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HARBOR BLVD. MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL FIR
<br />CITY OF SANTA ANA
<br />5. Environmental Analysis
<br />5.10 POPULATION AND HOUSING
<br />This section of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) examines the potential for socioeconomic impacts
<br />on the City of Santa Ana from the proposed Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan, including
<br />changes in population, employment, and demand for housing, particularly housing cost /rent ranges defined
<br />as "affordable."
<br />5.10.1 Environmental Setting
<br />Population
<br />The population of the City of Santa Ana was 329,915 on January 1, 2013, as estimated by the California
<br />Department of Finance (CDF; CDF 2013). The 2010 US Census counted 324,528 people in the City (USCB
<br />2013a). The Center for Demographic Research (CDR) at California State University, Fullerton, projected
<br />populations for the City of Santa Ana and Orange County from 2010 to 2035, presented below in Table
<br />5.10 -1. By 2035, the population of the City of Santa Ana is forecast to grow by 11,856, or 3.6 percent of the
<br />2010 population. Over the same period, the county's population is estimated to increase by 401,872, or 13.3
<br />percent of its 2010 population. The CDR projections are based on city and county general plan land use
<br />designations, 2010 US Census data, and 2010 California Employment Development Department employment
<br />benchmark data.
<br />Table 5.10 -1 Population Projections, 2010 -2035
<br />Souw. Center for Demographic Research 2012.
<br />Demographic data for part of the City in and surrounding the project site were obtained from six census
<br />tracts, which together are bounded by the Santa Ana River on the east, Westminster Avenue on the north,
<br />Newhope Street on the west, and the City of Fountain Valley on the south (Tracts 891.04, 890.04, 891.05,
<br />992.48, 992.49, and 992.02; tract 992.02 also includes part of Fountain Valley). According to the 2010 Census,
<br />the six census tracts combined had a population of 36,836 (USCB 2013a).
<br />Population Onsite
<br />There are 739 residential units and 3,252 residents in the Harbor Corridor Plan area. The current number of
<br />residents is generally consistent with the average household size in Santa Ana for 2013 of 4.43 persons (CDF
<br />2013), taking housing vacancy into account. The housing vacancy rate in Santa Ana in 2013 is 4.8 percent,
<br />which would result in an estimated 704 occupied housing units onsite. Based on the above rates, the Harbor
<br />Corridor Plan area could house between 3,119 and 3,273 residents.
<br />The Conventional Zoning Area has 92 residential units and 405 residents. The total population within the
<br />project area is 3,657.
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<br />2010
<br />1 2015
<br />2020
<br />2025
<br />1 2030
<br />2035
<br />City of Santa Ana
<br />1 324,858
<br />1 333,494
<br />1 337,568
<br />1 337,215
<br />1 340,198
<br />1 336,714
<br />Orange Couniy
<br />1 3,019,356
<br />1 3,154,580
<br />1 3,266,107
<br />1 3,349,157
<br />1 3,410,773
<br />1 3,421,228
<br />Souw. Center for Demographic Research 2012.
<br />Demographic data for part of the City in and surrounding the project site were obtained from six census
<br />tracts, which together are bounded by the Santa Ana River on the east, Westminster Avenue on the north,
<br />Newhope Street on the west, and the City of Fountain Valley on the south (Tracts 891.04, 890.04, 891.05,
<br />992.48, 992.49, and 992.02; tract 992.02 also includes part of Fountain Valley). According to the 2010 Census,
<br />the six census tracts combined had a population of 36,836 (USCB 2013a).
<br />Population Onsite
<br />There are 739 residential units and 3,252 residents in the Harbor Corridor Plan area. The current number of
<br />residents is generally consistent with the average household size in Santa Ana for 2013 of 4.43 persons (CDF
<br />2013), taking housing vacancy into account. The housing vacancy rate in Santa Ana in 2013 is 4.8 percent,
<br />which would result in an estimated 704 occupied housing units onsite. Based on the above rates, the Harbor
<br />Corridor Plan area could house between 3,119 and 3,273 residents.
<br />The Conventional Zoning Area has 92 residential units and 405 residents. The total population within the
<br />project area is 3,657.
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