# Counties in California by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `vacancy_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Alpine County | 72.1 |
| 2 | Mono County | 58 |
| 3 | Plumas County | 46 |
| 4 | Sierra County | 42.5 |
| 5 | Calaveras County | 33.4 |
| 6 | Modoc County | 31.4 |
| 7 | Trinity County | 31.2 |
| 8 | Tuolumne County | 28.2 |
| 9 | Lassen County | 24.4 |
| 10 | Mariposa County | 23.7 |
| 11 | Lake County | 21.7 |
| 12 | Nevada County | 21.1 |
| 13 | El Dorado County | 19.5 |
| 14 | Siskiyou County | 17.4 |
| 15 | Mendocino County | 16.4 |
| 16 | Inyo County | 15.6 |
| 17 | Amador County | 15.4 |
| 18 | Del Norte County | 15.2 |
| 19 | Imperial County | 14.5 |
| 20 | San Luis Obispo County | 12.9 |
| 21 | Humboldt County | 12.7 |
| 22 | San Francisco County | 12.2 |
| 23 | Placer County | 11.9 |
| 24 | Glenn County | 11.4 |
| 25 | Madera County | 11.1 |
| 26 | Shasta County | 11 |
| 27 | Napa County | 10.9 |
| 28 | Riverside County | 10.8 |
| 29 | Butte County | 10.2 |
| 30 | Tehama County | 10 |
| 31 | Santa Cruz County | 9.4 |
| 32 | San Bernardino County | 9.3 |
| 33 | Monterey County | 8.9 |
| 34 | Colusa County | 8.5 |
| 35 | Marin County | 8.1 |
| 36 | Sonoma County | 8 |
| 37 | San Mateo County | 7.9 |
| 38 | Kern County | 7.2 |
| 39 | Tulare County | 7.1 |
| 40 | Yolo County | 7 |
| 41 | Santa Barbara County | 6.8 |
| 42 | Yuba County | 6.6 |
| 43 | Los Angeles County | 6.4 |
| 44 | San Diego County | 6.4 |
| 45 | Kings County | 6.2 |
| 46 | Alameda County | 6.1 |
| 47 | Fresno County | 5.9 |
| 48 | San Joaquin County | 5.7 |
| 49 | Santa Clara County | 5.7 |
| 50 | Orange County | 5.5 |
| 51 | Merced County | 5.3 |
| 52 | Ventura County | 5.2 |
| 53 | Sacramento County | 4.6 |
| 54 | Solano County | 4.4 |
| 55 | Sutter County | 4.3 |
| 56 | Stanislaus County | 3.9 |
| 57 | San Benito County | 3.6 |
| 58 | Contra Costa County | 3.5 |