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Why it matters
- Right-sizing your home for the population you’ll
serve.
- Not too big.
- Not too small.
- Just right -- Go for Goldilocks.
How to figure
- 1. Determine the population of the area you’ll draw
from
- 2. Divide by Goldilocks Factor of 30,000 to 40,000
1. Higher end of range if Omega Homes concept new 2. Higher end of range if population is younger than average (see Population Bonus in Handout)
- 3. Result is estimate of the number of bedrooms
needed to serve that population
- 4. Subtract bedrooms already existing
Population you’ll draw from
- Your city
- Your county
- Your region
- How far will people travel to your location
Tulsa, OK: City = 403,505; Metropolitan Area = 981,005; Metropolitan Statistical Area = 1,151,172
Examples (bedrooms needed, using a 35,000 Goldilocks Factor )
Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 A Population 150,000 300,000 500,000 750,000 1,100,000 B Divided by 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 C Result 4.3 8.6 14.3 21.4 31.4 D Subtract: Existing 2 5 22 E Needed now 2.3 8.6 9.3 21.4 9.4
How to use
- Planning for a new home or to add bedrooms to an
existing home
Reality check
- At Caring House, we’re the only Omega Home in
Los Angeles County, CA
- Population 10 million
- Population younger than average
- Omega Home concept is new here
- Using a 40,000 Goldilocks Factor tells us that 250
bedrooms are needed in our area (we have 5 bedrooms)