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35 cities rank in this category: each has at least 5 such listings and 10,000 or more residents. Within each size class, cities are ordered by the adjusted rate of listings per 10,000 residents, with the raw rate and the other measures on every row. Open in the explorer to rank by another measure or compare categories, 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 35 of the 35 cities ranked here are in a state already read. This will shift as the rest are read.
10,000-24,999 residents No city of this size has 5 or more listings in this category.
25,000-49,999 residents 3 ranked
1
University Park, TX
25,155 residents · 3.7 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 3 ranked
1.11
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.78 · 1.90 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Florence, AL
41,701 residents · 27.1 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.88
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.68 · 0.26 / sq mi · composite 25
3
Cleveland Heights, OH
44,497 residents · 8.1 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.62
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.12 · 0.62 / sq mi · composite 25
Only 3 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
50,000-99,999 residents 6 ranked
1
Waltham, MA
64,902 residents · 12.7 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.76
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.23 · 0.63 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Eau Claire, WI
70,322 residents · 34.4 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.64
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.00 · 0.20 / sq mi · composite 50
3
Youngstown, OH
59,331 residents · 33.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.61
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.01 · 0.18 / sq mi · composite 40
4
Wilmington, DE
71,727 residents · 10.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.54
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.84 · 0.55 / sq mi · composite 60
5
Muncie, IN
64,751 residents · 27.4 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.48
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.77 · 0.18 / sq mi · composite 20
6
Schenectady, NY
68,847 residents · 10.8 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.46
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.73 · 0.46 / sq mi · composite 30
100,000-249,999 residents 9 ranked
1
Hartford, CT
121,127 residents · 17.4 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.42
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.66 · 0.46 / sq mi · composite 93.8
2
Cambridge, MA
118,796 residents · 6.4 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.37
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.59 · 1.09 / sq mi · composite 93.8
3
Springfield, MA
154,749 residents · 31.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.27
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.39 · 0.19 / sq mi · composite 68.8
4
Providence, RI
191,767 residents · 18.4 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.24
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.31 · 0.33 / sq mi · composite 62.5
5
Jackson, MS
146,631 residents · 111.7 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.24
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.34 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 37.5
6
Little Rock, AR
203,436 residents · 121.2 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.23
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.29 · 0.05 / sq mi · composite 25
7
Birmingham, AL
198,173 residents · 146.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.23
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.30 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 18.8
8
Boise City, ID
237,242 residents · 86.1 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.20
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.25 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 25
9
Knoxville, TN
195,185 residents · 98.7 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 9 ranked
0.20
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.26 · 0.05 / sq mi · composite 25
250,000-499,999 residents 5 ranked
1
Madison, WI
278,001 residents · 84.2 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 5 ranked
0.22
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.29 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 87.5
2
Omaha, NE
488,837 residents · 143.0 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 5 ranked
0.19
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.23 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 50
3
Minneapolis, MN
427,246 residents · 54.0 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 5 ranked
0.16
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.19 · 0.15 / sq mi · composite 62.5
4
Cleveland, OH
366,097 residents · 77.7 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 5 ranked
0.16
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.19 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 50
5
Lexington-Fayette, KY
323,725 residents · 283.9 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 5 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.19 · 0.02 / sq mi · composite 0
500,000-999,999 residents 10 ranked
1
Portland, OR
641,165 residents · 133.5 sq mi ·
27 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.39
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.42 · 0.20 / sq mi · composite 88.9
2
Washington, DC
681,294 residents · 61.1 sq mi ·
26 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.36
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.38 · 0.43 / sq mi · composite 94.5
3
Atlanta, GA
505,268 residents · 135.3 sq mi ·
16 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.32 · 0.12 / sq mi · composite 72.3
4
Boston, MA
666,442 residents · 48.3 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.20
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.21 · 0.29 / sq mi · composite 77.8
5
Baltimore, MD
573,243 residents · 80.9 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.16 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 50
6
Milwaukee, WI
566,973 residents · 96.2 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.16 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 50
7
Memphis, TN
618,980 residents · 289.8 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.12
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.13 · 0.03 / sq mi · composite 16.7
8
Indianapolis city (balance), IN
885,860 residents · 361.0 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.11
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.11 · 0.03 / sq mi · composite 16.7
9
Denver, CO
718,877 residents · 153.1 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.08
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.08 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 16.7
10
Seattle, WA
754,195 residents · 84.0 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 10 ranked
0.07
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.07 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 16.7
1,000,000+ residents 2 ranked
1
Philadelphia, PA
1,579,706 residents · 134.3 sq mi ·
18 places in category
· 2 ranked
0.10
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.11 · 0.13 / sq mi · composite 100
2
New York, NY
8,483,844 residents · 300.5 sq mi ·
31 places in category
· 2 ranked
0.04
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.04 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 0
Only 2 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
Below the ranking floor 393 cities Cities with 1 to 4 listings in this category, by count. Too few to rate fairly, so they are listed, not ranked. Click a city to see the listings in the explorer.
Akron, OH 4 Brookline, MA 4 Cedar Rapids, IA 4 Columbus, GA 4 Columbus, OH 4 Dayton, OH 4 Los Angeles, CA 4 Newton, MA 4 Spokane, WA 4 Tallahassee, FL 4 Toledo, OH 4 Waterbury, CT 4 Zanesville, OH 4 Athens, OH 3 Charleston, WV 3 Chattanooga, TN 3 Cincinnati, OH 3 Columbia, SC 3 Covington, KY 3 Cumberland, MD 3 Davenport, IA 3 Detroit, MI 3 Eugene, OR 3 Evansville, IN 3 Gainesville, GA 3 Hagerstown, MD 3 Janesville, WI 3 Klamath Falls, OR 3 LaGrange, GA 3 Macon-Bibb County, GA 3 Mobile, AL 3 Oklahoma City, OK 3 Pittsburgh, PA 3 Plainfield, NJ 3 Racine, WI 3 Richmond, VA 3 Rochester, NY 3 Syracuse, NY 3 Tulsa, OK 3 Wellesley, MA 3 Aiken, SC 2 Albany, NY 2 Albany, OR 2 Albany, GA 2 Amherst Town, MA 2 Anoka, MN 2 Asheville, NC 2 Atlantic City, NJ 2 Auburn, AL 2 Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA 2 Bainbridge, GA 2 Bend, OR 2 Biloxi, MS 2 Bloomington, IN 2 Bridgeport, CT 2 Bristol, CT 2 Brockton, MA 2 Buffalo, NY 2 Burlington, VT 2 Caldwell, ID 2 and 333 more
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.