TABLE 1

Vacant Land Sale Summary Statistics

VariableFull SampleSales Sample
Mean (Std. Dev.)MedianMean (Std. Dev.)Median
Sale (yes = 1, no = 0)0.046 (0.210)
Sales price (dollars)1,744 (63,947)0.0037,723 (295,077)811
Residential (yes = 1, no = 0)0.427 (0.495)0.688 (0.466)
Commercial (yes = 1, no = 0)0.071 (0.257)0.140 (0.347)
Size of lot (square feet)256,707 (22,100,000)3,48554,305 (3,046,622)3,790
Buildable (yes = 1, no = 0)0.156 (0.363)0.219 (0.413)
Distance to Packard plant (feet)24,413 (15,210)21,37724,413 (15,211)21,377
Distance to city center (miles)2.200 (1.323)2.1031.842 (1.265)1.639
Distance to border (miles)5.561 (2.576)5.2546.209 (2.707)5.944
Sold in 2007 (yes = 1, no = 0)0.011 (0.102)
Sold in 2008 (yes = 1, no = 0)0.011 (0.103)
Sold in 2009 (yes = 1, no = 0)0.007 (0.082)
Sold in 2010 (yes = 1, no = 0)0.001 (0.029)
Number of observations81,3263,788