High-rise housing havens

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While looking at the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates of housing characteristics for the "missing middle" housing thread I noticed that 41% of housing units in Atlanta are in 20+ unit structures. I've spent some time in Atlanta so I know that there are a lot of residential towers, but I didn't realize that Atlanta is in the top tier of major cities when it comes to share of 20+ unit structures of the overall housing distribution.

20+ unit %age of overall housing units, 2024 5-year estimates

49% -- New York City
49% -- Miami
42% -- Washington, D.C.
41% -- Atlanta
39% -- Seattle
34% -- Minneapolis
32% -- Denver
31% -- San Francisco
30% -- Los Angeles
28% -- Boston
28% -- Dallas
27% -- Houston
27% -- Chicago
26% -- Austin
24% -- Portland
21% -- San Diego
19% -- Nashville
19% -- San Jose
18% -- Cincinnati
18% -- Charlotte
18% -- St. Louis
18% -- Cleveland
18% -- Milwaukee
17% -- Pittsburgh
16% -- Phoenix
15% -- Philadelphia
15% -- Baltimore
13% -- San Antonio
13% -- Detroit
13% -- Fort Worth
12% -- Columbus
12% -- Jacksonville
11% -- Buffalo
10% -- Las Vegas
9% -- Indanapolis
9% -- Memphis
9% -- Louisville
8% -- Oklahoma City
7% -- El Paso

20+ unit count, 2024 5-year estimates

1,798,615 -- New York City
465,392 -- Los Angeles
344,544 -- Chicago
281,073 -- Houston
164,135 -- Dallas
153,057 -- Seattle
151,740 -- Washington, D.C.
127,505 -- San Francisco
126,088 -- Austin
121,126 -- San Diego
116,142 -- Denver
112,704 -- Philadelphia
109,314 -- Miami
107,951 -- Atlanta
103,883 -- Phoenix
86,324 -- Boston
82,593 -- San Antonio
72,524 -- Charlotte
72,426 -- Portland
70,258 -- Minneapolis
66,942 -- Nashville
64,455 -- San Jose
52,310 -- Columbus
49,925 -- Jacksonville
47,222 -- Fort Worth
45,615 -- Milwaukee
44,366 -- Baltimore
44,096 -- Detroit
36,414 -- Indanapolis
35,419 -- Cleveland
31,286 -- St. Louis
29,143 -- Cincinnati
27,988 -- Pittsburgh
27,140 -- Las Vegas
25,337 -- Memphis
25,206 -- Louisville
24,919 -- Oklahoma City
18,615 -- El Paso
14,696 -- Buffalo

Atlanta's unit count is not as dramatic when looking at raw 20+ unit count, but it is on the short list of U.S. cities where the count of housing units 20+ unit structures is larger than the count of 1-unit, detached (single family) housing:

Cities with more 20+ units than single-family, detached units

• Atlanta
• Baltimore
• Boston
• Chicago
• Miami
• New York City
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Washington, D.C.