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38 <br /> <br />appears to be a good balance, most San Leandro residents work in other cities and <br />most San Leandro jobs are filled by residents living elsewhere. Looking to the future, <br />the city strives to reduce “external” work trips and create a community where <br />residents can find jobs within the city, and employees can find housing without long <br />commutes. <br />Chart 2-4 Ratio of Jobs to Employed Residents in Alameda County Cities <br /> <br /> <br />3.6 LAND USE <br />The City of San Leandro encompasses 15.4 square miles, including 13.3 square miles <br />(about 8,500 acres) of land and 2.1 square miles of water. There are approximately <br />25,000 parcels of land in the city, about three-quarters of which contain single family <br />detached homes. Chart 2-5 illustrates the existing composition of land uses in San <br />Leandro. <br />Excluding streets and freeways, 45.7 percent of San Leandro’s land area is in <br />residential uses. San Leandro’s neighborhoods include about 2,620 acres of single <br />family detached homes, 280 acres of townhomes and duplexes, 300 acres of <br />apartments and condominiums, and 70 acres of mobile homes. These areas contain <br />about 32,500 housing units, for an average residential density of 10 units per acre. <br />This density creates a more urban character than the newer communities of the East <br />Bay (like Dublin and Fremont) but a more suburban character than Berkeley, <br />Oakland, and other cities closer to San Francisco. In fact, many of San Leandro’s <br />77