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Land-Use Ratios (in percent) for Communities tinder 100,000 <br /> Residential Right <br /> • City or town Population (single-family) Comm'l Ind/ Public Inst'l Parks of way <br /> Aiken,S.C. 20,000 65% (60%) 9% 19c 25% 9% 16% NA <br /> Ambler,Pa. 6,600 63 11 10 16 3 4 9 <br /> Asheville,N.C. 62,000 69(62) 12 5 14 9 5 NA <br /> Bellevue,Wash. 88,000 65 (57) 10 4 18 7 11 NA <br /> Carlsbad,Calif. 51,000 57 (40) 5 9 29 3 17 9 <br /> Carrollton,Tex. 33,000 39(34) 30 17 15 5 10 NA <br /> Columbia,Md. 78,000 43 (32) 20(combined) 37 NA NA NA <br /> Costa Mesa,Calif. 88,000 51 (30) 12 15 22 13 9 NA <br /> Elgin,I11. 72,000 37 5 4 54 10 12 32 <br /> El Monte,Calif. 79,000 57 15 15 13 5 1 7 <br /> Evanston,Ill. 72,000 45 (30) 7 4 44 10 8 26 <br /> Fishkill,N.Y. 15,000 24(20) 4 1 70 25 33 12 <br /> Frisco,Colo. 1,600 38 13 3 45 NA NA NA <br /> Galveston,Tex. 62,000 25 (21) 5 25 44 19 25 NA <br /> Highland Park,III. 31,000 53 6 0 41 4 18 19 <br /> Hoffman Estates,Ill. 45,000 46(37) 10 2 41 3 15 23 <br /> La Verne,Calif. 27,000 67 (58) 11 3 19 19 NA NA <br /> Lynnwood,Wash. 29,000 56(46) 22 3 19 13 6 NA <br /> Manassas,Va. 22,000 52 (41) 8 12 28 26 2 NA <br /> • Midway, Ky. 1,400 54 7 1 38 24 NA 14 <br /> Montpelier,Vt. 8,400 51 (45) 6 6 37 7 15 15 <br /> Mount Prospect,111. 58,000 65 (57) 6 16 13 4 9 NA <br /> Northbrook, III. 32,000 46 7 8 39 7 13 19 <br /> Oak Creek,Wis. 20,000 37 (27) 8 12 43 6 23 14 <br /> Olathe, Kan. 49,000 52 (43) 7 6 35 14 9 12 <br /> Prescott,Ariz. 26,000 74(50) 8 4 14 NA NA NA <br /> Pompano Beach,Fla. 67,000 44 (25) 10 17 39 4 17 8 <br /> Redding,Calif. 53,000 64 11 12 13 8 5 NA <br /> St.Peters,Mo. 38,000 72 12 4 12 NA NA NA <br /> Sedona,Ariz. 7,300 74(71) 15 0 12 11 I NA <br /> Skokie,Ill. 60,000 34 6 13 47 12 3 32 <br /> Versailles,Ky. 7,200 50 9 19 23 9 NA 14 <br /> Wakefield,Mass. 24,000 54(52) 5 3 38 8 6 24 <br /> West Hollywood,Calif. 36,000 42 (8) 22 3 33 3 1 29 <br /> Ratio Averages 52% (41%) 10% 7% 31% NA NA NA <br /> How Land-Use Ratios Have Changed in Small Cities Over the Years <br /> Residential <br /> SYear of survey (single-family) Comm'l Ind'l Public Inst'I Parks <br /> 1992 52%(41%) 10% 7% 31% NA NA <br /> 1983 48 7 8 37 13 5 <br /> 1955 42 (36) 2 8 48 11 4 <br />