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Commercial Style 100,000-249,999 residents
Listings whose style is Commercial Style or any style under it, from the nomination form, NRIS, the Atlas, Wikidata or a model reading of the text. Style under Chicago School. Typical range 1880–1930. Also called Early Commercial, Commercial. Cities of 100,000-249,999 residents, ordered by the adjusted rate of listings per 10,000 residents, with the raw rate beside it. Open in the explorer to rank by another measure, or open it live in Explore to narrow it further.
Coverage. Style comes from the National Register index, Wikidata and, where the nomination text has been read, from the text itself. Nominations have been read for 50 states and the District of Columbia so far, so 72 of the 72 cities ranked here are in a state already read. This will shift as the rest are read.
1
Salt Lake City, UT
208,007 residents · 110.9 sq mi ·
26 places in category
· 19 ranked
1.11
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.25 · 0.23 / sq mi · composite 91.7
2
Des Moines, IA
212,421 residents · 88.2 sq mi ·
23 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.96
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.08 · 0.26 / sq mi · composite 91.7
3
Davenport, IA
100,913 residents · 64.2 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.86
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.09 · 0.17 / sq mi · composite 86.1
4
Birmingham, AL
198,173 residents · 146.9 sq mi ·
16 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.71
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.81 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 66.7
5
Spokane, WA
230,293 residents · 68.8 sq mi ·
17 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.66
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.74 · 0.25 / sq mi · composite 83.4
6
Little Rock, AR
203,436 residents · 121.2 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.53
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.59 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 50
7
Columbia, SC
139,643 residents · 139.4 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.49
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.57 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 38.9
8
Dayton, OH
136,579 residents · 55.8 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.44
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.51 · 0.13 / sq mi · composite 58.4
9
Billings, MT
119,434 residents · 46.3 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.42
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.50 · 0.13 / sq mi · composite 58.4
10
Springfield, MO
169,954 residents · 83.3 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.41
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.47 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 33.4
11
Sioux Falls, SD
201,469 residents · 84.5 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.40
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.45 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 44.4
12
Tacoma, WA
222,758 residents · 49.8 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.33
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.16 / sq mi · composite 55.6
13
Huntsville, AL
222,791 residents · 225.3 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.33
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 16.7
14
Norfolk, VA
233,596 residents · 53.3 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.31
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.34 · 0.15 / sq mi · composite 47.3
15
Jackson, MS
146,631 residents · 111.7 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.30
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.34 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 13.9
16
Akron, OH
189,247 residents · 61.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.32 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 19.5
17
Providence, RI
191,767 residents · 18.4 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.28
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.31 · 0.33 / sq mi · composite 55.6
18
Salem, OR
178,865 residents · 49.0 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.25
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.28 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 22.3
19
Richmond, VA
229,359 residents · 59.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 19 ranked
0.24
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.26 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 16.7
Listings through 2026-05-21; population and housing units ACS 2024 5-year; boundaries TIGER 2025. Cities ranked from 10,000 residents with at least 5 listings in the category. Built 2026-10-15.
Data: National Park Service (National Register, NPGallery), U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER/Line, Gazetteer, ACS 5-year),
Register Atlas (CC0). How the index works . Tags marked inferred are
synthesised from evidence and open to verification.