SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE
3.10.8.3 LAND USE
The City of Raleigh is Wake County’s largest municipality by far and can be accessed via multiple interstates and federal highways. The largest individual land use share of the City’s acreage (34,409 acres or 34%) consists of single-family residential whereas the other top land use allocations include vacant (19,656 acres or 19.6%) and parks, greenways, or open space (12,539 acres or 12.5%) as of 2016 data. Total land use allocations by main category are shown in Table 3.14. Additionally, the 2020 Data Book notes that the generalized zoning allocation is 64 percent residential districts, 25 percent mixed-use
districts, and 11 percent special districts. Table 3.14 – Raleigh Land Use Allocation Land Use Category
Parcels
Acreage 44,349.90 18,238.70 10,662.30 5,637.70 1473.90
Percent of Area
Residential
117,517 3,690 3,509
44.3 18.2 10.6
Public and Institutional
Commercial
Industrial
1,421
5.6 1.5 0.1
Open
18
Mixed Use
115
123.6
Vacant
8,990
19,655.90 100,142.00
19.6
Total
135,260
100.0
Source: City of Raleigh Department of City Planning, 2015
Figure 3.8 and Figure 3.9 above, from the updated 2030 Comprehensive Plan 7 , show the existing land use of Raleigh in contrast to its future land use. The most updated plan for 2030 proposes 19 different future land use categories, including multiple mixed-use categories which propose increased density and walkability. Section 5 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan also lays out the City’s ini tiatives to protect natural resources (e.g., flood reduction and preparedness, open space preservation) among many others.
3.10.9 TOWN OF ROLESVILLE
3.10.9.1 SOCIAL VULNERABILITY
Most census tracts around the Rolesville area have been rated as a social vulnerability level of low aside from one at low-medium based on 2022 SVI data. Census tracts around the Rolesville area are rated as low impacts of environmental burden based on 2022 EJI data. The ACS 2022 5-year estimates for the total population of Rolesville also note that approximately 8.1 percent of people over the age of five speak a language other than English, 5.9 percent have a disability, and 1.7 percent live below the poverty level.
3.10.9.2 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
The population of Rolesville grew by approximately 150.3 percent between the 2010 Decennial Census and 2020 Decennial Census. According to the Rolesville Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2017, it is predominantly a bedroom community that is growing at an extremely fast pace seeing as the Town’s population ballooned by nearly 600 percent from 2000 to 2015. The Rolesville Bypass is noted as a significant addition that is expected to continue drawing in more highway-oriented development to the nearby area. It is also anticipated that demand will continue to grow for more multi-family housing across the Town, mirroring trends observed in the larger Triangle Region and beyond.
7 City of Raleigh 2030 Comprehensive Plan. https://raleighnc.gov/planning/services/2030-comprehensive-plan
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 59
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