SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE
3.10.9.3 LAND USE
Land use in Rolesville is guided by the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) which has 12 use categories. According to the Rolesville Comprehensive Plan, the primary land use is residential and represents approximately 50 percent of the Town’s entire developed land stock. A full breakdown of the Town’s total land use allocation by category can be seen in Table 3.15. Table 3.15 – Rolesville Land Use Allocation
Percent of Planning Area
Land Use Category
Residential Commercial
50.2
5.4 0.2 3.9 0.8
Industrial
Institutional Green Space
Vacant
39.5
Source: Rolesville Comprehensive Plan 2017
3.10.10 TOWN OF WAKE FOREST
3.10.10.1 SOCIAL VULNERABILITY
Census tracts around the Wake Forest area have a variable rating of social vulnerability ranging from low, low-medium, medium-high, and high levels based on 2022 SVI data. Several census tracts around the Wake Forest area are rated as low to moderate impacts of environmental burden based on 2022 EJI data. The ACS 2022 5-year estimates for the total population of Wake Forest also note that approximately 9.3 percent of people over the age of five speak a language other than English, 9.2 percent have a disability, and 3.0 percent live below the poverty level.
3.10.10.2 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
The population of Wake Forest grew by approximately 58.1 percent between the 2010 Decennial Census and 2020 Decennial Census. According to the Wake Forest Community Plan updated as of 2023, Wake Forest is among the top 10 fastest growing municipalities in North Carolina with its population projected to double over two decades. Growth and development objectives set forth in the growth strategy of the plan include (1) prioritizing infill development and reinvestment, (2) focusing on development and redevelopment within Town limits along with any available unincorporated areas, and (3) encouraging development in areas without any annexation requirements of non-contiguous land. 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 Wake Forest as a direct stop and could generate many promising economic and development opportunities in the future.
3.10.10.3 LAND USE
According to the Wake Forest Community Plan, the Land Use Plan is intended to guide the appearance, character, form, and function of the entire community through proper land use allocation and intentional development patterns. It specifically identifies 10 future land use categories to be applied through the Town’s planning efforts. Further detail is also provided by the Residential, Commercial an d Industrial, and Downtown Area Plans.
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 60
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