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

Hancock County had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 159 counties in 2024, at 41.2%. Forsyth County had the lowest, at 3.8%. The median was 14% and the figure for Georgia was 10.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest41.2Hancock County
Lowest3.8Forsyth County
Median14159 counties
Georgia10.3History

Map of counties, 2024

Appling County: 16.2 %Atkinson County: 8.7 %Bacon County: 13 %Baker County: 19.7 %Baldwin County: 18.3 %Banks County: 8.3 %Barrow County: 4.5 %Bartow County: 9.7 %Ben Hill County: 13 %Berrien County: 13 %Bibb County: 16.7 %Bleckley County: 15.6 %Brantley County: 20.5 %Brooks County: 17.7 %Bryan County: 7.5 %Bulloch County: 9.7 %Burke County: 18.7 %Butts County: 8 %Calhoun County: 21.5 %Camden County: 8.4 %Candler County: 11 %Carroll County: 7.8 %Catoosa County: 6.7 %Charlton County: 11.4 %Chatham County: 12.5 %Chattahoochee County: 33.7 %Chattooga County: 15.9 %Cherokee County: 4.6 %Clarke County: 6 %Clay County: 37.9 %Clayton County: 8.3 %Clinch County: 20.1 %Cobb County: 5.9 %Coffee County: 12.3 %Colquitt County: 13.4 %Columbia County: 10.6 %Cook County: 15.8 %Coweta County: 4.9 %Crawford County: 15.4 %Crisp County: 20.2 %Dade County: 18.1 %Dawson County: 10.9 %Decatur County: 19.6 %DeKalb County: 13.2 %Dodge County: 19.9 %Dooly County: 15.6 %Dougherty County: 15.7 %Douglas County: 7.3 %Early County: 17 %Echols County: 15.5 %Effingham County: 6.4 %Elbert County: 11.1 %Emanuel County: 17.2 %Evans County: 13.3 %Fannin County: 35.7 %Fayette County: 4 %Floyd County: 9.9 %Forsyth County: 3.8 %Franklin County: 17.5 %Fulton County: 8.8 %Gilmer County: 29.7 %Glascock County: 26.5 %Glynn County: 18.3 %Gordon County: 9.4 %Grady County: 13.2 %Greene County: 24.3 %Gwinnett County: 4.1 %Habersham County: 12.2 %Hall County: 9.1 %Hancock County: 41.2 %Haralson County: 8.4 %Harris County: 11.4 %Hart County: 16.4 %Heard County: 10.6 %Henry County: 5.2 %Houston County: 8.6 %Irwin County: 15 %Jackson County: 7.6 %Jasper County: 9.2 %Jeff Davis County: 14.3 %Jefferson County: 19.8 %Jenkins County: 26.7 %Johnson County: 9.6 %Jones County: 9.2 %Lamar County: 9.3 %Lanier County: 16.5 %Laurens County: 15.7 %Lee County: 5.6 %Liberty County: 13.3 %Lincoln County: 33.8 %Long County: 10.2 %Lowndes County: 10.4 %Lumpkin County: 13.8 %McDuffie County: 14.3 %McIntosh County: 26 %Macon County: 19.3 %Madison County: 10.3 %Marion County: 16.3 %Meriwether County: 14.6 %Miller County: 9.9 %Mitchell County: 13.5 %Monroe County: 8.8 %Montgomery County: 17.2 %Morgan County: 9 %Murray County: 6.1 %Muscogee County: 11.5 %Newton County: 5.5 %Oconee County: 4.4 %Oglethorpe County: 16.9 %Paulding County: 4.9 %Peach County: 13.5 %Pickens County: 13.7 %Pierce County: 11 %Pike County: 8.9 %Polk County: 8.5 %Pulaski County: 22 %Putnam County: 22.7 %Quitman County: 39.6 %Rabun County: 37.9 %Randolph County: 23.5 %Richmond County: 17.7 %Rockdale County: 4.9 %Schley County: 13.1 %Screven County: 24.9 %Seminole County: 25.9 %Spalding County: 7.8 %Stephens County: 14.8 %Stewart County: 15.9 %Sumter County: 18.7 %Talbot County: 17.3 %Taliaferro County: 36.6 %Tattnall County: 18.9 %Taylor County: 19.3 %Telfair County: 28.8 %Terrell County: 20.4 %Thomas County: 11.6 %Tift County: 11.9 %Toombs County: 14 %Towns County: 32.7 %Treutlen County: 16.8 %Troup County: 9.7 %Turner County: 16.1 %Twiggs County: 28.8 %Union County: 24.2 %Upson County: 14.8 %Walker County: 11.2 %Walton County: 4.6 %Ware County: 18.7 %Warren County: 19.3 %Washington County: 16.4 %Wayne County: 12.9 %Webster County: 26.3 %Wheeler County: 33.7 %White County: 23.1 %Whitfield County: 7.5 %Wilcox County: 24.5 %Wilkes County: 21.3 %Wilkinson County: 19.3 %Worth County: 17 %
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%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Hancock County: 41.2 %Hancock County41.2Quitman County: 39.6 %Quitman County39.6Rabun County: 37.9 %Rabun County37.9Clay County: 37.9 %Clay County37.9Taliaferro County: 36.6 %Taliaferro County36.6Fannin County: 35.7 %Fannin County35.7Lincoln County: 33.8 %Lincoln County33.8Chattahoochee County: 33.7 %Chattahoochee County33.7Wheeler County: 33.7 %Wheeler County33.7Towns County: 32.7 %Towns County32.7Gilmer County: 29.7 %Gilmer County29.7Telfair County: 28.8 %Telfair County28.8Twiggs County: 28.8 %Twiggs County28.8Jenkins County: 26.7 %Jenkins County26.7Glascock County: 26.5 %Glascock County26.5Webster County: 26.3 %Webster County26.3McIntosh County: 26 %McIntosh County26Seminole County: 25.9 %Seminole County25.9Screven County: 24.9 %Screven County24.9Wilcox County: 24.5 %Wilcox County24.5Greene County: 24.3 %Greene County24.3Union County: 24.2 %Union County24.2Randolph County: 23.5 %Randolph County23.5White County: 23.1 %White County23.1Putnam County: 22.7 %Putnam County22.7Pulaski County: 22 %Pulaski County22Calhoun County: 21.5 %Calhoun County21.5Wilkes County: 21.3 %Wilkes County21.3Brantley County: 20.5 %Brantley County20.5Terrell County: 20.4 %Terrell County20.4Crisp County: 20.2 %Crisp County20.2Clinch County: 20.1 %Clinch County20.1Dodge County: 19.9 %Dodge County19.9Jefferson County: 19.8 %Jefferson County19.8Baker County: 19.7 %Baker County19.7Decatur County: 19.6 %Decatur County19.6Macon County: 19.3 %Macon County19.3Warren County: 19.3 %Warren County19.3Wilkinson County: 19.3 %Wilkinson County19.3Taylor County: 19.3 %Taylor County19.3Hancock County: 41.2 %Hancock County41.2Quitman County: 39.6 %Quitman County39.6Rabun County: 37.9 %Rabun County37.9Clay County: 37.9 %Clay County37.9Taliaferro County: 36.6 %Taliaferro County36.6Fannin County: 35.7 %Fannin County35.7Lincoln County: 33.8 %Lincoln County33.8Chattahoochee County: 33.7 %Chattahoochee County33.7Wheeler County: 33.7 %Wheeler County33.7Towns County: 32.7 %Towns County32.7Gilmer County: 29.7 %Gilmer County29.7Telfair County: 28.8 %Telfair County28.8Twiggs County: 28.8 %Twiggs County28.8Jenkins County: 26.7 %Jenkins County26.7Glascock County: 26.5 %Glascock County26.5Webster County: 26.3 %Webster County26.3McIntosh County: 26 %McIntosh County26Seminole County: 25.9 %Seminole County25.9Screven County: 24.9 %Screven County24.9Wilcox County: 24.5 %Wilcox County24.5Greene County: 24.3 %Greene County24.3Union County: 24.2 %Union County24.2Randolph County: 23.5 %Randolph County23.5White County: 23.1 %White County23.1Putnam County: 22.7 %Putnam County22.7Pulaski County: 22 %Pulaski County22Calhoun County: 21.5 %Calhoun County21.5Wilkes County: 21.3 %Wilkes County21.3Brantley County: 20.5 %Brantley County20.5Terrell County: 20.4 %Terrell County20.4Crisp County: 20.2 %Crisp County20.2Clinch County: 20.1 %Clinch County20.1Dodge County: 19.9 %Dodge County19.9Jefferson County: 19.8 %Jefferson County19.8Baker County: 19.7 %Baker County19.7Decatur County: 19.6 %Decatur County19.6Macon County: 19.3 %Macon County19.3Warren County: 19.3 %Warren County19.3Wilkinson County: 19.3 %Wilkinson County19.3Taylor County: 19.3 %Taylor County19.3
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Hancock County41.2-1.1 pts
2Quitman County39.6-5.9 pts
3Rabun County37.9-3.5 pts
4Clay County37.9-1.2 pts
5Taliaferro County36.6+2 pts
6Fannin County35.7-1.6 pts
7Lincoln County33.8+0.1 pts
8Chattahoochee County33.7-0.9 pts
9Wheeler County33.7-2.8 pts
10Towns County32.7-0.5 pts
11Gilmer County29.7-0.9 pts
12Telfair County28.8-5.6 pts
12Twiggs County28.8-0.9 pts
14Jenkins County26.7-4 pts
15Glascock County26.5+0.3 pts
16Webster County26.3-0.8 pts
17McIntosh County26-3.6 pts
18Seminole County25.9-1.6 pts
19Screven County24.9-2.3 pts
20Wilcox County24.5-3.1 pts
21Greene County24.3-1 pts
22Union County24.2-2.1 pts
23Randolph County23.5-2.5 pts
24White County23.1-1.5 pts
25Putnam County22.7-1.3 pts
26Pulaski County22-0.6 pts
27Calhoun County21.5-4.3 pts
28Wilkes County21.3+0.2 pts
29Brantley County20.5+3.4 pts
30Terrell County20.4-0.4 pts
31Crisp County20.2+0.6 pts
32Clinch County20.1+1.5 pts
33Dodge County19.9-2.6 pts
34Jefferson County19.8+1.3 pts
35Baker County19.7-1.8 pts
36Decatur County19.6-0.4 pts
37Macon County19.3-3.5 pts
38Warren County19.3-3 pts
39Wilkinson County19.3-2.8 pts
40Taylor County19.3-2.9 pts
41Tattnall County18.9-0.6 pts
42Burke County18.7-0.1 pts
42Ware County18.7-0.5 pts
44Sumter County18.7-0.9 pts
45Baldwin County18.3-2 pts
46Glynn County18.3-1.1 pts
47Dade County18.1+1.5 pts
48Brooks County17.7-0.6 pts
49Richmond County17.7-1.4 pts
50Franklin County17.5-1 pts
51Talbot County17.3-0.2 pts
52Emanuel County17.2-0.1 pts
53Montgomery County17.2-2.8 pts
54Worth County17+1.7 pts
55Early County17-1.1 pts
56Oglethorpe County16.9-1.8 pts
57Treutlen County16.8+3.8 pts
58Bibb County16.7-0.2 pts
59Lanier County16.5-0.2 pts
60Hart County16.4-2.6 pts
60Washington County16.40 pts
62Marion County16.3-0.4 pts
63Appling County16.2-1.3 pts
64Turner County16.1+0.2 pts
65Chattooga County15.9-0.1 pts
66Stewart County15.9-1 pts
67Cook County15.8+1.3 pts
68Laurens County15.7-1.9 pts
69Dougherty County15.70 pts
70Dooly County15.6-2.7 pts
71Bleckley County15.6-2.6 pts
72Echols County15.5-2.5 pts
73Crawford County15.4-0.5 pts
74Irwin County15+4 pts
75Stephens County14.8-1.9 pts
76Upson County14.8-1.3 pts
77Meriwether County14.6-0.7 pts
78McDuffie County14.3+2 pts
79Jeff Davis County14.3-1.5 pts
80Toombs County14-2.2 pts
81Lumpkin County13.8-0.8 pts
82Pickens County13.7-0.7 pts
83Mitchell County13.5+1.9 pts
83Peach County13.5-1.6 pts
85Colquitt County13.4+0.5 pts
86Liberty County13.3-0.8 pts
87Evans County13.3-3.8 pts
88Grady County13.20 pts
89DeKalb County13.2-0.2 pts
90Schley County13.1-4.9 pts
91Ben Hill County13+1 pts
91Berrien County13-1.7 pts
93Bacon County13-3.9 pts
94Wayne County12.9+0.7 pts
95Chatham County12.5+0.2 pts
96Coffee County12.3+0.2 pts
97Habersham County12.2-2.4 pts
98Tift County11.9+0.4 pts
99Thomas County11.6-0.8 pts
100Muscogee County11.5-0.2 pts
101Harris County11.4-1.5 pts
102Charlton County11.4-1.9 pts
103Walker County11.2+0.1 pts
104Elbert County11.1-0.9 pts
105Candler County11+0.9 pts
105Pierce County11-0.4 pts
107Dawson County10.9-2.5 pts
108Columbia County10.6-3.2 pts
109Heard County10.6+1.1 pts
110Lowndes County10.4-0.3 pts
111Madison County10.3-1.6 pts
112Long County10.2-1.5 pts
113Floyd County9.9-0.1 pts
114Miller County9.9-3 pts
115Bulloch County9.7-0.2 pts
116Bartow County9.7+0.1 pts
117Troup County9.7-0.7 pts
118Johnson County9.6+0.2 pts
119Gordon County9.4-0.8 pts
120Lamar County9.3-0.2 pts
121Jasper County9.2-0.7 pts
122Jones County9.2+0.8 pts
123Hall County9.1-1 pts
124Morgan County9-1.4 pts
125Pike County8.9-1.5 pts
126Monroe County8.8+0.6 pts
127Fulton County8.8+0.3 pts
128Atkinson County8.7-0.4 pts
129Houston County8.6-0.5 pts
130Polk County8.5-1.5 pts
131Haralson County8.4-0.1 pts
132Camden County8.4-1 pts
133Banks County8.3+0.4 pts
134Clayton County8.3+0.3 pts
135Butts County8-1.2 pts
136Carroll County7.8+0.2 pts
136Spalding County7.8+1.4 pts
138Jackson County7.6-0.6 pts
139Bryan County7.5-1.1 pts
140Whitfield County7.5-1 pts
141Douglas County7.3+0.3 pts
142Catoosa County6.7-0.8 pts
143Effingham County6.4-0.4 pts
144Murray County6.1+0.5 pts
145Clarke County6+1.1 pts
146Cobb County5.90 pts
147Lee County5.6-1.4 pts
148Newton County5.5+0.2 pts
149Henry County5.2-0.2 pts
150Coweta County4.9-0 pts
151Paulding County4.9+0.2 pts
151Rockdale County4.9-0.3 pts
153Cherokee County4.6-0 pts
154Walton County4.60 pts
155Barrow County4.5-0.4 pts
156Oconee County4.4+0.1 pts
157Gwinnett County4.1+0.1 pts
158Fayette County4-0.8 pts
159Forsyth County3.8-0.4 pts

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Vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Georgia by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Georgia by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/georgia-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Georgia by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/georgia-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Georgia by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/georgia-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)?

Hancock County, with 41.2% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Forsyth County, with 3.8% in 2024.

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