Comments on: The Density of Traditional Urbanism http://pedshed.net/?p=99 Walkable urban design and sustainable places Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:26:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Laurence Aurbach http://pedshed.net/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-14851 Laurence Aurbach Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:37:24 +0000 http://pedshed.net/?p=99#comment-14851 The MWCOG forecasts that I referenced above have residential and employment densities by traffic analysis zone (TAZ). Some metropolitan planning organizations in other regions publish similar numbers; you'll have to check with the MPOs of the regions you are concerned with. The Census Bureau has residential densities from the 2000 Census for geographic units as small as blocks. The American Fact Finder interface provides quick access to density statistics at the census tract level. Go to <a href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&_lang=en&_ts=225210475578" rel="nofollow">this page</a> and select "County" for the geographic type and "census tract" for the table format. On the next page, select the "Population, Housing Units, Area and Density 2000" table. The simplest interface, however, is <a href="http://www.gcensus.com/" rel="nofollow">gCensus</a>, a Google mashup that provides direct readouts of residential density info down to the block level. See also the post <a href="http://pedshed.net/?p=131" rel="nofollow">Fun with Density and Transit Statistics</a> for more discussion of density and how it can be measured. The MWCOG forecasts that I referenced above have residential and employment densities by traffic analysis zone (TAZ). Some metropolitan planning organizations in other regions publish similar numbers; you’ll have to check with the MPOs of the regions you are concerned with.

The Census Bureau has residential densities from the 2000 Census for geographic units as small as blocks. The American Fact Finder interface provides quick access to density statistics at the census tract level. Go to this page and select “County” for the geographic type and “census tract” for the table format. On the next page, select the “Population, Housing Units, Area and Density 2000″ table.

The simplest interface, however, is gCensus, a Google mashup that provides direct readouts of residential density info down to the block level.

See also the post Fun with Density and Transit Statistics for more discussion of density and how it can be measured.

]]> By: John Marcolin http://pedshed.net/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-14846 John Marcolin Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:47:03 +0000 http://pedshed.net/?p=99#comment-14846 I am an urban designer working for MNCPPC in Silver Spring. I am working on an urban design study for Downtown Silver Spring. I am looking for population densities of cities, in particular parts or neighborhoods of those cities in order to make logical comparisons. Do you know if neighborhood data of that nature exists for US cities? the census data I have found tends to be for whole city, which I cannot reasonably extrapolate to specific neighborhoods. Thanks, John I am an urban designer working for MNCPPC in Silver Spring. I am working on an urban design study for Downtown Silver Spring. I am looking for population densities of cities, in particular parts or neighborhoods of those cities in order to make logical comparisons. Do you know if neighborhood data of that nature exists for US cities? the census data I have found tends to be for whole city, which I cannot reasonably extrapolate to specific neighborhoods.

Thanks, John

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