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103 <br /> Community Equity In terms of social vulnerability overall, <br /> census tracts in the northwestern portion <br /> of the county and along 1-85 rank among <br /> Trends and Conditions the most vulnerable in terms of social <br /> Community equity can be assessed vulnerability. Other areas of heightened <br /> through the lens of social vulnerability, vulnerability include regions outside <br /> which reflects a community's ability to Carrboro municipal limits and south of <br /> prepare for and respond to the stress 1-40. <br /> of hazardous events,which can include The CDC Social Vulnerability Index includes <br /> natural disasters and/or human-made census tract rankings on Socioeconomic <br /> threats.The Centers for Disease Control Status,which aggregates data for those <br /> and Prevention (CDC) has developed living below 150%of the poverty line,housing <br /> a Social Vulnerability Index(SVI)that is cost burden,no high school diploma,no <br /> based on 16 indicators grouped into four health insurance,and unemployment.When <br /> key themes:1)socioeconomic status, considering socioeconomic status,a larger <br /> number of census tracts in the county are <br /> 2) racial and ethnic minority status, 3) classified as vulnerable.The highest levels <br /> housing type and transportation,and of vulnerability in this category are found <br /> 4) household characteristics. Using this along 1-85 and in some tracts within Carrboro <br /> framework,census tracts are ranked and Chapel Hill.The northwestern part of <br /> by percentile to indicate their level of the county and the surrounding Efland area <br /> social vulnerability,with 0% representing fall within the 51-75%vulnerability range. <br /> the least vulnerable and 100%the most Additional vulnerable areas include the <br /> vulnerable. southeastern portion of the county,the <br /> region around Mebane,and areas outside <br /> - Vc- <br /> ___--__-- Hillsborough.Approximately l3%of Orange <br /> County's population lives in poverty,a rate that <br /> is higher than in surrounding counties.This <br /> higher poverty rate may, in part,be attributed <br /> 1531 to the large number of college students <br /> smmy <br /> residing in the county, particularly in Chapel <br /> ® Hill and Carrboro. <br /> MEBANE o The CDC Social Vulnerability Index <br /> includes census tract rankings on <br /> HILLSBOROUGH <br /> a Household Characteristics,which <br /> aggregates data for those in the <br /> B°rkM1°rn <br /> population aged 65 and older,aged 17 <br /> = and younger,single-parent households, <br /> tial Vulnerability Ines, <br /> and English language proficiency.These <br /> - cl°ec°n°mic Status <br /> °z=�IM1°°°mgtM1, <br /> oE°ba ks' -s;_;° household characteristics also reveal <br /> ` "6100Wo"°" <br /> 0 social vulnerability across the county. In <br /> niapal Planning <br /> Cal°and}`e ]u�ristllce°n <br /> .. <br /> CARRBORO CHA'PELA°LL the 76-100%vulnerability range,the areas <br /> W �j north and south of Hillsborough,along <br /> , with some parts of Chapel Hill,are most <br /> affected.The surrounding Hillsborough <br /> area,the entire northwestern portion of <br /> the county,and areas outside Carrboro <br /> CDC Social Vulnerability Index,Socioeconomic <br /> Status(2020) and Chapel Hill are classified as 51-75% <br /> 100 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT <br />