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Land Use Summary: 2004
| Land Use Category | Acres | Acres As % of City |
Taxable Parcels | Nontaxable Parcels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential1 | 1,388 | 30.4% | 10,644 | 111 |
| Transportation2 | 921 | 20.2% | 106 | 64 |
| Education3 | 470 | 10.3% | -- | 323 |
| Open Water4 | 461 | 10.1% | -- | -- |
| Protected Open Space5 | 442 | 9.7% | -- | 118 |
| Commercial | 333 | 7.3% | 650 | -- |
| Industrial | 179 | 3.9% | 175 | -- |
| Government6 | 109 | 2.4% | -- | 77 |
| Mixed Use7 | 100 | 2.2% | 336 | -- |
| Vacant | 77 | 1.7% | 233 | 9 |
| Charitable8 | 63 | 1.4% | -- | 126 |
| Health9 | 20 | 0.4% | 9 | 5 |
| Total | 4,562 | 100.0% | 12,153 | 833 |
| 1. Residential properties includes private residential, housing authority developments, and rectories. | ||||
| 2. Transportation uses include MBTA properties, street right-of-ways, and some parking lots and parking structures. Most street right-of-ways are not included in parcels. | ||||
| 3. Educational uses include properties owned by colleges, as well as all public and private school grounds. | ||||
| 4. Open water figure includes only Fresh Pond and Charles River. These areas are not included in parcels. | ||||
| 5. Open Space uses include city recreation land, DCR properties and the federal Longfellow House Historic Site. Charles River and Fresh Pond surface areas within parks are included in the Open Water category. Certain public open spaces are not included in parcels. | ||||
| 6. Government uses include city, federal, state, and county offices, cemeteries and other minor uses. Public open space is included elsewhere. Public school properties are grouped with Educational uses. | ||||
| 7. Mixed Uses includes parcels with mixed residential and commercial/industrial uses. | ||||
| 8. Charitable uses include privately owned nontaxable parcels that are not Residential, Education or Health uses. | ||||
| 9. Health uses include hospitals, health centers and medical office buildings. | ||||
| Sources: Cambridge Community Development Department, 2006; Cambridge Geographic Information System, 2006; Cambridge Assessing Department, 2006. | ||||
For More Information
For more information about socioeconomic and demographic statistics about Cambridge, please contact Cliff Cook, ccook@cambridgema.gov, Planning Information Manager, at 617/349-4656. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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