ANNEX B: CITY OF RALEIGH
Table B.8 – Housing Statistics, Raleigh, 2010-2017
Housing Units (2010) 371,836 176,124
Housing Units (2017) 411,632 194,768
Housing Units Percent Change (2010-2017)
Owner- Occupied, % (2017)
Vacant Units, % (2017)
Median Home Value (2017)
Jurisdiction
Wake County total
10.7% 10.6%
59.5% 47.2%
7.2% 9.2%
$250,700 $225,000
City of Raleigh
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Decennial Census, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Note: Owner-Occupied and vacant-unit measures are reported as a percent of the total number of housing units.
Economy The following tables present key economic statistics for Raleigh as compared to the County overall. Table B.9 – Employment Statistics, Raleigh, 2017
Population in Labor Force
Percent Employed* (%)
Percent Unemployed* (%)
Percent Not in Labor Force* (%)
Unemployment Rate (%)
Jurisdiction
Wake County City of Raleigh
564,096 257,228
67.2 67.5
3.5 3.6
29.2 28.8
4.9 5.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Note: This table reports only the civilian labor force. The labor force in armed services accounted for 0.3% or less of the population 16 and over in all jurisdictions. *Population employed, population unemployed, and Population not in labor force are reported as a percent of the total population aged 16 years and older.
Table B.10 – Percent of Employed Population by Occupation, Raleigh, 2017
Management, business, science and arts (%)
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance (%)
Production, transportation, and material moving (%)
Service (%)
Sales and Office (%)
Occupation
Wake County City of Raleigh
50.1 46.2
13.8 15.7
23.4 24.6
6.0 6.0
6.7 7.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates
B.3 RISK ASSESSMENT
This section contains a hazard profile and vulnerability assessment for those hazards that were rated with a higher priority for the City of Raleigh than for Wake County as a whole. Risk and vulnerability findings are also presented here for those hazards that are spatially defined and have variations in risk that could be evaluated quantitatively on a jurisdictional level. The hazards included in in this section are: Flood and Wildfire. B.3.1 Flood Table B.11 details the acreage of the City of Raleigh’s total area by flood zone on the effective DFIRM. Per this assessment, about 8 percent of the unincorporated area in the County falls within the mapped 1%- annual-chance floodplains. Table B.11 – Flood Zone Acreage in the City of Raleigh
Flood Zone
Acreage
Percent of Total (%)
Zone A Zone AE
101.08 9265.33 1085.68
0.09 8.03 0.94
Zone X (500-year) Zone X Unshaded
104886.22 115338.32
90.94
Total
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Source: FEMA Effective DFIRM; Wake County GIS
Wake County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2019
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