America’s loneliest cities

Source: amazon.com

The following are America’s 20 loneliest larger cities – those with the most single-person households as of 2014. As is evident from the data, cities in Upstate New York, Ohio, Florida, and Virginia tend to be the most lonely (when measured by single-person households).

1. Atlanta, Georgia = 47,8 percent
2. Santa Monica, California = 47.4 percent
3. Cincinnati, Ohio = 46.3 percent
4. East Orange, New Jersey = 45.6 percent
5. New Haven, Connecticut = 45.5 percent
6. St. Louis, Missouri = 45.2 percent
7. Washington, District of Columbia = 44.5 percent
8. Southfield, Michigan = 44.4 percent
9. Alexandria, Virginia = 43.9 percent
10. Wilmington, Delaware = 43.6 percent
11. Miami Beach, Florida = 43.6 percent
12. Albany, New York = 43.2 percent
13. Richmond, Virginia = 43.1 percent
14. New Orleans, Louisiana = 42.9 percent
15. Cleveland, Ohio = 42.5 percent
16. Schenectady, New York = 42.2 percent
17. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania = 42.2 percent
18. Rochester, New York = 41.9 percent
19. Fort Lauderdale, Florida = 41.6 percent
20. Dayton, Ohio = 41.6 percent

SOURCE: http://www.statista.com/statistics/242304/top-10-us-cities-by-percentage-of-one-person-households/

Cities which have larger percentages of single-person households have a variety of land use and planning issues that other cities may not face to the same degree. Among them are the need for more, yet smaller housing units and the potential for gentrification in those neighborhoods where single-households are clustered.