The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values ...

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Census Statistics Name Type 2007 Population % Change Since 2000 Population Per Mile^2 Median Age Median Income Median House 2007 % Change Since 2000 Weatherford City 10,097 1.2% 1,740 24.1 $ 32,543 $ 113,996 45% Hydro Town 1,013 -3.7% 1,675 39.2 $ 35,958 $ 66,365 68% Custer County 26,111 3.6% 26 32.7 $ 35,498 $ 98,949 52% Oklahoma State 3,617,316 4.8% 53 35.5 $ 41,567 $ 103,000 46% US Country 301,139,947 6.8% 86 37.9 $ 50,233 $ 243,742 46% Source: City-Data.com & Wikipedia. “% Change Since 2000” refers to the percentage change between 2000 and 2007 for the figures in the column to the left (population or median house price). “Town” signifies any municipality with less than 10,000 inhabitants. 92

A.4 IABV Study Area: Buena Vista County (Iowa) Figure A - 5: Map ong>ofong> IABV Study Area Note: “Sold Homes” include all sold homes both before and after construction. Area Description This study area includes the sizable Storm Lake and Intrepid wind facilities, which are mostly situated in Buena Vista County, located in Northwestern Iowa, 75 miles East ong>ofong> Sioux City. ong>Theong> facilities also stretch into Sac County to the South and Cherokee County to the West. ong>Theong> facilities total 381 turbines (370 MW) and are more than 30 miles long North to South and eight miles wide East to West. Development began on the first Storm Lake facility in 1998 and the last ong>ofong> the Intrepid development was completed in 2006. ong>Theong> largest turbines have a hub height ong>ofong> 213 feet at the hub, but most are slightly smaller at 207 feet. ong>Theong> majority ong>ofong> the homes in the sample surround Storm Lake (the body ong>ofong> water), but a large number ong>ofong> homes are situated on small residential plots located outside ong>ofong> the town and nearer to the wind facility. Additionally, a number ong>ofong> sales occurred in Alta - a small town to the East ong>ofong> Storm Lake -thatis straddled by the 93

Census Statistics<br />

Name<br />

Type<br />

2007<br />

Populati<strong>on</strong><br />

% Change<br />

Since 2000<br />

Populati<strong>on</strong><br />

Per Mile^2<br />

Median<br />

Age<br />

Median<br />

Income<br />

Median<br />

House 2007<br />

% Change<br />

Since 2000<br />

Weatherford City 10,097 1.2% 1,740 24.1 $ 32,543 $ 113,996 45%<br />

Hydro Town 1,013 -3.7% 1,675 39.2 $ 35,958 $ 66,365 68%<br />

Custer County 26,111 3.6% 26 32.7 $ 35,498 $ 98,949 52%<br />

Oklahoma State 3,617,316 4.8% 53 35.5 $ 41,567 $ 103,000 46%<br />

US Country 301,139,947 6.8% 86 37.9 $ 50,233 $ 243,742 46%<br />

Source: City-Data.com & Wikipedia. “% Change Since 2000” refers to the percentage change between<br />

2000 and 2007 for the figures in the column to the left (populati<strong>on</strong> or median house price). “Town”<br />

signifies any municipality with less than 10,000 inhabitants.<br />

92

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