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Wow Apex at 70k. If this list is accurate, that's nuts, an increase of over 10,000 compared to 2019 estimates. I think by 2030 we have a very good shot at seeing all of the following:
Charlotte break 1M
Raleigh break 500k
Durham surpass Greensboro
Cary break 200k
Greenville and Asheville break 100k
Apex nearing 100k (was only at 37k back in 2010)
Hickory, Wilson, and Rocky Mount all fall from the top 25
Yeah, Apex has experienced some crazy rapid growth over the last 30 years. The population was just under 5k in 1990 and as of May 2021, the town estimates their population at just a hair over 70k. Whether that will match up with the census numbers when they come out, I'm not sure.
Wow Apex at 70k. If this list is accurate, that's nuts, an increase of over 10,000 compared to 2019 estimates. I think by 2030 we have a very good shot at seeing all of the following:
Charlotte break 1M
Raleigh break 500k
Durham surpass Greensboro
Cary break 200k
Greenville and Asheville break 100k
Apex nearing 100k (was only at 37k back in 2010)
Hickory, Wilson, and Rocky Mount all fall from the top 25
If i'm not mistaken, I think that Raleigh is projected to break 600K by 2030. That's 9 years from now and growth is expected to further accelerate.
Wow Apex at 70k. If this list is accurate, that's nuts, an increase of over 10,000 compared to 2019 estimates. I think by 2030 we have a very good shot at seeing all of the following:
Charlotte break 1M
Raleigh break 500k
Durham surpass Greensboro
Cary break 200k
Greenville and Asheville break 100k
Apex nearing 100k (was only at 37k back in 2010)
Hickory, Wilson, and Rocky Mount all fall from the top 25
The 2019 estimate for Greenville was already at 93,000. There is a chance it already cracks the 6 figure mark for the official 2020 census and a near certainty it more than surpasses that threshold within the next few years.
Apex getting to 100k by 2030; yeah I can see that. Which blows my mind as I still think of it at 30k being "too crowded" when I graduated high school in 2007. Since then New Hill and Friendship have been swallowed up and are now Apex; with quite a bit of land left for development.
The 2019 estimate for Greenville was already at 93,000. There is a chance it already cracks the 6 figure mark for the official 2020 census and a near certainty it more than surpasses that threshold within the next few years.
Apex getting to 100k by 2030; yeah I can see that. Which blows my mind as I still think of it at 30k being "too crowded" when I graduated high school in 2007. Since then New Hill and Friendship have been swallowed up and are now Apex; with quite a bit of land left for development.
I wonder just how many 100,000+ municipalities will eventually be in Wake County when all is said and done. Will places like Wake Forest, Fuquay-Varina, or Holly Springs follow in Apex's footsteps?
I wonder just how many 100,000+ municipalities will eventually be in Wake County when all is said and done. Will places like Wake Forest, Fuquay-Varina, or Holly Springs follow in Apex's footsteps?
I think Fuquay-Varina and Wake Forest are near certainties. I can see Holly Springs hitting 50k but it will probably run out of room before 100k due to basically all growth being sprawl. Garner and Knightdale are dark horses but still have a lot of room left to develop.
Fuquay seems like it could sprawl east, and perhaps south. East Wake is divided among a bunch of smaller towns (Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, Rolesville), and it's hard to see any one of them seizing the crown like Cary did.
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Originally Posted by Heel82
Wake Forest is probably the easy call. Lots of land
It could spread further east, but otherwise it seems fairly circumscribed by Raleigh, Rolesville, Youngsville, and the Falls Lake watershed.
Fuquay seems like it could sprawl east, and perhaps south. East Wake is divided among a bunch of smaller towns (Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, Rolesville), and it's hard to see any one of them seizing the crown like Cary did.
It could spread further east, but otherwise it seems fairly circumscribed by Raleigh, Rolesville, Youngsville, and the Falls Lake watershed.
The whole triangle between 98/Capital/401 is unincorporated up towards Rolesville, and west towards New Light is open land. As is most everything between 98 and Youngsville.
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