Population density of "inside the loop?"

[houstoner]

Originally Posted by westhou

West Campus in Austin seems pretty dense. Midtown in Houston seems like the most dense area in Houston but I don't think it's as dense as West Campus. There are just so many apartment buildings clumped together in West Campus.

I checked once and I think the Montrose area was among the highest in Central Houston. According to this site, population density there is 9396 per square mile. //www.city-data.com/zips/77006.html

Originally Posted by neb85

Anyone know why my bbcode URLs aren't working? At least they aren't showing up for me. Sorry bout that.

You're too new. You need to have been here three days and have a couple of posts under your belt for links to be enabled.

[Spade]

Shasta on SSP posted last year that as of 2005 the inner loop population is at 540,000 people. Hopefully this has gone up. The inner loop land area is 97 sq miles so that would mean the density is at 5567 people per sq mile.

That would equal to the following cities. (between 5300-5800)
Syracuse
Orange, California
Santa Clara, California
St. Louis
St. Paul, Minnesota

If the population was 700,000 than the density would be 7216 people per sq mile.
It would be equal to the following cities. (between 6900-7500)
Detroit
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Arlington, Virginia
I could see the inner loop getting here in 10-20 years.


If the population was 900,000, than the density would be 9278 people per sq mile. (between 8900-9500)
Washington D.C.
Long Beach
Providence
Higher than Baltimore so it's very obvious that Houston does not have 800,000 people inside the loop otherwise it would have density at the levels of these cities and it simply does not. But this is a density that I could see Houston sustaining IF they improve it's public transportation system. The potential is there.

To have fun, if the population is at 1.2 million, than the density would be 12371 people per sq mile (between 11700-12400)
Chicago
Boston
Santa Ana, Cali
Higher than Miami, Philadelphia, and Newark, New Jersey.

I could be wrong on all of this. Interesting numbers though. Too bad the outer loop density will always offset the inner loop density.

Ok so I just read the neohouston blog. Interesting that he has the population at 6500 but he has alot of it going outside the loop. I wonder what is the sq miles of that area in the blog. I know it's 97 sq miles inside 610. But 6500 while not great is not terribly bad either. It's much higher than it's peer cities of Dallas, Atlanta, and Phoenix. In fact, it already is.

[stoneclaw]

So in actuality, It all is based on imaginery lines called city limits. Most major cities have imaginery lines that border their city limits and most aren't as big as Houston. If Houston was just only inside the loop, it's density factor increases. The only thing would sacrifice is the 4th largest city title.

So Houston does have an urban center and most people don't realize it. I would think the inner loop population would have gone up since 2005. Spade, where did you get the 98 sq mi figure from?

[Spade]

This is where I got it from.
How Many Square Miles... - Houston Architecture Info Forum

It's around 96 sq miles. So a half a million people living in 96 sq miles is not great but certainly not as bad as people think. In fact, for a sunbelt new city, that's pretty shocking. That means the density levels inside the loop is approaching 6000.

[houstoner]

Originally Posted by Spade

This is where I got it from.
How Many Square Miles... - Houston Architecture Info Forum

It's around 96 sq miles. So a half a million people living in 96 sq miles is not great but certainly not as bad as people think. In fact, for a sunbelt new city, that's pretty shocking. That means the density levels inside the loop is approaching 6000.

It will be interesting to see the the new census figures, to see how much the inner loop and the rest of the city have grown. Can't wait!

[EasilyAmused]

I know that uptown and inner loop-west side are like swimming through thick sludge when trying to get from A to Z in the past three years. I would say density has almost doubled in those areas

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by Spade

It's around 96 sq miles. So a half a million people living in 96 sq miles is not great but certainly not as bad as people think. In fact, for a sunbelt new city, that's pretty shocking.

parker's+city+graph.jpg (image)

Counting the entire city limits Houston is about in the middle range of population density among US cities of 500K or more. Since inner-loop Houston would qualify on its own for the list, and even if it's 500K/96 square miles that's still 5208.3 per square mile. It would rank 13th, just barely behind San Jose. And it's really probably closer to 600-700K now.

The density of the entire Houston city limits has increased nearly fourfold since 1990. US Cities Over 100,000 Ranked by Population Density: 1990

[ig2ba]

A little weird responding to this post so late, but new data has emerged. According to the 2010 Census, the population inside the Loop is only 469,051.

To get this number, simply add the population of all the census tracts inside the loop. There are 118 of them, and they are all entirely within the loop.

This number seems very low, which I guess is why the City of Houston is contesting that count with the Census Bureau.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by stoneclaw

Just curious if anyone might know the population and the entire circumfrence of Loop 610 in Houston? I believe that inner city Houston (inside the loop) is the densest area in Houston and probably all of Texas.

Just inetrested in hearing some figures?

Actually SW Houston is the densest part of Houston.

That area Going from Gulfton to Sharpstown to WestChase then South to Greater Fondren is the most dense.

Danny once did a thread about where he got the whole population of Dallas just in the SW.