Auburn-Comp-Plan-Compiled

C ommunity P rofile & C haracteristics

Table 7 – Job Distribution by Employment Category, 2010–2040

2010–2040 Change

2010 2020 2030 2040

Construction and Resources

2,488

4,747 4,704 5,822

134%

FIRE/Services

12,398 15,935 18,734 22,213

79.2%

Manufacturing/Trade/Transportation/Utilities

13,366 13,661

14,512

15,731

17.7%

Retail/Food Services

7,218 9,084 10,396 12,323

70.7%

Government

2,243

1,812

1,841

1,883

-16.1%

Education

2,137

3,143 3,466

3,815

78.5%

TOTAL 39,883 8,023 3,847 2,003

55.5%

densities. Auburn is more than prepared to accommodate this large influx of new housing. Auburn is also prepared to consider pathways to meet the housing demand with less land by using higher densities and reconsidering zoning implementation and rules.

Table 8 illustrates that the City will have a housing stock of around 37,000 units by 2030–2031, nearly 10,000 more than in 2010. The addition of 20,000 more people would require this level of increase based on the buildable lands population target, current zoning, and expected

Table 8 – Population and Housing Forecasts, 2010–2035

Core Plan

Estimate

Forecast

2010

2025

2030

2031

2035

Housing Units

27,827

34,582

36,827

37,276

39,072

Total Households

26,051

33,031

35,351

35,815

37,671

Household Population

69,491

84,126

88,996

89,970

93,866

TOTAL POPULATION

70,159

84,948

89,868

90,852

94,788

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