# Rental vacancy rate (US) in North Carolina

Rental vacancy rate (US) in North Carolina was 6.4% in 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `rental_vacancy_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-37`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Vacant housing units available for year-round use and offered for rent as a percentage of the rental inventory (renter-occupied units, vacant units for rent and units rented but not yet occupied). Annual CPS/HVS average for the United States and states. Seasonal and other off-market vacancies are excluded.
- Note: Annual CPS/HVS survey estimates, distinct from ACS five-year estimates. State figures have sampling uncertainty, so a small change need not be statistically significant. Revised columns published on a new basis replace the original year and are marked as series breaks. Pandemic restrictions changed interviewing in 2020 and 2021, affecting comparability. The 2025 average covers 11 months: October was not collected during the lapse in federal funding, increasing uncertainty.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS) annual statistics, Table 3, rental vacancy rates by state, United States and states, annual averages (https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/annual25/ann25t_3.xlsx)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS) annual statistics, Table 3, rental vacancy rates by state, United States and states, annual averages. https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/annual25/ann25t_3.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/rental-vacancy-rate/north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=rental_vacancy_rate&place=us-state-37

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 6.4 |
| 2024 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 6.7 |
| 2018 | 7.1 |
| 2017 | 7.8 |
| 2016 | 8.3 |
| 2015 | 9.8 |
| 2014 | 8.1 |
| 2013 | 9.6 |
| 2012 | 11.2 |
| 2011 | 11.3 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12.8 |
| 2008 | 12.8 |
| 2007 | 12.4 |
| 2006 | 11.7 |
| 2005 | 13.8 |
| 2004 | 13.3 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2002 | 13.6 (break) |
| 2001 | 12.4 |
| 2000 | 11.2 |
| 1999 | 10.8 |
| 1998 | 11.5 |
| 1997 | 9.7 |
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1995 | 8.2 |
| 1994 | 6.1 |
| 1993 | 5.6 (break) |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1991 | 7.7 |
| 1990 | 7.2 |
| 1989 | 7.4 (break) |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1987 | 6.1 |
| 1986 | 7 |