SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE
3.10.1.3 LAND USE
Documentation for the Advance Apex: The 2045 Plan indicates that the existing development/land use status (definitions included in planning documentation) of Apex is as follows in Table 3.11: Table 3.11 – Apex Development Status
Percent of Planning Area
Development Category
Area (acres)
Developed
13,606 5,228 3,969
41.9% 16.1% 12.2% 8.1% 11.8% 9.7%
Undeveloped
Underdeveloped, Large Parcel Underdeveloped, Small Parcel
2,618 3,853 3,162
Conserved Open Space
Transportation Right-of-Way
Source: Advance Apex: The 2045 Plan
3.10.2 TOWN OF CARY
3.10.2.1 SOCIAL VULNERABILITY
Multiple census tracts around the central Cary area are rated as low-medium and medium-high levels of social vulnerability, with some surrounding areas rated as low based on 2022 SVI data. Two census tracts around the central Cary area are rated as moderate to high impacts of environmental burden based on 2022 EJI data. The ACS 2022 5-year estimates for the total population of Cary also note that approximately 24.9 percent of people over the age of five speak a language other than English, 7.2 percent have a disability, and 5.2 percent live below the poverty level.
3.10.2.2 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
The population of Cary grew by approximately 29.2 percent between the 2010 Decennial Census and 2020 Decennial Census. As noted in the Cary 2040 Community Plan amended in 2021, key growth and development trends include planning for an aging and diversifying population, limited land for development (18% of land in Town’s jurisdiction available for development), increasing transportation demands, and demand for 21st century development options. Additionally, the proposed development of the S-Line rail corridor through the Southeast, recently awarded to North Carolina in late 2023 in the form of a $1.09 billion discretionary federal grant, would include Cary as a direct stop and could generate many promising economic and development opportunities in the future.
3.10.2.3 LAND USE
Land uses in Cary are guided by the Future Growth Framework as part of the Cary 2040 Community Plan which includes 15 distinct uses under the broad categories of live, engage, work, shop, and shape to classify the planning area of nearly 53,000 acres. Five special planning areas of note also include (1) Eastern Cary Gateway, (2) Downtown (with 6 subareas), (3) Historic Carpenter, (4) Green Level, and (5) Chatham County-Town of Cary Joint Planning Area.
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 54
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