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CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP, north of the Joint Planning Area <br /> TOWNSHIP PROFILE: summARY AND ANALYSIS <br /> Chapel Hill Township, located in the southeastern part of <br /> Orange County, occupies 46,700 acres and contains about 18% <br /> of the County's total land area. The towns of Chapel Hill and <br /> Carrboro are within the Township. <br /> Most of the Township's land use is governed by the Joint <br /> Planning Area Land Use Plan, first adopted as an amendment to <br /> the Orange County Land use Plan in October 1986. <br /> Approximately 4,240 acres, however, lie to the north of the <br /> Joint Planning Area, representing approximately 9% of the <br /> land area in Chapel Hill Township. This section of the <br /> Township lies within the overlapping spheres of influence of <br /> Chapel Hill/Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Durham, leading to <br /> substantial residential growth pressure. <br /> Sccio-Ecanqmic Features <br /> In 1980 approximately 551 people lived in Chapel Hill <br /> Township north of the Joint Planning Area (JPA) . This <br /> amounted to less than 2% of Chapel Hill Township's total <br /> population of 50,572 residents. By 1987, the area had grown <br /> to an estimated 886 persons, an average annual growth rate of <br /> 7% per year. This growth rate translates into a doubling of <br /> population every eleven years and is more than double the <br /> growth rate of both orange County (3.26% per year) and Chapel <br /> Hill Township as a whole (3-05% per year) during the same <br /> period. <br /> Much of this growth can be explained by placing the area in a <br /> regional context. Virtually all of Chapel Hill Township north <br /> of the JPA is within ten miles of major employment and <br /> commercial centers in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Durham. <br /> Upon completion, 1-40 will bisect the area, providing direct <br /> access to additional employment centers in Research Triangle <br /> Park and Raleigh. <br /> HoMsi ► Stock <br /> Ili The Housing stock of Chapel Hill Township north of the JPA in <br /> 1980 consisted of 204 units. In 1987 that number had <br /> increased by 62% to an estimated 331 homes. <br /> Single family, site built homes predominate in the area, <br /> outnumbering manufactured housing by a ratio of two to one. <br /> Of the approximately 110 manufactured homes in the area, <br />