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Orange County: Buckhorn Village <br />Wake $36,635 $72,665 $53,787 <br />Cabarrus $27,320 $58,493 . $44,547 <br />Johnston $23,373 $51,896 $39,776 <br />Source: ESRI <br />2007 Median Household Disposable Income as a ratio to <br />Retail Sales and Retail Tag Collections <br />County Retail Tag <br />Collections Taxable Retail <br />Sales <br />Oran e 1:998 1:22,435 <br />Alamance 1:1,578 1:36,114 <br />Chatham 1:321 1:7,322 <br />Durham 1:3,837 1:87,623 <br />Wake 1:9,191 1:209,385 <br />Cabarrus 1:1,850 1:42,257 <br />Johnston 1:1,247 1:28,SS7 <br />Source: ESRI <br />The consulting team prepared the following ranking to show the impact that differential <br />income plays in retail sales in the comparable counties. Orange County has the fourth highest <br />median household disposable income but ranks 6~' in the ratio to retails sales. This is another <br />indicator of retail leakage. <br />®range County Rankings <br />Ranking of Median HH <br />Disposable <br />Income <br />_ , <br />1. , <br />Wake <br />2. Cabarrus <br />3. Durham <br />4. Oran e <br />S. Chatham <br />6. Johnston <br />7. Alamance <br />Ranking of Ratio of Med. HH <br />Dis osable Income to Retail Sales <br />1. Wake <br />2. Durham <br />3. Cabarrus <br />4. Alamance <br />S. Johnston <br />6. Oran e <br />7. Chatham <br />Source: Calculations from ESRI Data <br />Sanford Holshouser 14 <br />