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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3
<br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment
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<br />JURISDICTION CENSUS 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
<br />AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH
<br />RATE,
<br />2010-2040
<br />Low
<br />Grant 89,120 90,398 94,134 98,061 102,220 106,275 110,313 0.3%
<br />Kittitas 40,915 40,036 40,631 41,226 41,821 42,416 43,011 0.7%
<br />Yakima 243,231 229,804 235,739 241,402 246,769 251,955 256,834 0.2%
<br />3-County study
<br />Area 373,266 360,238 370,504 380,689 390,810 400,646 410,158 0.3%
<br />Statewide 6,724,540 6,449,120 6,650,235 6,841,751 7,014,758 7,162,261 7,291,717 0.3
<br />Source: OFM 2012
<br />3.9.2.3 Demographics
<br />Age and Sex
<br />The Project study area population had a younger median age than the state of Washington in 2010. The
<br />statewide median age was 37.3 compared to 32.1 in Grant County, 31.9 in Kittitas County, and 32.2 in
<br />Yakima County. In all areas, the female median age was slightly higher than the male median age (U.S.
<br />Census 2010).
<br />Education
<br />The proportions of the population 25 years of age and above who are graduates of both high school and
<br />college in Kittitas County are similar to the state of Washington (90.0 and 90.2 percent, respectively),
<br />both of which are higher rates than the national average of 86.3 percent. In Grant (76.0 percent) and
<br />Yakima (72.0 percent) counties, the proportion of high school and college graduates are noticeably lower
<br />than statewide reflecting their predominantly farm economies (U.S. Census 2013).
<br />3.9.2.4 Housing
<br />Housing availability in the three-county Project study area was somewhat low in 2010, with a for-sale
<br />vacancy rate of 1.8 percent and a rental vacancy rate of 5.3 percent. Rental vacancy rates below 5.0
<br />percent are typically considered to signal a tight housing market. There were a total of 2,686 vacant units
<br />for rent in the Project study area in 2010 (U.S. Census 2010). Housing data are shown in Table 3.9-4.
<br />In the Local Area CCDs, the housing market is even tighter, with owner and rental vacancy rates of 1.4
<br />and 3.7 percent, respectively, in 2010. The George CCD rental market was an exception, with a rental
<br />vacancy rate of 15.4 percent. There were 327 unoccupied housing units for rent in the Local Area CCDs.
<br />There were only three vacant, for rent units available in Moxee, with most of the rental availability in
<br />communities nearest the southern Action Alternatives being in Yakima, Selah, and Union Gap cities (U.S.
<br />Census 2010).
<br />Housing in Grant County is relevant for Alternatives D, F, and H which are located east of the Columbia
<br />River in Grant County. The George and Mattawa-Royal City CCDs had a total of 72 vacant units for rent
<br />in 2010. The City of George had 35 of these units, with only six in Desert Aire and three in Mattawa;
<br />Vantage had no vacant, available rental units. Additional housing was available somewhat farther away
<br />from the Action Alternatives, in Ellensburg (303 vacant units for rent) and City of Kittitas (nine vacant
<br />units for rent) (U.S. Census 2010).
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