SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE
Ref#
Property Name
Status Date 10/15/2001 6/3/2009 7/31/1998 9/6/2006 9/11/2003 6/10/2005 8/28/2007 2/4/1986 5/13/1976 8/26/2022
Category Building District District Building Building Building Building Building Building District
City
01001113
Sunnyside
Wendell Wendell Wendell Wilbon
09000382 98000947 06000788 03000931 05000549 07000881 86000157 76001345 100007603
Wendell Boulevard Historic District Wendell Commercial Historic District
Davis-Adcock Store
Smith, Frank and Mary, House Smith, Turner and Amelia, House Barbee, George and Neva, House
Willow Spring Willow Spring
Zebulon Zebulon Zebulon Zebulon
Bunn, Bennett, Plantation
Wakelon School
Zebulon Historic District
Source: National Parks Service, National Register of Historic Places, May 2024
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3.5 HOUSING
According to the 2022 ACS 5-Year Estimates, there are 466,760 housing units in Wake County, of which 92.2 percent are occupied. Approximately 35.7% of occupied units are renter-occupied. A high percentage of renters is an indicator of higher pre- and post-disaster vulnerability because, according to Cutter et al. (2003), renters often do not have the financial resources of homeowners, are more transient, are less likely to have information about or access to recovery aid following a disaster and are more likely to require temporary shelter following a disaster 2 . Higher rates of home ownership in some jurisdictions, including Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Rolesville, and Wake Forest may indicate that more residents in these areas are able to implement certain mitigation actions in and around their properties. Table 3.7 provides housing characteristics for each jurisdiction. The median home value in Wake County is $385,700 . Of the County’s owner -occupied housing units, 74.4 percent have a mortgage. Nearly 67.9 percent of householders moved into their current homes since the year 2010, and another 18.3 percent moved in between 2000 and 2009, which is indicative of the extreme growth the area has been experiencing and could indicate that many residents may be new to the area they live in. Householders of 4.0 percent of occupied housing units have no vehicle available to them; these residents may face significant difficulty in the event of an emergency evacuation. Roughly 59 percent of housing units in Wake County are detached single family homes, and another 10.8 percent are attached single family homes. Approximately 2.7 percent of units are mobile homes, which can be more vulnerable to certain hazards like tornadoes and windstorms , especially if they aren’t properly secured. The County’s housing stock is relatively new, with over 45 percent of all units built since 2000. Age can indicate the potential vulnerability of a structure to certain hazards. For example, Wake County first entered the National Flood Insurance Program in 1978. Therefore, based on housing age estimates at least 19 percent of housing in the County was built before any floodplain development restrictions were
2 Cutter et al. (2003). https://www.jstor.org/stable/42955868
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 43
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