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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSIT TY <br /> Where People Work Figure4: Employment Density <br /> -------------------r <br /> The geographic distribution of job density in Orange County <br /> (Figure 4) is largely similar to population density, with the highest m <br /> density areas in Mebane, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro: <br /> s <br /> ■ Employment in Hillsborough is densest in the southeast mr <br /> SrOte Rd O <br /> area of the town. <br /> O $` <br /> ■ Pockets of high employment density are located <br /> throughout Chapel Hill and Carrboro, mainly near UNC <br /> r n 0.a <br /> and along the major highways. O ell <br /> °c d <br /> 5 Q` <br /> ■ Mebane employment density is clustered along 1-40, in `eban Rd S` <br /> the southern portion of the municipality. There are few neaa�e a <br /> jobs outside of these areas. 7 ,�, - °' <br /> Pa Hillsharnugh\ � cm9�ti <br /> Jobs not only generate demand from the employees that travel fl <br /> ,N\\55n4 <br /> there to work, but also from the potential customers, clients, and 16` <br /> RIG tic IR <br /> patients that visit a business. Jobs in the service and retail sectors es n <br /> f r� r- <br /> tend to generate travel demand at higher rates than industry or <br /> n Gt° Q° alfly �.�• <br /> office jobs. In 2020, out of 74,721 jobs in Orange County, 59% of "0" ° nrs` a'Rtl <br /> jobs were in service and retail sectors (Figure 3). <br /> Figure 3: Orange County Jobs by Sector <br /> ti v° FuhenS's Rtl .� � � <br /> k <br /> Industry, <br /> 10% /s <br /> Este Vti!EmpkoyrnentUenalty ; JapelHlll <br /> Jobs per acre <br /> Service, Office, 05-t Old Greensh°r°Rd <br /> 44% 30% 1 so3 <br /> 0 <br /> n5� m <br /> m w <br /> s C <br /> ■5 10 _ �°ng c ®� r <br /> Retail, <br /> ■ dt so °ohw -------- <br /> 15% ------ <br /> oa�so��9�.¢cncnroxozo � a i eni. <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 3-3 <br />