Percent of Housing Units in Buildings with 50 or More Units in Select Cities by Zip Code - 2014 ACS 5-Yr
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Ok, and thanks for taking the time to do these! Very interesting stuff. DC's map will spread pretty far to the east as development is moving to the Ward 7 border right now. The footprint will be very large in a few years of buildings that size. It looks like NOMA, Union Market, Ivy City, Atlas District/H Street, and Capital Riverfront are not on the map really.
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The zip code that Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard is in should get on the map soon. The zip code that NoMa is a larger zip code by land area, so that one will take a while longer to get on the map.
Interestingly enough, zip code 20015 (west of Rock Creek Park), which has the highest percentage (at 56%) of single family, detached homes of any zip code in DC will also get on the map soon by having over 25% of its housing units in large, multi-unit buildings that are 50+ units. I foresee this zip code going below 50% of its total housing units being single family, detached homes in the next 5 to 10 years as more large multi-family buildings are built near the Tenleytown metro station as well as around 48th and Yuma Street NW, right in the middle of single-family heaven in AU Park (plans are already in progress to increase density in those locations).
Atlanta is shockingly high compared to other cities tbh.
It shatters too many myths, hence you being the only one to comment. Most (not all) here can't wrap their heads around anything positive related to Atlanta.
It shatters too many myths, hence you being the only one to comment. Most (not all) here can't wrap their heads around anything positive related to Atlanta.
You think this is a positive? It's just a fact. There's nothing inherently good or even urban about 50+ unit buildings. Your typical suburban apartment complex probably fits the description of 50+ units.
I've lived in 6 different NYC apartments and only one was in a building of more than 50 units. I'd be really curious to see what percent of NYC's housing was in 50+ unit buildings once public housing was factored out. The dominant housing form in NYC is probably the 4-6 story building with 4-6 units per floor.
You think this is a positive? It's just a fact. There's nothing inherently good or even urban about 50+ unit buildings. Your typical suburban apartment complex probably fits the description of 50+ units.
I've lived in 6 different NYC apartments and only one was in a building of more than 50 units. I'd be really curious to see what percent of NYC's housing was in 50+ unit buildings once public housing was factored out. The dominant housing form in NYC is probably the 4-6 story building with 4-6 units per floor.
Apartment highrises are generally 50+ units so yes, NYC has a ton of 50+ unit buildings or at least in Manhattan which is the most urban area in the country. Most of Atlanta's 50+ unit buildings are in and around the core as the map shows. 55,000+ housing units in the city of Atlanta are 50+ unit buildings in a city of just 450k people. That means at least 30-40% of people living in Atlanta are living in dense apartment housing.
Apartment highrises are generally 50+ units so yes, NYC has a ton of 50+ unit buildings or at least in Manhattan which is the most urban area in the country. Most of Atlanta's 50+ unit buildings are in and around the core as the map shows. 55,000+ housing units in the city of Atlanta are 50+ unit buildings in a city of just 450k people. That means at least 30-40% of people living in Atlanta are living in dense apartment housing.
Most people in New York City, including Manhattan, do not live in high-rises. They live in mid-rise apartment buildings. Atlanta also has suburban style apartment complexes in the core.
You think this is a positive? It's just a fact. There's nothing inherently good or even urban about 50+ unit buildings. Your typical suburban apartment complex probably fits the description of 50+ units.
I've lived in 6 different NYC apartments and only one was in a building of more than 50 units. I'd be really curious to see what percent of NYC's housing was in 50+ unit buildings once public housing was factored out. The dominant housing form in NYC is probably the 4-6 story building with 4-6 units per floor.
Thanks for proving my point.
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