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15 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA Orange County, North Carolina <br /> Live and Work Pattern <br /> The following data highlights patterns in residency and employment <br /> in the County (data was not available for Hillsborough): the <br /> population that live and work in the jurisdiction is 20.11% (19,698) <br /> in Orange County; 10.56% (6,435) in Chapel Hill and 4.75% (540) <br /> Carrboro. <br /> Other Housing Problems <br /> • A household is considered to have a housing problem if it is cost <br /> burdened by more than 30% of their income, experiencing <br /> overcrowding, or having incomplete kitchen or plumbing facilities. <br /> The four severe housing problems <br /> are lacks complete kitchen facilities; lacks complete plumbing <br /> facilities; more than 1.5 persons per room; and cost burdened over <br /> 50%. <br /> • According to the 2006-2010 Comprehensive Housing Affordability <br /> Strategy (CHAS) data (the most current complete set of the data): <br /> inrougnout urange uounry, me number or renrer nousenoias <br /> experiencing one of the four housing problems is greater than <br /> the number of owner-occupied households experiencing a <br /> housing problem. This trend is much more pronounced in the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill where renter households are almost three <br /> times more likely to experience a housing problem than owner- <br /> occupied households. <br /> • The 2006-2010 HUD CHAS data for Orange County reveals that, <br /> 43.4% of renter households and 32.5% of owner-occupied <br /> households experienced one of the four housing problems <br /> (incomplete kitchen facilities, incomplete plumbing facilities, more <br /> than 1 person per room, and cost burdened by 30% or more). <br /> • According to CHAS data (2007 - 2011) over 5,000 households <br /> at 0%-30% median income have one of more of the four <br /> housing problems; however, the overwhelming problem was <br /> housing cost burden greater than 50% of income (4,245). <br /> Draft Affordable Housing Strategic Plan 1 2 <br />