Wake County Hazard Mitigation Plan - January 2020

ANNEX A: WAKE COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AREAS

Housing The table below details key housing statistics for Wake County unincorporated areas as compared to the County overall. Growth in housing units was much more limited in the unincorporated areas as compared to the County overall. Table A.8 – Housing Statistics, Unincorporated Wake County, 2010-2017

Housing Units (2010) 371,836

Housing Units (2017) 411,632

Housing Units Percent Change (2010-2017)

Owner- Occupied, % (2017)

Vacant Units, % (2017)

Median Home Value (2017)

Jurisdiction

Wake County total Unincorporated areas

10.7%

59.5% 80.0%

7.2% 6.6%

$250,700

69,428

70,641

1.7%

n/a

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Decennial Census, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Note: Owner-Occupied and vacant-unit measures are reported as a percent of the total number of housing units.

Economy The following tables present key economic statistics for Wake County unincorporated areas as compared to the County overall. Table A.9 – Employment Statistics, Unincorporated Wake County, 2017

Population in Labor Force

Percent Employed* (%)

Percent Unemployed* (%)

Percent Not in Labor Force* (%)

Unemployment Rate (%)

Jurisdiction

Wake County Unincorporated areas

564,096

67.2

3.5

29.2

4.9

100,211

63.8

3.9

32.2

5.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Note: This table reports only the civilian labor force. The labor force in armed services accounted for 0.3% or less of the population 16 and over in all jurisdictions. *Population employed, population unemployed, and Population not in labor force are reported as a percent of the total population aged 16 years and older.

Table A.10 – Percent of Employed Population by Occupation, Unincorporated Wake County, 2017

Management, business, science and arts (%)

Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance (%)

Production, transportation, and material moving (%)

Service (%)

Sales and Office (%)

Occupation

Wake County Unincorporated areas

50.1

13.8

23.4

6.0

6.7

46.3

13.2

23.7

9.3

7.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates

A.3 RISK ASSESSMENT

This section contains a hazard profile and vulnerability assessment for those hazards that were rated with a higher priority for the unincorporated areas than for Wake County as a whole. Risk and vulnerability findings are also presented here for those hazards that are spatially defined and have variations in risk that could be evaluated quantitatively on a jurisdictional level. The hazards included in this section are: Dam Failure, Flood and Wildfire. A.3.1 Dam Failure Table A.11 lists all high hazard dams identified by the North Carolina Dam Inventory as of July 2018. Dam locations in relation to unincorporated Wake County are shown in Figure A.3.

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