Regional Prosperity

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Regional Prosperity

Goal 8: Maintain regional prosperity by attracting new strong businesses to all areas of the region.

Number of businesses in the region
Job growth in the region
Unemployment rate in the region

Goal 9: Create more economic opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups.

College enrollment rates among disadvantaged groups

Percentage of businesses in the region that are minority-owned.

Average household income

Goal 10: Increase access to affordable housing near places people work across the region.

Average (mean) length of workers' daily commute times.

Percentage of income spent on housing.

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GOAL 10: Increase access to affordable housing near places people work across the region.

INDICATOR: Average (mean) length of workers' daily commute times.

Why is this important? Ideally, workers should be able to afford to live near their jobs and avoid a long commute. Long automobile commutes are expensive, contribute to air pollution, and leave residents less time for their families and community activities.
	How are we doing? According to the most recent statistics available (2005), the average daily commute to work in the U.S. is 25.1 minutes - but in the 28-county Atlanta metro area, count on nearly an extra six minutes each way. Commute times around metro Atlanta seem to be getting incrementally longer. Federal statistics released in 2005 peg the average daily commute time in the 28-county metro Atlanta area at 31.1 minutes for 2004. While this may seem exhausting the actual commute increased by only .7 minutes from 2004.
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