n: eighborhoods

Is your city’s population and housing stock concentrated in dense clusters or spread out over a vast area?  Does your city have a balanced mix of houses, townhomes, and apartments?  Are new neighborhoods in your city designed and built in a way that contributes to urban vitality?

Top 10 Cities With the Most Urban Neighborhoods (2014)

1. San Francisco, CA
2. Washington, DC
3. New York, NY
4. Jersey City, NJ
5. Boston, MA
6. Miami, FL
7. Seattle, WA
8. Newark, NJ
9. Minneapolis, MN
10. Baltimore, MD

The full list of urbanSCALE ratings for Neighborhoods for all 100 cities (10 being the most urban Neighborhoods and 1 being the least urban Neighborhoods):

Rank	City	State	Neighborhoods urbanSCALE Score
1	San Francisco	CA	10.0
2	Washington	DC	9.1
3	New York	NY	8.9
4	Jersey City	NJ	8.6
5	Boston	MA	7.6
6	Miami	FL	7.4
7	Seattle	WA	6.4
8	Newark	NJ	6.2
9	Minneapolis	MN	5.8
10	Baltimore	MD	5.6
11	Philadelphia	PA	5.6
12	Chicago	IL	5.6
13	Oakland	CA	5.2
14	Atlanta	GA	5.0
15	Denver	CO	5.0
16	Los Angeles	CA	4.8
17	St. Louis	MO	4.8
18	Honolulu	HI	4.7
19	Portland	OR	4.4
20	Buffalo	NY	4.3
21	Santa Ana	CA	4.3
22	Long Beach	CA	4.2
23	Milwaukee	WI	4.1
24	Irvine	CA	4.1
25	Winston-Salem	NC	4.1
26	San Diego	CA	4.0
27	Cincinnati	OH	3.9
28	Austin	TX	3.9
29	St. Paul	MN	3.9
30	Dallas	TX	3.9
31	Cleveland	OH	3.8
32	Columbus	OH	3.8
33	San Jose	CA	3.8
34	St. Petersburg	FL	3.6
35	Pittsburgh	PA	3.5
36	Madison	WI	3.5
37	Houston	TX	3.4
38	Orlando	FL	3.4
39	Detroit	MI	3.4
40	Anaheim	CA	3.4
41	Raleigh	NC	3.3
42	Charlotte	NC	3.3
43	Irving	TX	3.2
44	Chula Vista	CA	3.2
45	Sacramento	CA	3.1
46	Nashville	TN	3.0
47	Hialeah	FL	3.0
48	Norfolk	VA	3.0
49	Tampa	FL	2.9
50	Boise	ID	2.9
51	Durham	NC	2.7
52	Birmingham	AL	2.7
53	Greensboro	NC	2.7
54	Tucson	AZ	2.6
55	San Antonio	TX	2.6
56	Indianapolis	IN	2.5
57	Fremont	CA	2.5
58	Louisville	KY	2.5
59	New Orleans	LA	2.5
60	Plano	TX	2.5
61	Omaha	NE	2.5
62	Riverside	CA	2.4
63	Baton Rouge	LA	2.4
64	Aurora	CO	2.4
65	Phoenix	AZ	2.4
66	Virginia Beach	VA	2.3
67	Memphis	TN	2.3
68	Toledo	OH	2.3
69	Tulsa	OK	2.3
70	Lubbock	TX	2.1
71	Scottsdale	AZ	2.1
72	Chandler	AZ	2.1
73	Albuquerque	NM	2.1
74	Lincoln	NE	2.1
75	Fort Worth	TX	2.1
76	Garland	TX	2.0
77	Jacksonville	FL	2.0
78	Laredo	TX	1.9
79	Reno	NV	1.9
80	Kansas City	MO	1.8
81	Fresno	CA	1.8
82	Las Vegas	NV	1.7
83	Stockton	CA	1.7
84	Lexington	KY	1.7
85	El Paso	TX	1.7
86	Arlington	TX	1.6
87	Wichita	KS	1.6
88	Colorado Springs	CO	1.6
89	Henderson	NV	1.6
90	Fort Wayne	IND	1.6
91	Chesapeake	VA	1.5
92	Corpus Christi	TX	1.3
93	Bakersfield	CA	1.3
94	Anchorage	AK	1.3
95	Glendale	AZ	1.3
96	Mesa	AZ	1.2
97	North Las Vegas	NV	1.2
98	San Bernardino	CA	1.1
99	Oklahoma City	OK	1.0
100	Gilbert	AZ	0.8