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A-4 | City of Pleasanton Housing Needs Assessment <br />and a large proportion of larger households are cost-burdened. Pleasanton’s housing mix <br />of three-bedroom or larger units (20,442 units) is adequate to accommodate the overall <br />number of larger families. However, given that almost six percent of large households are <br />also lower income, there may be a need to ensure that larger (three or more bedroom) <br />affordable housing units are available for these households. <br />• Pleasanton is a net importer of workers for jobs at all wage levels, although this is most <br />pronounced for lower-wage jobs. In 2018, approximately eight percent of people employed <br />in Pleasanton also lived in Pleasanton. Although this percentage is comparable to peer <br />cities, the increase in daytime population participating in the labor force and commuting to <br />Pleasanton can impact traffic congestion and increase greenhouse gas emissions in the <br />city. <br />• Over 70 percent of Pleasanton’s housing stock is single-family (attached and detached); <br />however, multi-family housing of five or more units has experienced the most growth over <br />the last decade. A variety of housing types is important to meet the needs of all members <br />of the community. <br />• The largest proportion of Pleasanton’s housing units was built between 1980 and 1999, <br />and only about six percent were built before 1960. While this represents a newer housing <br />stock compared to the county, aging housing units can reflect poorer living standards and <br />higher repair costs. <br />Section A.2 Population Characteristics <br />A.2.1 Population <br />The Bay Area is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the nation and has seen a steady increase <br />in population since 1990, except for a decline during the Great Recession beginning in 2007. <br />Many cities in the region have experienced significant growth in both jobs and population. While <br />these trends have led to a corresponding increase in demand for housing across the region, the <br />regional production of housing has largely not kept pace with job and population growth. Since <br />2000, Pleasanton’s population has increased by 24.8 percent; this rate is above that of the region <br />as a whole, at 14.8 percent. In Pleasanton, roughly 12.5 percent of its population moved during <br />the past year, a number 0.9 percentage points smaller than the regional rate of 13.4 percent. <br />