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DVRPC 2050 Population & Employment Forecasts, & Zonal Data (Municipalities) version 1

Demographics & Housing
Data Steward
DVRPC GIS
Update Frequency
as needed
Metadata Last Modified
August 28, 2025
Dataset Type
Geospatial
Source
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
Organization Type
Planning Commission
Use Limitations
Unrestricted: can be shared internally and externally without data sharing agreement
License
No License Provided

As a part of DVRPC’s long-range planning activities, the Commission is required to maintain forecasts with at least a 20-year horizon, or to the horizon year of the long-range plan. Allocation of growth is forecasted using a land use model, UrbanSim, and working closely with member county planning staffs. DVRPC has prepared regional, county, and municipal-level population and employment forecasts in five-year increments through 2050, using 2015 Census population estimates and 2015 National Establishments Time Series (NETS) employment data as the base. A forthcoming Analytical Data Report will document the forecasting process and methodologies. This data provides the municipal level forecast for our 8 counties outside of Philadelphia, and Planning District-level forecast within Philadelphia. Note: while 2019 land use model results are provided, the forecast was only adopted for 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and 2050.

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objectid
fips
county
state
emp20
emp25
emp30
emp35
emp40
emp45
emp50
empabs50
emppct50
pop20
pop25
pop30
pop35
pop40
pop45
pop50
popabs50
poppct50
empabssq
popabssq

Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
objectid OID OBJECTID Internal feature number.
co_name String CO_NAME
geoid String GEOID
shape Geometry SHAPE Feature geometry.
state String state
pop15 Integer pop15
pop20 Integer pop20
pop25 Integer pop25
pop30 Integer pop30
pop35 Integer pop35
pop40 Integer pop40
pop45 Integer pop45
pop50 Integer pop50
emp15 Integer emp15
emp20 Integer emp20
emp25 Integer emp25
emp30 Integer emp30
emp35 Integer emp35
emp40 Integer emp40
emp45 Integer emp45
emp50 Integer emp50
Absolute Change in Populatation, 2015-2050 Integer popabs50
Percent Change in Populatation, 2015-2050 Double poppct50
Absolute Change in Population per Square Mile, 2015-2050 Double popabssq
Absolute Change in Employment, 2015-2050 Integer empabs50
Percent Change in Employment, 2015-2050 Double emppct50
Absolute Change in Employment per Square Mile, 2015-2050 Double empabssq
mun_name String MUN_NAME
st_area(shape) Double st_area(shape)
st_perimeter(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape)