In Burgess concentric zone model, commuters live in Zone

• A. Zone 5
• B. Zone 1
• C. Zone 3
• D. Zone 4

Answer: (A)

In the Burgess concentric zone model, the city grows in rings around the central business district, with each ring representing different land use and housing patterns. The outermost ring is the commuter zone, where people live in suburban-style housing and commute to jobs in the city core. That makes the correct answer the outermost ring, the zone where commuters reside.

To place it in context: the center is the central business district, then the zone of transition with mixed use and often dense, older housing, followed by the zone of working-class homes, then the zone of better residences in inner suburbs, and finally the outer commuter zone where distances to work are longer and commuting is common. The central areas are not residential commuters—the center is dominated by business activity, while zone 3 is typically working-class housing, and zone 4 sits closer in as a more suburban residential area.