Low residential
Build menu: Zoning
Houses. $5 a lot
Zoning and lots
Zones, densities, lot sizes and the industries that move in.
Mark land beside a road for homes, shops, offices or industry and buildings go up by themselves. Homes need jobs and jobs need people, so zone all of them. The demand bars at the top of the screen show what the city wants more of.
Zoning
Medium residential
Build menu: Zoning
1,000 people, 44% happy
High residential
Build menu: Zoning
1,500 people, 55% happy
Low commercial
Build menu: Zoning
Small shops. $5 a lot
Medium commercial
Build menu: Zoning
Offices. $5 a lot
High commercial
Build menu: Zoning
Towers. $5 a lot
Small offices
Build menu: Zoning
Banks, clinics, studios
Office towers
Build menu: Zoning
1,500 people, 55% happy
Industrial
Build menu: Zoning
$5 a lot
What denser zones need
Medium and high density homes, and office towers, only arrive once the city is big enough and happy enough.
| Density | City size needed | City happiness needed |
|---|---|---|
| Low | None | None |
| Medium | 1,000 residents | Over 44% happy |
| High | 1,500 residents | Over 55% happy |
How buildings grow
- A zoned lot is a fenced building site first, then the finished building rises into place.
- A building is only rebuilt bigger when the people in it are at least 55% happy.
- A house is rebuilt bigger after its people have been happy for 15 game minutes in a row and have saved enough.
- Zones only grow where a road is close by, and where there is electricity and water.
Lot sizes
| Size | Footprint | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny | A quarter of a lot | Small buildings in leftover space |
| Narrow | Half a lot | Beside junctions and at street ends |
| Standard | One lot | Most buildings |
| Wide | 2 lots side by side | Headquarters, hospitals, department stores |
| Large | 2 x 2 lots | High school, supercenter, coal plant |
| Huge | 4 along the road, 2 deep | Race track, airfield |
| Vast | 8 along the road, 4 deep | International airport |
Industries
Each industrial lot is given an industry when it is zoned.
| Industry | Its works |
|---|---|
| Lumber | Sawmill |
| Metal | Steel works |
| Stone | Stone yard |
| Food | Food plant |
| Textiles | Textile mill |
| Chemicals | Chemical plant |
| Cement | Cement works |
| Paper | Paper mill |
| Grain | Grain mill |
| Electronics | Chip fab |
| Toys | Toy factory |
| Pharmaceuticals | Pharma plant |
The reference pages are made from the game's own data, version 1.8. Numbers can change between versions.