ANNEX H: TOWN OF KNIGHTDALE
Economy The following tables present key economic statistics for Knightdale as compared to the County overall. Table H.9 – Employment Statistics, Knightdale, 2017
Population in Labor Force
Percent Employed* (%)
Percent Unemployed* (%)
Percent Not in Labor Force* (%)
Unemployment Rate (%)
Jurisdiction
Wake County
564,096
67.2
3.5
29.2
4.9
Town of Knightdale
8,274
70.8
3.4
25.7
4.5
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 H.10 – Percent of Employed Population by Occupation, Knightdale, 2017
Management, business, science and arts (%)
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance (%)
Production, transportation, and material moving (%)
Service (%)
Sales and Office (%)
Occupation
Wake County
50.1 49.6
13.8 15.6
23.4 22.4
6.0 6.7
6.7 5.8
Town of Knightdale
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates
H.3 RISK ASSESSMENT
This section contains a hazard profile and vulnerability assessment for those hazards that were rated with a higher priority for the Town of Knightdale 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 this section are: Flood and Wildfire. H.3.1 Flood Table H.11 details the acreage of the Town of Knightdale by flood zone on the effective DFIRM. Per this assessment, over 5 percent of the Town of Knightdale falls within the mapped 1%-annual-chance floodplains. Table H.11 – FEMA Flood Hazard Areas, Town of Knightdale
Flood Zone
Acreage
Percent of Total (%)
Zone A Zone AE
12.96 840.1
0.08 5.21 0.67
Zone X (500-year) Zone X Unshaded
108.12
15,160.18 16,121.36
94.04
Total
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Source: FEMA Effective DFIRM; Wake County GIS
Figure H.3 reflects the effective mapped flood hazard zones for the Town of Knightdale, and Figure H.4 displays the depth of flooding estimated to occur in these areas during the 1%-annual-chance flood. To supplement the IRISK assessment of property at risk from the 1% annual chance flood event in Section 4 and provide a clearer picture of the current property at risk in PLACE, current parcel data was evaluated to identify parcels developed since 2010. Using GIS analysis, parcels developed after 2010 were compared to the boundaries of the 1% annual chance floodplain to identify the exposure of newly developed
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