The document compares vacancy rates in 20 walkable neighborhoods to the overall vacancy rates in their surrounding cities. It shows that for all cities surveyed, the walkable neighborhoods had lower vacancy rates than the city as a whole, with an average vacancy rate of 8.9% for walkable neighborhoods versus 13.6% for the cities overall.

1. Vacancy Rates of 20 Walkable Neighborhoods vs the
Surrounding City
City Walkable Neigborhood
15.8%
Baltimore 14.0%
DC 10.1%
8.5%
10.5%
Philly 10.0%
8.3%
San Fran 9.3%
6.4%
Portland 7.5%
11.3%
Dallas 13.0%
13.3%
Kansas City 15.2%
7.8%
New York 9.8%
9.9%
Milwaukee 12.0%
8.1%
Seattle 11.3%
8.5%
Sacramento 12.9%
7.3%
Boston 11.9%
19.3%
Cleveland 24.2%
8.5%
San Antonio 13.6%
9.4%
Charlotte 18.6%
8.4%
Louisville 17.7%
12.5%
Chicago 23.9%
7.9%
Denver 19.8%
17.6%
Atlanta 30.3%
6.4%
San Diego 24.6%
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0%
Vacancy Rates (Census 2010 data)