Table 4.
Zip code built environment categories and census characteristics
| Built environment category | Census characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (median) | Square miles (median) | Persons per square mile (median) | % Located in MSA | % Poor (mean) | % College- educated (mean) | % Non-white (mean) | |
| High density | 10,803 | 5.73 | 2,310.19 | 97.27 | 12.86 | 32.73 | 31.53 |
| Low density | 7,423 | 55.25 | 143.43 | 85.76 | 12.19 | 21.35 | 25.58 |
| Service dense | 7,440 | 6.67 | 1,675.03 | 86.13 | 10.97 | 31.74 | 26.56 |
| Commercially declined | 24,309 | 7.20 | 3,519.65 | 98.44 | 19.17 | 18.84 | 54.07 |
| Average | 14,552 | 10.24 | 1,422.96 | 96.13 | 12.07 | 29.58 | 29.81 |
Note: First of 10 imputation data sets.