suburban district

Outlying housing zone

A suburban district is a residential area on the outskirts of a city, characterized by lower population density than urban centers and typically featuring single-family homes, yards, and car-dependent layouts.

The term appears in planning documents, real estate listings, and political discussions about zoning or school boundaries: Property values in the suburban district have risen sharply.

Related

soccer mom · bedroom community · neighborhood · commuter belt · carpool lane · residential zone · retail centers · big box store · outskirts · planned community · gated community · township · exurb · subdivision · greenbelt · zoning laws · property values · local governance

Categories
Opposites
urban density and centrality

suburban districtdowntown

Central business district

city center · urban core · central business district · inner city · downtown district

rural-urban continuum

suburban districtrural area

Low-density agricultural region

countryside · rural district · farmland · hinterland · backcountry

Family

urban, district, suburb, suburbia, suburbanite

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G