246 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 246 of the 246 cities ranked here are in a state already read. This will shift as the rest are read.
10,000-24,999 residents 52 ranked
1
Spearfish, SD city
12,930 residents · 17.3 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 52 ranked
7.60
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 10.83 · 0.81 / sq mi · composite 81.4
2
Las Vegas, NM city
13,000 residents · 8.6 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 52 ranked
7.57
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 10.77 · 1.62 / sq mi · composite 92.2
3
Atchison, KS city
10,785 residents · 8.0 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 52 ranked
6.77
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 10.20 · 1.37 / sq mi · composite 90.2
4
Glens Falls, NY city
14,609 residents · 3.9 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 52 ranked
6.48
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 8.90 · 3.38 / sq mi · composite 96.1
5
Astoria, OR city
10,109 residents · 6.1 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 52 ranked
6.43
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 9.89 · 1.64 / sq mi · composite 91.2
6
Owosso, MI city
14,632 residents · 5.2 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 52 ranked
5.00
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 6.83 · 1.91 / sq mi · composite 91.2
7
Southbridge Town, MA city
17,928 residents · 20.2 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 52 ranked
4.73
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 6.14 · 0.54 / sq mi · composite 60.8
8
Belton, TX city
24,356 residents · 20.2 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 52 ranked
4.71
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 5.75 · 0.69 / sq mi · composite 65.7
9
Newport, KY city
13,967 residents · 2.8 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 52 ranked
4.66
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 6.44 · 3.26 / sq mi · composite 92.2
10
Ocean Springs, MS city
18,646 residents · 11.6 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 52 ranked
4.59
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 5.90 · 0.95 / sq mi · composite 74.5
25,000-49,999 residents 45 ranked
1
New London, CT city
27,625 residents · 5.6 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 45 ranked
3.51
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.71 · 2.32 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Wakefield, MA CDP
27,793 residents · 7.4 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 45 ranked
3.49
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.68 · 1.76 / sq mi · composite 95.5
3
Reading, MA CDP
25,612 residents · 10.0 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 45 ranked
3.43
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.69 · 1.20 / sq mi · composite 94.3
4
Helena, MT city
33,639 residents · 17.3 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 45 ranked
3.26
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.16 · 0.81 / sq mi · composite 84.1
5
Kalispell, MT city
28,504 residents · 13.1 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 45 ranked
3.17
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.21 · 0.91 / sq mi · composite 89.8
6
Burlington, VT city
44,675 residents · 10.3 sq mi ·
15 places in category
· 45 ranked
2.78
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.36 · 1.46 / sq mi · composite 88.7
7
Neenah, WI city
27,336 residents · 9.7 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 45 ranked
2.74
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.66 · 1.03 / sq mi · composite 88.6
8
Poughkeepsie, NY city
31,958 residents · 5.1 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 45 ranked
2.67
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.44 · 2.14 / sq mi · composite 92.1
9
Prescott, AZ city
47,400 residents · 49.4 sq mi ·
15 places in category
· 45 ranked
2.65
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.16 · 0.30 / sq mi · composite 61.4
10
Mansfield, OH city
47,663 residents · 30.9 sq mi ·
15 places in category
· 45 ranked
2.64
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.15 · 0.49 / sq mi · composite 68.2
50,000-99,999 residents 54 ranked
1
Waltham, MA city
64,902 residents · 12.7 sq mi ·
21 places in category
· 54 ranked
2.71
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.24 · 1.65 / sq mi · composite 99.1
2
Somerville, MA city
81,036 residents · 4.1 sq mi ·
25 places in category
· 54 ranked
2.67
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.09 · 6.07 / sq mi · composite 99.1
3
Newton, MA city
89,044 residents · 17.8 sq mi ·
23 places in category
· 54 ranked
2.27
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.58 · 1.29 / sq mi · composite 95.3
4
Waukesha, WI city
71,233 residents · 25.5 sq mi ·
17 places in category
· 54 ranked
2.04
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.39 · 0.67 / sq mi · composite 91.5
5
Dubuque, IA city
59,174 residents · 31.3 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 54 ranked
1.83
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.20 · 0.42 / sq mi · composite 84
6
Missoula, MT city
76,514 residents · 35.0 sq mi ·
16 places in category
· 54 ranked
1.81
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.09 · 0.46 / sq mi · composite 83.1
7
Bozeman, MT city
56,114 residents · 21.4 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 54 ranked
1.76
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.14 · 0.56 / sq mi · composite 87.8
8
Wilmington, DE city
71,727 residents · 10.9 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 54 ranked
1.56
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.81 · 1.19 / sq mi · composite 89.7
9
Iowa City, IA city
75,752 residents · 25.8 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 54 ranked
1.49
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.72 · 0.50 / sq mi · composite 83
10
Eau Claire, WI city
70,322 residents · 34.4 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 54 ranked
1.46
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.71 · 0.35 / sq mi · composite 72.7
100,000-249,999 residents 49 ranked
1
Worcester, MA city
207,055 residents · 37.4 sq mi ·
59 places in category
· 49 ranked
2.69
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.85 · 1.58 / sq mi · composite 96.9
2
Hartford, CT city
121,127 residents · 17.4 sq mi ·
35 places in category
· 49 ranked
2.63
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.89 · 2.01 / sq mi · composite 99
3
Davenport, IA city
100,913 residents · 64.2 sq mi ·
25 places in category
· 49 ranked
2.22
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.48 · 0.39 / sq mi · composite 85.4
4
Cambridge, MA city
118,796 residents · 6.4 sq mi ·
26 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.99
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.19 · 4.06 / sq mi · composite 96.9
5
New Haven, CT city
134,349 residents · 18.7 sq mi ·
23 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.58
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.71 · 1.23 / sq mi · composite 92.8
6
South Bend, IN city
103,085 residents · 41.9 sq mi ·
17 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.49
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.65 · 0.41 / sq mi · composite 83.4
7
Pueblo, CO city
111,561 residents · 56.6 sq mi ·
16 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.31
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.43 · 0.28 / sq mi · composite 78.2
8
Quincy, MA city
102,114 residents · 16.6 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.24
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.37 · 0.84 / sq mi · composite 86.5
9
Little Rock, AR city
203,436 residents · 121.2 sq mi ·
25 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.17
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.23 · 0.21 / sq mi · composite 67.7
10
Lowell, MA city
118,368 residents · 13.6 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 49 ranked
1.09
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.18 · 1.03 / sq mi · composite 86.5
250,000-499,999 residents 20 ranked
1
Cincinnati, OH city
311,224 residents · 77.9 sq mi ·
35 places in category
· 20 ranked
1.01
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.12 · 0.45 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Cleveland, OH city
366,097 residents · 77.7 sq mi ·
26 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.66
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.71 · 0.33 / sq mi · composite 94.7
3
Madison, WI city
278,001 residents · 84.2 sq mi ·
17 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.55
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.61 · 0.20 / sq mi · composite 84.2
4
Buffalo, NY city
276,854 residents · 40.4 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.43
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.47 · 0.32 / sq mi · composite 86.9
5
Toledo, OH city
267,463 residents · 80.5 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.38
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.41 · 0.14 / sq mi · composite 71.1
6
Wichita, KS city
397,945 residents · 165.1 sq mi ·
15 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.36
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.38 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 52.6
7
Lincoln, NE city
294,856 residents · 102.5 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.35
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.37 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 57.9
8
Durham, NC city
291,467 residents · 119.9 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.35
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.38 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 57.9
9
Lexington-Fayette, KY urban county
323,725 residents · 283.9 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.35
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.37 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 29
10
St. Paul, MN city
307,284 residents · 52.0 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.34
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.21 / sq mi · composite 65.8
500,000-999,999 residents 20 ranked
1
Portland, OR city
641,165 residents · 133.5 sq mi ·
68 places in category
· 20 ranked
1.01
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.06 · 0.51 / sq mi · composite 94.8
2
Milwaukee, WI city
566,973 residents · 96.2 sq mi ·
36 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.60
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.63 · 0.37 / sq mi · composite 89.5
3
Washington, DC city
681,294 residents · 61.1 sq mi ·
37 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.52
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.54 · 0.61 / sq mi · composite 94.8
4
Atlanta, GA city
505,268 residents · 135.3 sq mi ·
24 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.45
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.47 · 0.18 / sq mi · composite 73.7
5
Denver, CO city
718,877 residents · 153.1 sq mi ·
33 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.44
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.46 · 0.22 / sq mi · composite 73.7
6
Boston, MA city
666,442 residents · 48.3 sq mi ·
28 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.41
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.42 · 0.58 / sq mi · composite 84.2
7
Baltimore, MD city
573,243 residents · 80.9 sq mi ·
20 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.34
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.35 · 0.25 / sq mi · composite 71.1
8
Detroit, MI city
638,530 residents · 138.7 sq mi ·
19 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.30 · 0.14 / sq mi · composite 60.6
9
Kansas City, MO city
510,612 residents · 314.5 sq mi ·
14 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.27
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.27 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 39.5
10
885,860 residents · 361.0 sq mi ·
21 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.24
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.24 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 47.4
1,000,000+ residents 6 ranked
1
Houston, TX city
2,328,253 residents · 640.8 sq mi ·
48 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.19
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.21 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 70
2
Philadelphia, PA city
1,579,706 residents · 134.3 sq mi ·
23 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.13
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.15 · 0.17 / sq mi · composite 80
3
Chicago, IL city
2,711,226 residents · 227.7 sq mi ·
25 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.09
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.09 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 60
4
New York, NY city
8,483,844 residents · 300.5 sq mi ·
53 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.06
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.06 · 0.18 / sq mi · composite 70
5
Phoenix, AZ city
1,642,323 residents · 518.4 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.06
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.06 · 0.02 / sq mi · composite 10
6
Los Angeles, CA city
3,857,263 residents · 470.5 sq mi ·
16 places in category
· 6 ranked
0.04
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.04 · 0.03 / sq mi · composite 10
Below the ranking floor 827 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.
- Alexander City, AL 4
- Amherst Town, MA 4
- Anniston, AL 4
- Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA 4
- Beloit, WI 4
- Bloomington, IL 4
- Brenham, TX 4
- Burlington, NC 4
- Cape Girardeau, MO 4
- Catonsville, MD 4
- Cleveland, TN 4
- Cumberland, MD 4
- Danville, VA 4
- De Pere, WI 4
- Dover, OH 4
- Elyria, OH 4
- Emporia, KS 4
- Evanston, IL 4
- Faribault, MN 4
- Fayetteville, NC 4
- Flint, MI 4
- Florence, AZ 4
- Fort Wayne, IN 4
- Fremont, NE 4
- Gainesville, FL 4
- Georgetown, TX 4
- Grants Pass, OR 4
- Gresham, OR 4
- Gulfport, MS 4
- Hagerstown, MD 4
- Hammond, LA 4
- Hampton, VA 4
- Hattiesburg, MS 4
- Hernando, MS 4
- Houma, LA 4
- Hudson, WI 4
- Huntington, IN 4
- Huntsville, AL 4
- Independence, MO 4
- Jefferson City, MO 4
- Johnstown, PA 4
- Klamath Falls, OR 4
- Lancaster, PA 4
- Logansport, IN 4
- Lowell, IN 4
- Manhattan, KS 4
- Marion, IN 4
- Marlborough, MA 4
- Marshfield, WI 4
- Merced, CA 4
- Monmouth, OR 4
- Murray, KY 4
- Newark, NJ 4
- Newton, KS 4
- North Little Rock, AR 4
- Oneonta, NY 4
- Oregon City, OR 4
- Petersburg, VA 4
- Pine Bluff, AR 4
- Plainfield, NJ 4
- and 767 more