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NGE <br /> TYANSIT <br /> Existing Conditions SHOR TRANGI TROUNLAN <br /> Figure 5: Population and Employment Densities <br /> Population and Employment <br /> --------- ---- - <br /> Density Together <br /> m <br /> Together, population and employment density give a more <br /> complete picture of potential demand for transit. Figure 5 shows <br /> the combined population and employment densities by census `°-so eR,, 'r <br /> O <br /> block group. Blue areas on the map signify areas with high <br /> employment density but lower population density, while orange m�Pa sen"�d r <br /> represents areas with higher population density and lowerjob <br /> density. Darker brown areas have high densities of both O oar <br /> employment and population. °ba"o"Rd St�atysgd <br /> Mebane $ <br /> Areas with both high population and employment density ' a <br /> �- <br /> include: •f •%ice Hillsbornu gh x <br /> ■ Downtown Hillsborough <br /> 7 �iLf ilr� I <br /> ■ UNC Chapel Hill QIdNCT[l ^n ' <br /> B B6 <br /> ■ Southwest Mebane eAa <br /> y' G 9N,21%y. <br /> Areas of high employment and population density do not always "e <br /> align, with pockets of high employment density further from the >�a ,i <br /> downtown cores and some isolated areas of residential density. - ���rIA <br /> Areas with mismatched densities include: <br /> ■ Employment density in Hillsborough is concentrated in �; + ;� � <br /> many of the pockets of lower population density. Popatatlonand ' _ �,, <br /> Employment Densities �,� ,� ,�.Chapel H114,;r i <br /> _ t <br /> ■ Downtown Mebane has greater population density, while Old Greeashoro Rd Card®® �Y's <br /> employment is concentrated along 1-40. <V <br /> R0 -r <br /> ' �■ �peesfe< �ys �Ca 7 <br /> e <br /> People Per Acre E :suit r�nu' <br /> 0-5ource°.KHCMFDn2C try \ JI <br /> 4 — <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 3-4 <br />