Existing
Conditions: Jobs/Housing Balance Problem
The volatility of the Wine Country is now of such a nature that in 2004 the
average cost of housing has increased by over $100,000 in a single year. With
ever-shrinking income levels based on the real value of wages, buyers are
looking across jurisdictional boundaries and regional boundaries to find affordable
housing that meets buyers' needs. For more information about the existing
jobs/housing imbalance in the Wine Country region, click
here.
Solutions/Strategies
To remedy jobs/housing imbalance in their region, the Wine Country IRP decided
to start with small, achievable measures and then build on the successes of
those early steps. To learn more about the actions that were adopted for immediate
action, click
here.
GIS
As an "emerging" IRP, the Wine Country IRP focused on documenting
the jobs/housing imbalance and its impacts based on existing trends. To perform
this task, GIS data was gathered by postal zip code boundaries. Wages were
reported by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) groups, and the housing
data was by average housing cost for single family dwelling units. These became
the indicators used for jobs-housing balance evaluation. The impacts or symptoms
of workforce jobs-housing imbalance is measured in the distance and time that
separates job locations and affordable worker housing desired by workers.
Other measures are the number of families per dwelling unit and substandard,
deteriorated dwelling units remaining in the housing inventory.
Final
Reports
IRP
Actions to Address Jobs-Housing Imbalance and Imbalance Impacts (4MB
PDF)
IRP
Website
For additional information about this IRP, including all reports, meeting
information and members, please visit the Wine
Country IRP website.
Maps
| Interactive Maps (Each map service opens in a new window) | ||
| IRP Base Map |
This service serves as a base map for the four county Wine Country Inter-Regional Partnership which includes Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma counties.
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| Static Maps (Image/PDF - Each map opens in a new window) | ||
| 2000 Population, by Census Tract, for the Wine Country Region (529K PDF) | ||
| Percent Population Change from 1990 to 2000 (619K PDF) | ||
| Number of Jobs, by County, for 1990 and 2000 (41.5K PDF) | ||
| Wages Earned Compared to Housing Prices: Lake County (143K PDF) Mendocino County (184K PDF) Napa County (153K PDF) Sonoma County (255K PDF) |
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| Five Worst Congested Roadway Segments (186K PDF) | ||
| Five Roadway Segments with Highest Traffic Volumes (186K PDF) | ||
| Five Worst Pavement Conditions on Roadway Segments (184K PDF) | ||