4 Comments

1. UVA08 April 5, 2006 at 14:15

   Jim,
   I understand you are doing some light blogging but I cam across some interesting numbers about population growth in the area. The 2005 census was released and here are the results for our metro area:

   Albemarle is 90,717 from 84,186 in 2000 – growth of 6,531

   Fluvanna is 24,751 from 20,047 in 2000 – a growth of 4,704

   Greene is 17,418 from 15,244 in 2000 – a growth of 2,174

   Nelson is 15,101 from 14,445 in 200 – a growth of 656

   Charlottesville is 40,437 from 40,099 a GROWTH of 338

   So if you want to escape rapid growth in the area the only places that didn’t grow by over 2,000 over the past 5 years in the area are Nelson and Charlottesville.
2. Jim April 6, 2006 at 09:35

   UVA08 –

   Will you please provide a link?

   Albemarle grew by about 7% – that’s quite a bit more than the 2% I often hear.

   I know that C’ville has been losing population due to affordability and school issues. Nelson and Charlottesville – very interesting.

   What about a link for Waynesboro’s population? I am getting ready to enter that market for a variety of reasons (more on this later) and I’m curious …
3. UVA08 April 6, 2006 at 11:46

   http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/files/2010.xls

   It’s 7% over 5 years by the way which is similar to the 1.something growth rate in the past.
4. Jim Duncan April 6, 2006 at 12:02

   Stupid math. Thanks!