Housing units in Richmond, VA
Housing units in Richmond, VA was 114,293 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.3% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 39 cities in 2024.
Housing units in Richmond, VA, 2021 to 2024
All 4 values
| Period | count |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 114,293 |
| 2023 | 112,848 |
| 2022 | 111,524 |
| 2021 | 110,224 |
Compared with Virginia and United States
| Place | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Richmond, VA | 114,293 |
| Virginia | 3,684,756 |
| United States | 143,775,355 |
Rankings
Definition
All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Housing units, Richmond, VA, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat
MLA 9
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Housing units, Richmond, VA, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/richmond-va. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Housing units, Richmond, VA, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/richmond-va.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Housing units, Richmond, VA, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/richmond-va (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_housing_units_richmond_va_2024,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Housing units, Richmond, VA, 2021 to 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/richmond-va. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the housing units in Richmond, VA?
Housing units in Richmond, VA was 114,293 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.3% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 39 cities in 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest housing units in Richmond, VA?
114,293 in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.
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- Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)
- Homeownership rate (US, housing units)
- Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
- Median home value
- Residents who moved from another county in the past year
- Median age
- Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate)
- Hispanic or Latino population share