The classification of land according to what activities take place on it or how it is being used; for example, agricultural, industrial, residential, rural, or commercial. Land use information and analysis is a fundamental tool in the planning process.

DVRPC’s 2020 land use file is based on digital orthophotography created from aerial surveillance completed in the spring of 2020. This dataset supports many of DVRPC's planning analysis goals.

Every five years, since 1990, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has produced a GIS Land Use layer for its 9-county region.

lu20cat: Land use main category two-digit code.

lu20catn: Land use main category name.

lu20cat

lu20catn

1 - Residential

3 - Industrial

4 - Transportation

5 - Utility

6 - Commercial

7 - Institutional

8 - Military

9 - Recreation

10 - Agriculture

11 - Mining

12 - Wooded

13 - Water

14 - Undeveloped

lu20sub: Land use subcategory five-digit code. (refer to this data dictionary for code description)

lu20subn: Land use subcategory name.

lu20dev: Development status.

mixeduse: Mixed-Use status (Y/N). Features belonging to one of the Mixed-Use subcategories (Industrial: Mixed-Use, Multifamily Residential: Mixed-Use, or Commercial: Mixed-Use).

acres: Area of feature, in US acres.

geoid: 10-digit geographic identifier. In all DVRPC counties other than Philadelphia, a GEOID is assigned by municipality. In Philadelphia, it is assigned by County Planning Area (CPA).

state_name, co_name, mun_name: State name, county name, municipal/CPA name. In Philadelphia, County Planning Area (CPA) names are used in place of municipal names.