OKLAHOMA CITY MAPS PROJECTS Metropolitan Area Projects ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY 25 Years of Change Through Public and Private Investment NOVEMBER 2019| Full Report OKC MAPS PROJECTS – 25 YEARS Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Three Rounds of MAPS Projects ........................................................................................................... 4 MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) ..................................................................................................... 8 MAPS for Kids ...................................................................................................................................... 11 MAPS 3 ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Related City Development Efforts ...................................................................................................... 18 MAPS Impact (Goals, Geography, and Measurement) ....................................................................... 20 Downtown Market .............................................................................................................................. 20 Downtown Study Area Demographic Change .................................................................................... 26 Population Trends ............................................................................................................................... 26 Age and Sex Distribution ..................................................................................................................... 30 Housing Units ...................................................................................................................................... 32 School Enrollment ............................................................................................................................... 39 Racial Diversity .................................................................................................................................... 40 Educational Attainment ...................................................................................................................... 44 Household Income .............................................................................................................................. 45 Disabilities of Residents ...................................................................................................................... 47 Homelessness ..................................................................................................................................... 48 Downtown Workforce ........................................................................................................................ 49 Downtown Study Area Economic Change .......................................................................................... 52 Downtown Employment Trend........................................................................................................... 52 Employment Growth - ZIP Codes ........................................................................................................ 62 MAPS Investment – Public and Private ............................................................................................... 65 MAPS Investment – MAPS, MAPS for Kids, MAPS 3 ........................................................................... 65 Total Public and Private Investment ................................................................................................... 66 Private Investment and Property Market Valuations ......................................................................... 68 Downtown Office Market ................................................................................................................... 74 Downtown Residential Market ........................................................................................................... 77 Bricktown Property Valuations ........................................................................................................... 79 Lodging, Tourism, and Cultural Attractions ........................................................................................ 81 Downtown/Bricktown Lodging Sector ................................................................................................ 81 Tourism ............................................................................................................................................... 84 Downtown Transportation ................................................................................................................. 86 Multimodal Transportation ................................................................................................................ 86 Embark Streetcar ................................................................................................................................ 90 Citizen Satisfaction .............................................................................................................................. 99 Summary of MAPS Evaluation .......................................................................................................... 101 Key Policy Findings ............................................................................................................................ 101 Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................... 105 i OKC MAPS PROJECTS – 25 YEARS Table of Figures Figure 1. MAPS Projects ................................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 2. MAPS for Kids Projects ................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 3. MAPS 3 Projects ............................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 4. Original MAPS Projects – Summary ............................................................................................... 8 Figure 5. MAPS for Kids - Suburban School Districts .................................................................................. 14 Figure 6. MAPS 3 Projects – Summary ........................................................................................................ 16 Figure 7. Downtown Study Area Map ......................................................................................................... 21 Figure 8. Downtown Study Area Census Tract Boundaries ........................................................................ 22 Figure 9. Downtown Study Area – Census Tract Map ................................................................................ 23 Figure 10. Downtown Study Area – ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) Map ............................................... 24 Figure 11. Population Growth by Census Tract .......................................................................................... 27 Figure 12. Downtown OKC Population in Group Quarters by Census Tract ............................................... 28 Figure 13. Group Quarters-Adjusted Downtown Population by Census Tract ........................................... 29 Figure 14. Age Distribution and Population Characteristics by Census Tract (2017) ................................. 31 Figure 15. Downtown Housing Units by Census Tract – Assessment Data ................................................. 33 Figure 16. Downtown Housing Units by Census Tract – ACS Data ............................................................. 34 Figure 17. Persons per Household in Occupied Housing Units (2017) ....................................................... 34 Figure 18. Housing Characteristics of Downtown Study Area Census Tracts ............................................. 35 Figure 19. Housing Unit Characteristics by Census Tract (2017) ................................................................ 37 Figure 20. Housing Units by Year of Construction (2017) ........................................................................... 38 Figure 21. School Enrollment Persons 3 Years and Over - Study Area Census Tracts ................................ 39 Figure 22. Downtown Study Area Residents by Race ................................................................................. 40 Figure 23. Population by Race by Census Tract (2017) ............................................................................... 41 Figure 24. Downtown Study Area Residents Hispanic or Latino of any race (2017) .................................. 42 Figure 25. Educational Attainment of Population Ages 25 Years and Over by Census Tract (2017) .......... 43 Figure 26. Household Income by Income Bracket and Census Tract (2017) .............................................. 46 Figure 27. Disabilities Among Population by Census Tract (2017) ............................................................. 47 Figure 28. Point-in-Time Estimates of OKC Homeless Population .............................................................. 48 Figure 29. Occupation of Residents in Downtown Study Area (2017) ....................................................... 51 Figure 30. 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