The numbers

Founded: 1893
(Clearview founded 1931)

Square miles: 11.3
(For the proposed incorporated town in the Maltby-Clearview area)

Population: 8,000
(For the proposed incorporated town in the Maltby-Clearview area)

Median household income: $41,430

Median house value: $242,950
(For Maltby; $265,000 for Clearview. Based on the 42 homes sold in the last six months of 1998, where sellers specifically identified the area as Clearview and the 23 properties where sellers specifically identified the area as Maltby.)

Parks: 1

Median age: 32.2

Completed four-year college or higher: 11 percent

Below poverty level: 3 percent

Home ownership: 77 percent

Renters: 23 percent