Wake County Hazard Mitigation Plan - Adopted 10-21-2024

SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE

3 PLANNING AREA PROFILE

This section provides a general overview of the current conditions in Wake County and its participating municipalities. It consists of the following sub-sections:

3.1 Geography and Environment 3.2 Population and Demographics

3.3 Parcels and Buildings 3.4 Historic Properties

3.5 Housing

3.6 Infrastructure

3.7 Current and Future Land Use 3.8 Employment and Industry

3.9 Social Vulnerability

3.10 Jurisdiction Information

3.1 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT Wake County is located in the eastern portion of the Piedmont of North Carolina. It is part of the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which falls within the larger Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Combined Statistical Area. The Planning Area includes Wake County unincorporated areas, Town of Apex, Town of Cary, Town of Fuquay-Varina, Town of Garner, Town of Holly Springs, Town of Knightdale, Town of Morrisville, City of Raleigh, Town of Rolesville, Town of Wake Forest, Town of Wendell, and Town of Zebulon. A location map is provided in Figure 3.1. Wake County comprises a total land area of over 834 square miles. The total land area reported for each participating jurisdiction is listed in Table 3.1. Table 3.1 – Total Land Area of Participating Jurisdictions

Jurisdiction

Total Land Area

Wake County

834.59 square miles 504.00 square miles 21.99 square miles 59.23 square miles 17.62 square miles 16.56 square miles 17.35 square miles 7.95 square miles 8.83 square miles 147.12 square miles 4.88 square miles 18.05 square miles 5.76 square miles 5.25 square miles

Unincorporated areas

Apex Cary

Fuquay-Varina

Garner

Holly Springs Knightdale

Morrisville

Raleigh

Rolesville

Wake Forest

Wendell Zebulon

Source: US Census Bureau

Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan

WSP June 2024 Page 26

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