Montgomery County Today
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THE HOMES OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Existing Housing Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Housing Characteristics 112
Housing Costs and Affordability 114
Senior Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Group Homes and Special Needs Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Jobs-Housing Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Future Housing Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
THE COUNTY ECONOMY
Jobs of County Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Jobs in the County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
County Businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Downtown and Main Street Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Office, Industrial and Brownfield Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Retail Commercial Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Agriculture and Farm Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Employment Forecasts and Economic Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
THE COUNTY’S INFRASTRUCTURE BACKBONE
Sewage Facilities 146
Water Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
SolidWaste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Stormwater Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Energy 156
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
