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Vernacular 100,000-249,999 residents
Listings whose style is Vernacular or any style under it, from the nomination form, NRIS, the Atlas, Wikidata or a model reading of the text. Movement under Other. Also called Folk, Traditional. Folk and traditional building forms. 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 77 of the 77 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 ·
14 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.55
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.67 · 0.13 / sq mi · composite 90
2
West Palm Beach, FL
122,290 residents · 53.9 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.53
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.74 · 0.17 / sq mi · composite 100
3
Davenport, IA
100,913 residents · 64.2 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.48
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.69 · 0.11 / sq mi · composite 86.7
4
Birmingham, AL
198,173 residents · 146.9 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.45
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.56 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 60
5
Little Rock, AR
203,436 residents · 121.2 sq mi ·
11 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.44
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.54 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 73.3
6
Lakeland, FL
119,961 residents · 66.6 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.37
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.50 · 0.09 / sq mi · composite 66.7
7
Mobile, AL
203,416 residents · 150.8 sq mi ·
9 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.37
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.44 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 40
8
Knoxville, TN
195,185 residents · 98.7 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.34
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.41 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 50
9
Columbia, SC
139,643 residents · 139.4 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.33
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.43 · 0.04 / sq mi · composite 26.7
10
Provo, UT
114,766 residents · 41.9 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.32
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.44 · 0.12 / sq mi · composite 70
11
Des Moines, IA
212,421 residents · 88.2 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.28
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.33 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 40
12
Cedar Rapids, IA
137,264 residents · 74.8 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.28
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.36 · 0.07 / sq mi · composite 30
13
Murfreesboro, TN
161,445 residents · 64.8 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.25
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.31 · 0.08 / sq mi · composite 33.4
14
Tallahassee, FL
201,875 residents · 102.6 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.25
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.30 · 0.06 / sq mi · composite 10
15
Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA
201,528 residents · 302.3 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.25
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.30 · 0.02 / sq mi · composite 6.7
16
Spokane, WA
230,293 residents · 68.8 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 16 ranked
0.19
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.22 · 0.07 / 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.