DRAFT Morrisville Affordable Housing Plan, September 23, 2019 version

DRAFT SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Fair Share of Household Income Levels by ZIP Code Across the Region

Places with a Fair Share

Places with LESS than their Fair Share

Places with MORE than their Fair Share

0.00 - 0.49 0.50 - 0.74

0.75 - 1.24 1.25 - 1.99 2.00 - 4.72

Household Income $50,000-$74,999

Household Income $75,000-$124,999

Rougemont

Rougemont

Hillsborough

Mebane

Hillsborough

Mebane

Durham

Durham

Wake Forest

Wake Forest

Carrboro

Carrboro

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

Morrisville

Morrisville

Raleigh

Raleigh

Cary

Cary

Pittsboro

Pittsboro

Apex

Apex

Garner

Garner

Fuquay Varina

Fuquay Varina

Middle-income households earning around the regional median income

Higher-earning households around twice the regional

median are also well distributed, with a few exceptions. These households are disproportionately not found in northern

are distributed evenly across the region. There are some ZIP Codes with as much as twice their fair share, and some with as little as half of their fair share, but the overall pattern is an even one.

areas of Durham and in the outer reaches of Chatham and Franklin Counties. They disproportionately live in a handful of ZIP Codes around the area, including Morrisville, Holly Springs, Fuquay Varina, Wendell, and Rougemont.

Household Income $125,000+

The region’s highest-earning households, those with the highest levels of education and most likely to have two incomes, are not evenly distributed across the region. They are disproportionately found in a west- east arc from Chapel Hill down to Apex and Holly Springs and up through northern Raleigh to Wake Forest. Their concentration in these areas correlates with high home values.

T H E T A K E A W A Y

The story that emerges from a study of household shares by income and ZIP Code is one in which: -The core of the region is home to the highest income households but not the lowest income households; -The lowest-income households are concentrated on the region’s edges; and -Working class households between $25,000 and $49,999 are disproportionately not living in western Wake County. These realities underpin the regional housing market.

Rougemont

Hillsborough

Mebane

Durham

Wake Forest

Carrboro

Chapel Hill

Morrisville

Raleigh

Cary

Pittsboro

Apex

Garner

Fuquay Varina

Source: czb analysis of 2013-2017 American Community Survey data

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