Zoning
Tables
Summary statistics for ~50 land cover, demographic, housing, and zoning characteristics at your chosen geographic level.
| Jurisdiction | Total Acres |
Zonable Acres |
Districts | 1-Fam Acres |
4-Fam Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Washington
District of Columbia
|
39,473 | 31,598 | 167 | 17,534 | 8,716 |
|
Newport News
Virginia
|
43,233 | 34,131 | 30 | 16,677 | 4,990 |
|
Mathews County
Virginia
|
51,939 | 51,890 | 8 | 50,400 | 478 |
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Zoning Tables present summary statistics of the zoning regulations found in the National Zoning Atlas's Zoning Snapshots in tabular format at three different geographic scales (block groups, census tracts, and jurisdictions) available on this website. For custom geographies, please contact us.
All of the variables used in our Zoning Tables are defined in our data dictionary. Terms are available in our glossary and abbreviations guide.
Product Specifications
Coverage
All available geographies
Available for purchase by county, CBSA, or state on this website; contact us for purchase by region, or for national coverage.
Unit of Analysis
Geographic unit
Block group, census tract, and jurisdiction level on this website; contact us for purchase by a different geography (e.g., zip code or Congressional district).
What's Included
Selected variables
Demographic characteristics for each selected geography, zoning code summary details, and land area in each selected geography subject to specific zoning rules.
A license to use delivered information internally; for external or display purposes, contact us for a custom license.
See the Data Dictionary for a complete list of available land cover, demographic, and zoning variables.
Format
Analysis-ready tables
With geospatial add-on:
Explore the data before you buy.
Download a sample Zoning Table that shows information for three jurisdictions — and check out our data dictionary to see every regulation we collect, how we code them, and how they’re defined.
| Jurisdiction | Gov Type | Population | Total Acres | Zonable Acres | Districts | Zoning Code Pages |
1-Fam Acres | 2-Fam Acres | 3-Fam Acres | 4-Fam Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Washington
District of Columbia
|
Municipal | 702,250 | 39,473 | 31,598 | 167 | 1,242 | 17,534 | 8,722 | 8,724 | 8,716 |
|
Newport News
Virginia
|
Municipal | 183,056 | 43,233 | 34,131 | 30 | 141 | 16,677 | 3,656 | 4,654 | 4,990 |
|
Mathews County
Virginia
|
County | 8,602 | 51,939 | 51,890 | 8 | 132 | 50,400 | 50,400 | 478 | 478 |
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We make five data products built for analyzing zoning, each designed for a different question, scale, and workflow. Explore them here.
| Product | What you get | Best for | Unit of analysis | Format | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Summary Data Zoning Tables You are here |
A database of summary statistics for nearly fifty land cover, demographic, housing, and zoning characteristics. | Cross-geography comparisons, housing research, zoning reform advocacy. For when you need regulatory summaries for a neighborhood, city, or region. | Selected geographic area | CSVGeoJSON (optional) |
Per-geographic unit |
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GIS Vector layer Zoning Slices |
Pre-flattened GIS layers showing the outcome after base + overlay districts are combined, containing one set of rules per polygon. | Site selection, data pipelines, scenario planning, policy research, regulatory comparison, academic analysis. For when you need regulatory outcomes. | Zoning Slice (unique base-overlay combination) | GeoJSONGeoDatabase |
Per-slice, per-variable pricing |
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GIS Vector layer Zoning Districts |
GIS layers showing how each base and overlay district regulates, rule by rule. | Regulatory comparisons, map display. For when you need regulatory layers. | Zoning district | CSVGeoJSONGeoDatabase |
Per-district, per-variable pricing |
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Document Parcel Reports |
A PDF detailing all the zoning rules your selected parcel, including allowed uses, dimensional requirements, district names, and more. | Due diligence on a specific address. Quick one-off lookups for developers, lawyers, consultants. For when you need comprehensive zoning rules for a single parcel. | Individual parcel | PDF |
$250 per report |
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GIS Raster layer Zoning Rasters |
30x30 grid cells with categorized, standardized information about residential and nonresidential uses. | Environmental analysis, land use modeling, integration with other geospatial datasets (e.g. USGS layers). For when you need regulatory categories. | 30×30m grid cell | GeoTIFF |
Per-acreage, per category pricing |
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