Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

Land Use
parT ii: TULsa’s PasT and PResenT
Figure 4: employment Growth Rate, 1998-2006
employment growth
has accelerated
in outlying areas,
and declined in the
city’s core.
Source: US Census, County Business Patterns, 2008; Fregonese Associates.
The trend of decentralization has been true for
employment growth, as well. An analysis of employment
growth rates by ZIP code (including areas outside the
offcial Tulsa Metropolitan Area) found higher growth
rates in outlying communities, and flat or negative
growth rates in Tulsa’s downtown and surrounding
neighborhoods. While this analysis is at a fairly coarse
level, it confirms that the City has fallen behind the
region in capturing its share of growth.
If these trends continue, Tulsa will find itself
increasingly marginalized in the regional economy.
Without suffcient densities of housing or employment
to support services and infrastructure, it will be diffcult
to maintain them.
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July 2010
Tulsa comprehensive plan – Land Use