employment, or a
combination of the two.
x
The employed population totals could also be affected by
changes in Block Group boundaries between 1990 and
2000 (see Exhibit 5 and discussion in the section
Comparing the 1990 Census and 2000 Census).
x
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry occupations had the largest
percentage decreases for both the City and the
Neighborhood, although their numbers were very small to
begin with.
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x
Both the City and the Neighborhood had their biggest
numerical loss in Production Occupations (-412 and
-123), which masks small gains (10 and 37) in the
subcategory of Transport and Material Moving.
x
The City’s largest numerical gain was in Service
occupations (380). Management occupations and
Professional occupations both saw increases of around
200 among City residents.
x
The Town Center’s biggest numerical gain was in the
subcategory Sales (157), which is partially masked by a
decrease in the subcategory Office and Administrative
Support (-62), leaving a net increase of 95 jobs in the
category Sales and Office.
x
The Management, Business, & Financial Operations
category had the largest positive percentage growth of any
category in the Town Center Neighborhood. Employment
in this category increased 78.4% over the decade, while
its share of Neighborhood employment increased from
7.4% to 12.1%.
x
Management, Business, & Financial Operations had the
second largest positive percentage growth for the City
(16.8%), behind Services (27.7%).
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Exhibit 1
Mountlake Terrace Occupational Breakdown
100%
90%
80%
70%
N=10,764
0.0%
% Change
15.6%
-24.0%
10.3%
11.9%
Construction, Extraction,
and Maintenance
0.3%
0.7%
-61.6%
31.3%
15.2%
11.2%
0%
1990
16.8%
16.3%
Sales and Office
15.6%
17.1%
0.0%
Services
17.3%
10%
25.8%
Professional
(and related)
78.4%
7.4%
0%
2000
0.0%
-100.0%
20%
13.1%
11.9%
31.9%
15.0%
Management, Business,
& Financial Operations
11.2%
Farming, Fishing, and
Forestry
40%
12.2%
Professional
(and related)
10%
1.1%
Construction, Extraction,
and Maintenance
60%
30%
17.1%
-26.3%
1.2%
27.7%
Services
N=2,137
Production, Transport,
and Material Moving
50%
16.3%
12.7%
16.6%
29.9%
Sales and Office
9.2%
% Change
12.9%
-4.6%
40%
N=1,957
80%
70%
Farming, Fishing, and
Forestry
50%
20%
90%
-13.8%
32.8%
100%
11.8%
Production, Transport,
and Material Moving
60%
30%
N=10,760
Exhibit 2
Town Center Neighborhood Occupational Breakdown
1990
12.1%
Management, Business,
& Financial Operations
2000
Sources: US Census 1990 STF-3; US Census 2000 SF-3; 1990-2000 Census
Sources: US Census 1990 STF-3; US Census 2000 SF-3; 1990-2000 Census
Tabulation Crosswalk Template; and Berk & Associates 2006
Tabulation Crosswalk Template; and Berk & Associates 2006
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COMPARING THE 1990 CENSUS AND 2000
CENSUS
The 1990 and 2000 decadal censuses are used as the source for
this occupational analysis of the citizens of Mountlake Terrace and
the Town Center Neighborhood.
For this analysis, the Town Center Neighborhood is being defined
as the following six 2000 Census Block Groups within the City (see
Exhibit 5):
x
53-061(Washington-Snohomish County):
o
051100-1
o
051100-4
o
051100-5
o
051200-2
o
051200-3
o
051200-5
Two major changes affect the comparability of data from the two
censuses.
First, there were changes to the boundaries of the census
enumeration areas (Blocks, Block Groups, Tracts, etc.). See Exhibit
5 for the Census Block Groups that cover Mountlake Terrace.
In Mountlake Terrace most of the changes have no impact on citywide statistics because the adjustments were entirely within the city.
For example, Block Group 051300-3 from 1990 was split into
Block Groups 051300-3 and 051300-6 for the 2000 Census. This
change affects comparisons made at the Block Group level and
smaller, but not at larger geographies.
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Summary measures at the city level will subsume that change
with no loss, because the external boundary did not change in
this case.
There were, however, some boundary changes that appear to
have moved areas from within Mountlake Terrace’s census
boundaries to adjacent cities or to the county. The word ‘appear’
is key here, because the boundaries shown on the maps are
generalized to an unknown degree. What really matters is the
treatment of data in the Census tables. What appears to be a
boundary problem by looking at the maps may in fact be simply
a problem with the boundary file, which was not used in the data
calculations.
The total impact of the boundary changes on this analysis is
unknown. In several cases the area impacted is either
undeveloped, or occupied by retail development. A couple of the
areas appear to be residential, though, in which case their
movement in or out of the City would have an impact on direct
comparability.
The second major change between the two censuses was in the
categories used to classify persons by occupation. During the
1990s there were changes to the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) and to the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC), the systems used to describe occupations
and industries.
The Census Bureau has provided an assist to overcome the
classification changes and help compare occupational data across
the censuses. A spreadsheet template is available from the
Census Bureau’s website that automatically converts data from
1990 Census table STF-3 categories (see Exhibit 3) into
approximations of the data in 2000 Census table SF-3 categories
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(see Exhibit 4). The conversion template was used as the basis of
this analysis. See http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ioindex for
more information.
Exhibit 3
1990 Census STF-3 Data Categories
Employed persons 16 years and over
Managerial and professional specialty occupations (000- 202):
Executive, administrative, & managerial occs (000-042)
Professional specialty occupations (043-202)
Technical, sales, and administrative support occs (203-402):
Technicians and related support occupations (203-242)
Sales occupations (243-302)
Administrative support occupations, incl. clerical (303-402)
Service occupations (403-472):
Private household occupations (403-412)
Protective service occupations (413-432)
Service occupations, exc. protective & household (433-472)
Farming, forestry, and fishing occupations (473-502)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (503-702)
Operators, fabricators, and laborers (703-902):
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors (703-802)
Transportation and material moving occupations (803-863)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, & laborers (864-902)
Source: US Census 1990
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Exhibit 4
2000 Census SF-3 Data Categories
Civilian Employed Population 16 and Over:
Management, professional, and related occupations:
Management, business, and financial operations occupations:
Management occupations, except farmers & farm managers
Farmers and farm managers
Business and financial operations occupations:
Business operations specialists
Financial specialists
Professional and related occupations:
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations:
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners & technical occs
Health technologists and technicians
Service occupations:
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations:
Fire fighting, prevention, and law enforcement workers, incl. supervisors
Other protective service workers, including supervisors
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
Personal care and service occupations
Sales and office occupations:
Sales and related occupations
Office and administrative support occupations
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Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Construction and extraction occupations:
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers
Construction trades workers
Extraction workers
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations:
Production occupations
Transportation and material moving occupations:
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers
Aircraft and traffic control occupations
Motor vehicle operators
Rail, water and other transportation occupations
Material moving workers
Source: US Census 2000
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Exhibit 5
Mountlake Terrace Census Block Groups: 1990 and 2000
Sources: US Census 1990, US Census 2000, ESRI 2005, and Berk & Associates 2006
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SUMMARY
Over the past decade the occupational profiles of the City of
Mountlake Terrace and the City’s Town Center Neighborhood have
converged. Both have seen decreases in the numbers and
percentages of residents employed in laboring jobs (production,
harvesting, and extraction), and increases in management and
professional employment. The dominance of sales and office jobs
has been maintained at nearly one third of total employment,
although the City saw a decrease while the Neighborhood saw an
increase in total employment in this category.
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