House density distibution for all U.S. cities (pop. 2,000+)
Top 101 cities with the highest housing density (population 2,000+) | ||
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| Rank | City | House density |
| 1. | Friendship Village, MD (housing) (pop. 4,841) | 57,823 houses / mile² |
| 2. | Manhattan, NY (housing) (pop. 1,621,897) | 34,757 houses / mile² |
| 3. | Guttenberg, NJ (housing) (pop. 11,429) | 23,935 houses / mile² |
| 4. | Union City, NJ (housing) (pop. 68,247) | 18,748 houses / mile² |
| 5. | West New York, NJ (housing) (pop. 52,122) | 17,067 houses / mile² |
| 6. | Hoboken, NJ (housing) (pop. 52,575) | 15,669 houses / mile² |
| 7. | Brooklyn, NY (housing) (pop. 2,538,705) | 13,184 houses / mile² |
| 8. | Sunny Isles Beach, FL (housing) (pop. 16,635) | 12,905 houses / mile² |
| 9. | West Hollywood, CA (housing) (pop. 35,288) | 12,821 houses / mile² |
| 10. | Great Neck Plaza, NY (housing) (pop. 6,898) | 12,616 houses / mile² |
| 11. | Bronx, NY (housing) (pop. 1,383,871) | 11,675 houses / mile² |
| 12. | Cliffside Park, NJ (housing) (pop. 25,209) | 10,754 houses / mile² |
| 13. | New York, NY (housing) (pop. 8,405,837) | 10,553 houses / mile² |
| 14. | North Bay Village, FL (housing) (pop. 7,401) | 10,385 houses / mile² |
| 15. | Bal Harbour, FL (housing) (pop. 2,613) | 9,294 houses / mile² |
| 16. | Ocean Grove, NJ (housing) (pop. 3,342) | 8,847 houses / mile² |
| 17. | Century Village, FL (housing) (pop. 8,483) | 8,735 houses / mile² |
| 18. | Miami Beach, FL (housing) (pop. 91,026) | 8,496 houses / mile² |
| 19. | Bay Harbor Islands, FL (housing) (pop. 5,854) | 8,367 houses / mile² |
| 20. | Irvington, NJ (housing) (pop. 58,920) | 8,159 houses / mile² |
| 21. | Somerville, MA (housing) (pop. 78,804) | 7,909 houses / mile² |
| 22. | East Newark, NJ (housing) (pop. 2,640) | 7,842 houses / mile² |
| 23. | Long Beach, NY (housing) (pop. 33,552) | 7,547 houses / mile² |
| 24. | Terra Mar, FL (housing) (pop. 2,816) | 7,494 houses / mile² |
| 25. | Queens, NY (housing) (pop. 2,277,251) | 7,482 houses / mile² |
| 26. | San Francisco, CA (housing) (pop. 837,442) | 7,421 houses / mile² |
| 27. | Highland Beach, FL (housing) (pop. 3,640) | 7,410 houses / mile² |
| 28. | Aventura, FL (housing) (pop. 37,199) | 7,404 houses / mile² |
| 29. | East Orange, NJ (housing) (pop. 64,544) | 7,251 houses / mile² |
| 30. | Marina del Rey, CA (housing) (pop. 8,866) | 7,182 houses / mile² |
| 31. | Cambridge, MA (housing) (pop. 107,289) | 6,957 houses / mile² |
| 32. | Fort Lee, NJ (housing) (pop. 36,014) | 6,889 houses / mile² |
| 33. | Hermosa Beach, CA (housing) (pop. 19,801) | 6,862 houses / mile² |
| 34. | Loch Lomond, FL (housing) (pop. 3,786) | 6,845 houses / mile² |
| 35. | South Pasadena, FL (housing) (pop. 5,018) | 6,786 houses / mile² |
| 36. | Bellerose Terrace, NY (housing) (pop. 2,198) | 6,714 houses / mile² |
| 37. | Passaic, NJ (housing) (pop. 70,868) | 6,489 houses / mile² |
| 38. | Jersey City, NJ (housing) (pop. 257,342) | 6,278 houses / mile² |
| 39. | Surfside, FL (housing) (pop. 5,954) | 6,270 houses / mile² |
| 40. | Mount Vernon, NY (housing) (pop. 68,224) | 6,206 houses / mile² |
| 41. | Huntington, VA (housing) (pop. 11,267) | 6,196 houses / mile² |
| 42. | Marlborough, MO (housing) (pop. 2,188) | 6,179 houses / mile² |
| 43. | Central Falls, RI (housing) (pop. 19,416) | 6,012 houses / mile² |
| 44. | Hallandale, FL (housing) (pop. 36,703) | 5,962 houses / mile² |
| 45. | Fairview, NJ (housing) (pop. 14,237) | 5,865 houses / mile² |
| 46. | Ewa Gentry, HI (housing) (pop. 22,690) | 5,797 houses / mile² |
| 47. | Santa Monica, CA (housing) (pop. 92,472) | 5,794 houses / mile² |
| 48. | Dormont, PA (housing) (pop. 8,552) | 5,788 houses / mile² |
| 49. | Ocean City, MD (housing) (pop. 7,092) | 5,778 houses / mile² |
| 50. | Kings Point, FL (housing) (pop. 13,597) | 5,765 houses / mile² |
| 51. | Orange, NJ (housing) (pop. 31,907) | 5,743 houses / mile² |
| 52. | Mount Rainier, MD (housing) (pop. 8,298) | 5,732 houses / mile² |
| 53. | Langley Park, MD (housing) (pop. 18,755) | 5,724 houses / mile² |
| 54. | Maywood, CA (housing) (pop. 27,748) | 5,700 houses / mile² |
| 55. | Chelsea, MA (housing) (pop. 37,670) | 5,640 houses / mile² |
| 56. | Shamokin, PA (housing) (pop. 7,260) | 5,604 houses / mile² |
| 57. | Paterson, NJ (housing) (pop. 145,948) | 5,587 houses / mile² |
| 58. | Westmont, CA (housing) (pop. 31,853) | 5,515 houses / mile² |
| 59. | Mount Oliver, PA (housing) (pop. 3,384) | 5,503 houses / mile² |
| 60. | Redington Shores, FL (housing) (pop. 2,147) | 5,492 houses / mile² |
| 61. | Garfield, NJ (housing) (pop. 31,199) | 5,489 houses / mile² |
| 62. | Mount Carmel, PA (housing) (pop. 5,806) | 5,484 houses / mile² |
| 63. | Asbury Park, NJ (housing) (pop. 15,855) | 5,417 houses / mile² |
| 64. | Elmwood Park, IL (housing) (pop. 24,985) | 5,325 houses / mile² |
| 65. | Sweetwater, FL (housing) (pop. 15,452) | 5,322 houses / mile² |
| 66. | Berwyn, IL (housing) (pop. 56,758) | 5,315 houses / mile² |
| 67. | Bradley Beach, NJ (housing) (pop. 4,276) | 5,291 houses / mile² |
| 68. | Palisades Park, NJ (housing) (pop. 20,288) | 5,279 houses / mile² |
| 69. | Manorhaven, NY (housing) (pop. 6,652) | 5,256 houses / mile² |
| 70. | Boston, MA (housing) (pop. 645,966) | 5,202 houses / mile² |
| 71. | Kenmore, NY (housing) (pop. 15,254) | 5,194 houses / mile² |
| 72. | Walnut Park, CA (housing) (pop. 15,966) | 5,167 houses / mile² |
| 73. | Lakewood, OH (housing) (pop. 51,143) | 5,121 houses / mile² |
| 74. | Chicago, IL (housing) (pop. 2,718,782) | 5,076 houses / mile² |
| 75. | Huntington Park, CA (housing) (pop. 58,879) | 5,063 houses / mile² |
| 76. | Mahanoy City, PA (housing) (pop. 4,105) | 5,060 houses / mile² |
| 77. | Wildwood, NJ (housing) (pop. 5,228) | 5,058 houses / mile² |
| 78. | Glendale, CO (housing) (pop. 4,512) | 5,051 houses / mile² |
| 79. | Edgewater, NJ (housing) (pop. 12,148) | 5,048 houses / mile² |
| 80. | Oak Park, IL (housing) (pop. 52,066) | 5,047 houses / mile² |
| 81. | Seven Corners, VA (housing) (pop. 9,255) | 5,029 houses / mile² |
| 82. | Lawndale, CA (housing) (pop. 33,230) | 4,992 houses / mile² |
| 83. | Key Biscayne, FL (housing) (pop. 12,832) | 4,985 houses / mile² |
| 84. | Margate City, NJ (housing) (pop. 6,342) | 4,981 houses / mile² |
| 85. | Fountainbleau, FL (housing) (pop. 59,764) | 4,973 houses / mile² |
| 86. | Cudahy, CA (housing) (pop. 24,103) | 4,951 houses / mile² |
| 87. | Waldon, CA (housing) (pop. 5,364) | 4,945 houses / mile² |
| 88. | Wallington, NJ (housing) (pop. 11,545) | 4,927 houses / mile² |
| 89. | Darby, PA (housing) (pop. 10,687) | 4,902 houses / mile² |
| 90. | Philadelphia, PA (housing) (pop. 1,553,165) | 4,900 houses / mile² |
| 91. | East Lansdowne, PA (housing) (pop. 2,665) | 4,899 houses / mile² |
| 92. | Hawthorne, CA (housing) (pop. 86,199) | 4,880 houses / mile² |
| 93. | Rossmoor, MD (housing) (pop. 8,122) | 4,880 houses / mile² |
| 94. | Lennox, CA (housing) (pop. 22,753) | 4,859 houses / mile² |
| 95. | Bellevue, PA (housing) (pop. 8,335) | 4,769 houses / mile² |
| 96. | Bayonne, NJ (housing) (pop. 65,028) | 4,768 houses / mile² |
| 97. | Aspinwall, PA (housing) (pop. 2,793) | 4,765 houses / mile² |
| 98. | Daytona Beach Shores, FL (housing) (pop. 4,295) | 4,761 houses / mile² |
| 99. | Island Park, NY (housing) (pop. 4,683) | 4,731 houses / mile² |
| 100. | Everett, MA (housing) (pop. 42,935) | 4,701 houses / mile² |
| 101. | Redondo Beach, CA (housing) (pop. 67,815) | 4,701 houses / mile² |