18 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.
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 Indiana only, so 1 of the 18 cities ranked here are in Indiana. This will shift as other states are read.
10,000-24,999 residents 6 ranked
1
Thibodaux, LA
15,732 residents · 6.8 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 6 ranked
2.55
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.45 · 1.03 / sq mi · composite 70
2
Astoria, OR
10,109 residents · 6.1 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 6 ranked
2.29
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.95 · 0.82 / sq mi · composite 70
3
Abbeville, LA
11,003 residents · 6.1 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 6 ranked
2.20
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 4.54 · 0.83 / sq mi · composite 70
4
Ashland, OR
21,259 residents · 6.7 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 6 ranked
2.12
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.29 · 1.05 / sq mi · composite 70
5
Belton, TX
24,356 residents · 20.2 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 6 ranked
1.94
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.87 · 0.35 / sq mi · composite 10
6
Sandusky, OH
24,606 residents · 9.6 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 6 ranked
1.38
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.03 · 0.52 / sq mi · composite 10
25,000-49,999 residents 1 ranked
1
Reading, MA
25,612 residents · 10.0 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 1 ranked
1.36
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 2.73 · 0.70 / sq mi · composite –
Only 1 city of this size ranks here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
50,000-99,999 residents 3 ranked
1
Santa Cruz, CA
61,607 residents · 12.7 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.44
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.81 · 0.39 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Newton, MA
89,044 residents · 17.8 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.43
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.67 · 0.34 / sq mi · composite 50
3
Napa, CA
78,239 residents · 18.1 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.39
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.64 · 0.28 / sq mi · composite 0
Only 3 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
100,000-249,999 residents 4 ranked
1
Worcester, MA
207,055 residents · 37.4 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.25
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.39 · 0.21 / sq mi · composite 83.4
2
Evansville, IN
116,116 residents · 47.4 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.21
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.43 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 83.4
3
Des Moines, IA
212,421 residents · 88.2 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.24 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 16.7
4
Tacoma, WA
222,758 residents · 49.8 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 4 ranked
0.15
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.22 · 0.10 / sq mi · composite 16.7
Only 4 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
250,000-499,999 residents No city of this size has 5 or more listings in this category.
500,000-999,999 residents 3 ranked
1
San Francisco, CA
830,235 residents · 46.7 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.13
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.16 · 0.28 / sq mi · composite 100
2
Portland, OR
641,165 residents · 133.5 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.11
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.14 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 50
3
Austin, TX
979,539 residents · 325.0 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 3 ranked
0.06
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.06 · 0.02 / sq mi · composite 0
Only 3 cities of this size rank here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
1,000,000+ residents 1 ranked
1
Houston, TX
2,328,253 residents · 640.8 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 1 ranked
0.02
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.03 · 0.01 / sq mi · composite –
Only 1 city of this size ranks here, so there is no separate page; open the explorer to compare measures.
Below the ranking floor 280 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.
Albany, OR 4 Beloit, WI 4 Brookline, MA 4 Cleveland, OH 4 Los Angeles, CA 4 Monroe, LA 4 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 4 Southbridge Town, MA 4 Stoneham, MA 4 Taunton, MA 4 Atlanta, GA 3 Brenham, TX 3 Buffalo, NY 3 Cambridge, MA 3 Coldwater, MI 3 Corvallis, OR 3 Davenport, IA 3 Huntington, IN 3 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 3 Lafayette, IN 3 Medford, OR 3 Monmouth, OR 3 Philadelphia, PA 3 Raleigh, NC 3 Vermilion, OH 3 Wakefield, MA 3 Anderson, IN 2 Auburn, CA 2 Auburn, NY 2 Augusta, ME 2 Bellingham, WA 2 Biloxi, MS 2 Bridgeport, CT 2 Carson City, NV 2 Columbus, GA 2 Denver, CO 2 Elyria, OH 2 Eureka, CA 2 Galveston, TX 2 Heber, UT 2 Houma, LA 2 Klamath Falls, OR 2 La Grande, OR 2 Lancaster, NY 2 Las Vegas, NM 2 Lebanon, OR 2 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 2 Manchester, NH 2 Montgomery, AL 2 Moscow, ID 2 Neenah, WI 2 New London, CT 2 New Orleans, LA 2 New York, NY 2 Newport, RI 2 Oakland, CA 2 Ocean City, NJ 2 Olathe, KS 2 Ontario, CA 2 Pasadena, CA 2 and 220 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 2026-10-05.
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.