Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)
Vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units. Vacant units include those for rent or for sale, rented or sold but not yet occupied, for seasonal, recreational or occasional use, for migrant workers, and other vacant units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
This gross rate counts seasonal and other off-market vacant units, so it is much higher than the rental and homeowner vacancy rates of the Housing Vacancy Survey (rental_vacancy_rate and homeowner_vacancy_rate) and cannot be compared with them. Counties with many holiday homes have high rates.
Key facts
- Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) in the United States was 10.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Maine had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 51 states in 2024, at 20.6%, and Connecticut the lowest, at 7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 6,415 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- US cities
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
US states by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Davidson County
- El Paso County
- Davis County
- Hamilton County
- Hinds County
- Douglas County
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Which places have the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)? Use official data and cite it.
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