WAKE FOREST PUBLIC TRANSIT PLAN
POPULATION GROWTH AND TRANSIT NEEDS The population in Wake Forest has been significantly increasing over the past decade. From 2010 to 2020, there was an estimated 32 percent increase in population density in Wake Forest –1,995 persons per square mile in 2010 to 2,638 persons per square mile in 2020. 3 Figure 4 maps the population density in the Town with data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, 2017-2021 estimates. The parts of Wake Forest that have the highest population density include the sections east of Main Street, near Calvin Jones Highway and Durham Road, north of Stadium Drive, and near Coach Lantern Avenue and Ligon Mill Road.
Figure 4. Wake Forest Population Density, Population Estimates from ACS 2017-2021
3 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/wakeforesttownnorthcarolina
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