Difference between revisions of "Jobs Housing Balance"
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| − | EDD maintains a good volume of information about employment destinations and where the workers live [http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/county-to-county-commute-patterns.html] | + | EDD maintains a good volume of information about employment destinations and where the workers live [http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/county-to-county-commute-patterns.html]. The data is from 2010, accumulated over the previous 2 years. |
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| + | In Alameda County, nearly the same number of people commute inward as outward. Alameda County as a whole is balanced [http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/alameda2010.pdf] | ||
Revision as of 22:03, 6 August 2018
A central premise of environmentally beneficial development is the concept of the Jobs-Housing Balance. In our region, it is generally accepted that a Jobs/Housing ratio of 1.4-1.5 is healthy for a community to economically exist while minimizing the impacts of daily commuter traffic [1]. Achieving this ratio supports housing that is affordable, and employment opportunities that are closer to those residences.
In the San Francisco Bay Area Megaregion, the counties with too high a ratio (too many jobs or too few houses) are Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Franciso. Those with a deficient ratio (too many houses or too few jobs) include San Joaquin. The remaining counties in the Bay Area are somewhat balanced.
EDD maintains a good volume of information about employment destinations and where the workers live [3]. The data is from 2010, accumulated over the previous 2 years.
In Alameda County, nearly the same number of people commute inward as outward. Alameda County as a whole is balanced [4]
