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I found our population growth… 2018 +11.8k +1.8% 2019 +6.8k +1.0% 2020 +6.8k +1.0% 2021 +2.8k +0.4% 2022 +2.8k +0.4% I would estimate that just one of the

• bobthepanda 4y ago
  Household size has also been declining though; later marriages, single parenthood and lower fertility have all played their part
• runako 4y ago
  If housing costs in your area were elevated, great, these 10+ will help bring supply & demand back to reasonable levels and allow locals to save money or spend on other things. This is good! If housing costs were not elevated, it still makes sense to build as you can see that your town needs between 1 and ~7 of these (or equivalent) built annually just to absorb population growth at recent trends. Housing takes a long time to permit and build; it's great that builders are willing to build ahead and slow rent growth in future years. This is what we should have been doing everywhere.
• jldugger 4y ago
  This is based on census data, yea? Students are _notoriously_ bad at filling that stuff out.