Table 1.

Baseline summary statistics for vacant lots, by city section, Youngstown, OH, 2010–2014 (mean and median values are shown).

	No. of lots	Total area (ft2)	Area (ft2)	Population densitya	Median incomeb	Residence < 1yr (%)c	Unemployed (%)
All sections
Greened lots	244	1,402,710	5643	3.7	23,825	89.4	19.5
			5749	4.1	23,865	89.2	20.5
Control lots	976	5,772,842	5870	4.0	22,038**	84.7***	17.5***
			5915	3.9	22,015	84.2	17.4
North
Greened lots	48	294,789	5250	2.2	19,978	90.8	14.0
			6141	1.8	21,144	91.1	12.7
Control lots	192	1,206,102	5550	2.5	19,592	86.7**	15.9*
			6282	2.6	19,973	84.1	17.9
South
Greened lots	188	1,059,155	5643	4.1	24,334	89.1	20.9
			5634	4.2	24,412	89.2	21.0
Control lots	752	4,369,801	5893	4.4	22,936	84.1***	18.2***
			5811	4.2	22,465	84.2	17.7
West
Greened lots	8	48,766	6000	4.4	27,994	86.1	16.8
			6096	4.4	27,324	86.4	17.1
Control lots	32	196,938	6040	3.9	23,767**	85.1	11.9**
			6154	4.0	23,668	85.0	11.4

^*P < 0.01,

^**P < 0.001, based on Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

^aPopulation per square mile;

^bmedian household income;

^cresidence in current household more than 1 year.

Source: Demographic data are derived and interpolated from the ACS, 2006–2010 and 2009–2013.