Wake County Hazard Mitigation Plan - Adopted 10-21-2024

SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT

2010 Census Population

2020 Census Population

% Change 2010-2020

2022 ACS Population

Jurisdiction

Knightdale Morrisville Rolesville Wake Forest

18,501 18,655 5,199 31,175 7,889 6,102

29,077 21,999 12,236 38,203

57% 18% 135% 23%

19,127 29,756 9,696 48,047 10,575

Wendell Zebulon

8,423 5,751

7%

-6%

7,421

Wake County (Unincorporated Area)

135,124

230,494

71%

192,408

TOTAL

903,811

1,143,763

27%

1,132,103

Source: NCEM IRISK Database; 2000, 2010, 2020 Decennial Census

Building counts were also provided by the IRISK database. These values were generated using locally- provided building footprint and parcel data. The methodology for generating the building asset inventory is described in greater detail in Section 4.3. Note that these building counts were originally provided in 2010 and it appears that only limited updates subsequently occurred whereas Wake County has since experienced a substantial amount of growth and new development. Therefore, the exposure reflected in the following tables is an underestimate of actual present-day exposure. Section 3 Planning Area Profile describes the growth that has occurred since 2010 and provides a means of estimating the degree to which exposure and vulnerability may have increased. Table 4.8 – Building Counts and Values by Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

Building Count

Building Value

Raleigh

128,062

$36,926,106,959 $3,460,323,705 $14,607,342,852 $2,268,420,955 $2,243,212,305 $2,876,499,200 $1,240,283,673 $2,166,113,564 $388,407,100 $2,829,746,009 $483,437,990 $616,065,905 $13,561,537,397 $83,667,497,614

Apex Cary

14,915

45,306 11,070 11,975 10,528

Fuquay-Varina

Garner

Holly Springs Knightdale

7,144 5,181 2,103

Morrisville Rolesville

Wake Forest

10,547 3,728

Wendell Zebulon

3,231

Wake County (Unincorporated Area)

59,919

TOTAL PLAN

313,709

Source: NCEM IRISK Database

For some hazards in this risk assessment, FEMA’s Hazus software was used to provide loss estimates and better understand vulnerability. These analyses were run using the built-in asset inventory in Hazus, which estimates there are 371 thousand buildings in the county, with a total building replacement value of $215.283 billion. Table 4.9 provides an estimate of the number of pre-FIRM buildings in each jurisdiction. This analysis was prepared using NCEM’s IRISK database and comparing the year built for each structure to the corresponding community’s initial Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) date. The pre -FIRM building counts include all building constructed prior to the year of the initial FIRM.

Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan

WSP June 2024 Page 73

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