People and Agriculture in Fayette County

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People and Agriculture in Fayette County

• Presentation by Jeff S. Sharp
• Fayette County Leadership Program
• June 17, 2004

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Contact Information

• Jeff S. Sharp
• 311 Ag. Admin. Bldg.
• 2120 Fyffe Road
• Columbus, OH 43210
• E-mail sharp.123_at_osu.edu
• Phone [phone]
• Website
• http//aede.ag.ohio-state.edu/programs/exurbs/

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Outline of Presentation

• Discussion of Fayette County
• Population trends, Ohio Fayette County
• Socio-economic characteristics of Fayette County
• Agriculture and Land-Use Ohio Fayette

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Small Group Discussion

• Identify 3 to 5 words/phrases that describe the
  people and communities of Fayette County
• What are the most serious, current challenges to
  quality of life Fayette County residents?
• What future challenges can you imagine impacting
  quality of life in Fayette County?

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Population Change in Ohio
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Ohio 2000 Population by Township, Village, and
Cities
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EX-1 TOWNSHIP POPULATION CHANGE VS. CITIES AND
VILLAGES 1960-2000
Source U.S. Census Bureau, 1960, 1970, 1980,
1990, 2000 Decennial Census
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What factors do you think are influencing
population change in Ohio?
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The Transportation Connection

• Urbanization has always followed transportation
  routes (and vice versa).
• The first suburbanization occurred in the
  mid-1800s as railroads and streetcar lines were
  built from central city to outskirts of city.
• Road building increases accessibility to outer
  areas
• The largest increase in Medina County population
  (39) and the largest decrease in Cuyahoga
  Countys population (13) occurred in the 10-year
  period after the opening of I-71. (ODOT)

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73 of all urban land cover in Ohio is located
within 5 miles of a highway. (Reece and Irwin,
2002)
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But its not just people who follow the roads

• Road building also spurs firms to move outward
  and leads to the development of edge cities
  around the central city.
• This allows people to move even further out and
  maintain the same commute time.

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Roads are not the only reason growth is occurring
in rural-urban areas

• Quality of public services and schools
• Better services pull population outward
• Perception of urban ills pushes population
  outward.
• Desire for bigger house, bigger yard
• Land is cheaper in outer areas
• The rural ideal
• Open space, more privacy, better community,
  sense of place, less government.

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2002 Survey Findings Ohioans Current and
Preferred Residence
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Population Change in Fayette County

• What do you think the pattern of population
  change has looked like in recent decades?
• How does the pattern of change in Fayette County
  compare to surrounding areas?

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Fayette County Population Trends, 1960 2030
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Percent Population Change, 1970-2000
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Percent Population Change in Region, 1970-2000
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Township Population Change 1990 to 2000
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Township Population Change 1990 to 2000
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Population Density, 2000
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Just beyond the ripples
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Select Sociodemographics that might impact future
of Fayette County
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Unemployment, 1983 - 2003
Source Ohio Department of Development
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Fayette Workforce by Major Sectors, 2000
(compared to State)
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Manufacturing Employment,1995-2001

• Across the State of Ohio, manufacturing
  employment decreased 12.8
• During the same period in Fayette County,
  manufacturing increased 10
• Manufacturing employment is not anticipated to be
  a growth sector in Ohio in the future

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Commuting Patterns

• Between 1990 and 2000, a growing proportion of
  Fayette County workers commuted to other counties
  for work.
• 32.9 of workers commuted out of Fayette County
  in 1990
• 34.6 of workers commuted out of Fayette County
  in 2000.
• The amount of workers commuting in to the county
  increased from 2081 to 2659.
• Almost double the workers commute out of the
  county (8718) than into the county (2659)

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Commuting Patterns out commuting
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Commuting Patterns in commuting
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Educational Attainment, 2000

• Fayette Countys post-secondary educational
  attainment in 2000 lagged behind the state and
  the region
• Percent adults over 25 years old, w/ education
  beyond a high school diploma, 2000
• Fayette Co 31.2 (bachelor degree 10.8)
• State of Ohio 46.9 (bachelor degree 13.7)

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Whats the role of agriculture in Fayette County?
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Land Cover in Fayettes County early 1990s
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County Land Use Change 1982 to 1997
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Number of Farms and Land in Farms 1987 to 1997
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Fayette versus State Trends in of Farms

• From 1997 to 2002
• of farms declined 16.2 in Fayette, while
  decline of only 1.2 statewide
• Average size of farms in Fayette County is 423
  acres (largest average county size in the state),
  compared to state average size of 187 acres per
  farm

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General Agricultural Issues Related to Population
Growth in Ohio

• Compatibility of farmers and nonfarmers in the
  countryside
• Livestock Issue is top headline
• Issue of farmland preservation
• Ohio ranks in the top ten in farmland loss and
  nearly the top of loss of prime farmland in
  recent decade

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Discuss some of the implications of the data for
Fayettes Future

• What might be the pattern of future population
  change in Fayette?
• What are some of the challenges embedded in this
  data? What are some of the opportunities?
• Do you expect what happens in the region to more
  or less strongly impact Fayette in the future?

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Additional Comments?