About 28 percent of the area is used for urban development. Expansion of industrial and commercial facilities is rapidly using up prime farmland. Many small tracts are used as rural residences for occupants who are employed in cities and towns. About 20 percent of the area is in farms and about 60 percent of that has been cleared for use growing crops and pasture. Forage , tobacco, vegetables, fruits, potatoes and nursery stock are major crops.
Greenhouses are important locally.
The market value per acre of this MLRA ranks it fifth among the 127 MLRAs threatened by some development .