A recent article in The Washington Post illustrates occupied housing units, by building type in America’s 10 largest cities. The chart is based the 2014 American Community Survey’s data on the characteristics of occupied housing and shows the percentage of each city’s type of housing stock – from single-family detached up to 20+ unit multi-families.
“These figures tell us not just about the physical character of each city, but the potential they have for new housing as many places (Detroit not withstanding) look for space to fit a growing urban population. Higher density, in all of these cities, doesn’t have to mean Manhattan-style mega-rises. A parcel of land that has traditionally been zoned for a single-family home could fit several rowhouses…A stretch of land that fits several houses can also accommodate a modest-scale apartment building fitting three times as many families.”
Read more at “The most popular type of home in every major American city, charted,” the Washington Post, 9/21/15
