But the town is only one half square mile. Actual population 1,021.

Land area is an important part of the picture, glad you mentioned it.

Density: 3,107 per square mile.

Density is about right.

My little town is about 1300 people, with a density of about 36 per sq. mile.

Which is fine with me.




PS...area stats...

Area
• Total 37.1 sq mi (96.2 km2)
• Land 36.7 sq mi (95.1 km2)
• Water 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)

I can and have done very well living in low density very rural areas, depending on lifestyle and needs at the time.
but I have known folks who are not comfortable unless they are in a high density urban environment.

Lol..had a room mate in Seattle, in the late 1970's, who moved back to NYC, he said Seattle urban life was too slow for him!

That's a misleading number, since there is a lot of population in the outlying township. For example, there are 12 people living on a two mile stretch of my street. In town, it's much more congested.

The population was 57,233 at the 2010 census; The population density was 2,687 people per square mile (1037/km²).

I like the town just fine, although, unfortunately, I'm not very happy with the State of NC since the 2010 and 2012 elections.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina

Just above the generally accepted threshold of 5000 to be considered a "city". More density would give us better transportation and shopping options; my walk score is a decidedly meh 55.

about the difference between a "town", a "village", a city.
Around here I can safely avoid the distiinction since we only have 4 cities in the state
and the rest I call Mayberry.

for instance, we can all agree that New Orleans is a "city", yet it dropped well below the 5000/sq. mi. threshold after Katrina and may not yet have reached it since. Of course, that's a special case, since so much of the eastern half of the city is uninhabitable swampland.

Being a country mouse, I was blown away many years ago to find that the U of Washington, my aAma Mater,
had a student pop. of 50,000, which more than eclipsed fair size town I had ever lived in.

But we do what we can...

and not one traffic light (well, one that just blinks)

All in all, I think most people ought to be living in densely populated areas, more so than the city I live in.

The world would be a much better place with fewer automobiles. Walking, bicycles, and public transportation ought to be the most common way of getting around.

By some luck and some planning my wife and I haven't been automobile commuters since the mid 'eighties. Before then we were Los Angeles commuters. I've wasted too much time in my life, and too much gasoline, driving.

Let's say it's somewhere between 1500 and 1600. It's a small town, but way too crowded for my tastes. I'd rather be out in the country.

when people get to know me, they tend to move away, so it keeps dropping.

As of the census of 2010, there were 23,896 people, 9,580 households, and 6,137 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,715.4 people per square mile. It used to be fairly urban, but Atlanta seems to be expanding up here.

That's a lot of hipsters

In August.
did not think anyplace could be more humid than here, but both Houston and Macon Ga were pretty bad.
Lots of Katrina refugees still in Houston, I hear.

The census bureau says 5,635.1/sq.mi. but that was for 2000 and the area has exploded since then so that's going to be low by possibly as much as 1k/sq.mi.

Wheaton is the epitome of Maryland suburban.

even some straight up farmland on the southside of town

big empty lots this way <== ==> big empty here too

We are out in the sticks, so it's much less.

Port Salerno, FL- got 3 different numbers on the first results page.

in my town.

in Indiana.

are you contented with living in that area?

would like lakes.

There are almost 1000 lakes on the DelMarVa peninsula and mainland coastal valley and they all have something in common: Every single one of them is man-made; dug to provide the soil used to fill in the swamps that dominated this area when the Capitol region was built then allowed to fill in.

It's a pretty red area.

but it's New Jersey.

Density: 4,921.1 per square mile
Population: 13,533
Area: 2.75 square miles

They vote republican

total pop. 25,860 here in South Pasadena. Cost of living rated Very High...no shit.

When I was in SF about 10 years ago, I was surprised to read the pop. of the city and county was only 700,000
people.
Then the article went on to say....daily commuters into the area increased the pop. to over a million.

Population density: 1428 people per square mile (low).

on edit I am good with this.

Have metropolis areas One Hour away in all Four Directions. Close enough.

but half the drive is on 2 lane roads, so traveling time is a bit longer.
And I keep saying I am gonna make a long grocery list and take a trip to the city..someday.
Has not happend in 8 years.

Happy Holidays, dixiegrrrl