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Section 2: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 2.1 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT The MHMP includes development of 4,350 gross acres with 15,705 total residential units, and 11,207,276 square feet of commercial and industrial buildings at project buildout. In addition, it includes development of schools, public facilities, recreation spaces and other public uses.Table 2 summarizes land use at buildout of Mountain House. Of note,the MHMP anticipates an average of 2.50 persons per unit, an average of 480 square feet of commercial space per employee, and an average of 639 square feet per industrial land use employee.These factors result in an estimated total population of 39,191 and 19,903 commercial and industrial (private- sector)jobs.The MHMP also projects 1,700 jobs to be generated by institutional uses, which includes schools and other public uses, and recreational land uses. Map 2 shows development of Mountain House as of December 2018.The map shows each of the neighborhoods included in the MHMP and illustrates that development to date has occurred in neighborhoods A/B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. Five elementary schools and the high school have been built, as well as a few commercial and other institutional buildings. Delta College operates out of commercial coach buildings in the southern portion of the plan area. Table 3 quantifies cumulative development by year through the end of 2018. In total, 5,932 residential units (38 percent of buildout units) have been completed. More than 85%of the residential units are single family. No multi-family (apartment) buildings have been developed. Non-residential development completed includes 41,428 building square feet of commercial space and 625,586 building square feet of institutional space (including 30,000 square feet of commercial coach buildings at Delta College).Commercial development to date represents less than 1 percent of potential buildout of commercial space in Mountain House.About one quarter percent(1/4%) of all other non-residential use acreage has been developed.Tables A-1 through A-3 in Appendix A provide supporting data to the summarized information shown in Table 3. 2.2 POPULATION AND HOUSING The 2017 ACS reported population for Mountain House was primarily housed in owner occupied housing (73 percent); 27%of the population was housed in rental units. As shown in Table 2 on the next page,the MHMP persons per dwelling unit factors range from 1.80 for age-restricted units to 3.12 for very low and low-density housing; for all residential development, the persons per dwelling unit average is 2.50. The United States Census 2017 5-Year American Community Survey(ACS) data,which is the most recent available for the Study, reports an average of 3.58 persons per occupied unit for Mountain House.This compares to the San Joaquin County(County) average of 3.24. Using the 2017 ACS average of 3.58 person per occupied unit and a vacancy rate of 3.2 percent, the population of Mountain House is estimated at 20,573 (as of the end of December 2018). Mountain House Jobs Housing Review Final November 2019 Page 6