Cities in Indiana by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024

Gary, IN had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 88 cities in 2024, at 28%. Greenfield, IN had the lowest, at 0.7%. The median was 6.6% and the figure for Indiana was 8.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest28Gary, IN
Median6.688 cities
Indiana8.8History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Gary, IN: 28 %Gary, IN28East Chicago, IN: 19.6 %East Chicago, IN19.6Connersville, IN: 15.9 %Connersville, IN15.9Peru, IN: 15.7 %Peru, IN15.7Marion, IN: 15.2 %Marion, IN15.2Michigan City, IN: 15.1 %Michigan City, IN15.1New Castle, IN: 14.6 %New Castle, IN14.6Elkhart, IN: 14.6 %Elkhart, IN14.6Richmond, IN: 14.2 %Richmond, IN14.2Muncie, IN: 13.8 %Muncie, IN13.8Madison, IN: 13.8 %Madison, IN13.8South Bend, IN: 13.6 %South Bend, IN13.6Kokomo, IN: 12 %Kokomo, IN12Vincennes, IN: 12 %Vincennes, IN12Terre Haute, IN: 12 %Terre Haute, IN12Anderson, IN: 11.9 %Anderson, IN11.9La Porte, IN: 11.8 %La Porte, IN11.8Martinsville, IN: 11.4 %Martinsville, IN11.4Goshen, IN: 11.3 %Goshen, IN11.3West Lafayette, IN: 10.5 %West Lafayette, IN10.5Cedar Lake, IN: 10.4 %Cedar Lake, IN10.4Evansville, IN: 10.3 %Evansville, IN10.3New Albany, IN: 10.3 %New Albany, IN10.3Bloomington, IN: 10.1 %Bloomington, IN10.1Wabash, IN: 9.9 %Wabash, IN9.9Indianapolis, IN: 9.6 %Indianapolis, IN9.6Washington, IN: 9.4 %Washington, IN9.4Hammond, IN: 9.4 %Hammond, IN9.4Frankfort, IN: 9.1 %Frankfort, IN9.1Mishawaka, IN: 8.7 %Mishawaka, IN8.7Logansport, IN: 8.5 %Logansport, IN8.5Shelbyville, IN: 8.2 %Shelbyville, IN8.2Kendallville, IN: 8.1 %Kendallville, IN8.1Seymour, IN: 7.2 %Seymour, IN7.2Huntington, IN: 7.1 %Huntington, IN7.1Jeffersonville, IN: 7.1 %Jeffersonville, IN7.1Warsaw, IN: 7.1 %Warsaw, IN7.1Bedford, IN: 7 %Bedford, IN7Decatur, IN: 6.9 %Decatur, IN6.9Speedway, IN: 6.9 %Speedway, IN6.9Gary, IN: 28 %Gary, IN28East Chicago, IN: 19.6 %East Chicago, IN19.6Connersville, IN: 15.9 %Connersville, IN15.9Peru, IN: 15.7 %Peru, IN15.7Marion, IN: 15.2 %Marion, IN15.2Michigan City, IN: 15.1 %Michigan City, IN15.1New Castle, IN: 14.6 %New Castle, IN14.6Elkhart, IN: 14.6 %Elkhart, IN14.6Richmond, IN: 14.2 %Richmond, IN14.2Muncie, IN: 13.8 %Muncie, IN13.8Madison, IN: 13.8 %Madison, IN13.8South Bend, IN: 13.6 %South Bend, IN13.6Kokomo, IN: 12 %Kokomo, IN12Vincennes, IN: 12 %Vincennes, IN12Terre Haute, IN: 12 %Terre Haute, IN12Anderson, IN: 11.9 %Anderson, IN11.9La Porte, IN: 11.8 %La Porte, IN11.8Martinsville, IN: 11.4 %Martinsville, IN11.4Goshen, IN: 11.3 %Goshen, IN11.3West Lafayette, IN: 10.5 %West Lafayette, IN10.5Cedar Lake, IN: 10.4 %Cedar Lake, IN10.4Evansville, IN: 10.3 %Evansville, IN10.3New Albany, IN: 10.3 %New Albany, IN10.3Bloomington, IN: 10.1 %Bloomington, IN10.1Wabash, IN: 9.9 %Wabash, IN9.9Indianapolis, IN: 9.6 %Indianapolis, IN9.6Washington, IN: 9.4 %Washington, IN9.4Hammond, IN: 9.4 %Hammond, IN9.4Frankfort, IN: 9.1 %Frankfort, IN9.1Mishawaka, IN: 8.7 %Mishawaka, IN8.7Logansport, IN: 8.5 %Logansport, IN8.5Shelbyville, IN: 8.2 %Shelbyville, IN8.2Kendallville, IN: 8.1 %Kendallville, IN8.1Seymour, IN: 7.2 %Seymour, IN7.2Huntington, IN: 7.1 %Huntington, IN7.1Jeffersonville, IN: 7.1 %Jeffersonville, IN7.1Warsaw, IN: 7.1 %Warsaw, IN7.1Bedford, IN: 7 %Bedford, IN7Decatur, IN: 6.9 %Decatur, IN6.9Speedway, IN: 6.9 %Speedway, IN6.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Gary, IN28+0.3 pts
2East Chicago, IN19.6-0.1 pts
3Connersville, IN15.9+1.1 pts
4Peru, IN15.70 pts
5Marion, IN15.2-0.4 pts
6Michigan City, IN15.1+0.7 pts
7New Castle, IN14.6-1.3 pts
8Elkhart, IN14.6+0.4 pts
9Richmond, IN14.2-1 pts
10Muncie, IN13.8+0.2 pts
11Madison, IN13.8+1.7 pts
12South Bend, IN13.6+0.1 pts
13Kokomo, IN12-0.9 pts
14Vincennes, IN12+0.4 pts
15Terre Haute, IN12-0.7 pts
16Anderson, IN11.9-1.4 pts
17La Porte, IN11.8+1 pts
18Martinsville, IN11.4+0.2 pts
19Goshen, IN11.3+0.8 pts
20West Lafayette, IN10.5-0.5 pts
21Cedar Lake, IN10.4-1.4 pts
22Evansville, IN10.3-0.8 pts
23New Albany, IN10.3-2.1 pts
24Bloomington, IN10.1-1 pts
25Wabash, IN9.9+0.2 pts
26Indianapolis, IN9.6-0.4 pts
27Washington, IN9.4-0.6 pts
28Hammond, IN9.4-0.2 pts
29Frankfort, IN9.1-1 pts
30Mishawaka, IN8.7-0.6 pts
31Logansport, IN8.5-2.2 pts
32Shelbyville, IN8.2-1.4 pts
33Kendallville, IN8.1-1.5 pts
34Seymour, IN7.2-2.2 pts
35Huntington, IN7.1-0.2 pts
36Jeffersonville, IN7.1-2.1 pts
36Warsaw, IN7.10 pts
38Bedford, IN7+0.7 pts
39Decatur, IN6.9-0.5 pts
40Speedway, IN6.9-0.1 pts
41Sellersburg, IN6.9-4.2 pts
42Clarksville, IN6.8-1.5 pts
43Plymouth, IN6.7-3.2 pts
44Franklin, IN6.7+0.2 pts
45Hobart, IN6.5-0.1 pts
46Fort Wayne, IN6.5-0.4 pts
47Crawfordsville, IN6.5+0.8 pts
48Beech Grove, IN6.4-0.8 pts
49Mooresville, IN6.2+0.3 pts
50Jasper, IN6.1+0.4 pts
51Valparaiso, IN6.1+0.3 pts
52Carmel, IN6+0.2 pts
53Danville, IN5.9+2.2 pts
54Columbus, IN5.7-0.9 pts
55Noblesville, IN5.4-1 pts
56Portage, IN5.4-0.2 pts
57Lafayette, IN5.4-0.1 pts
58Bluffton, IN5.4-1.4 pts
59Whitestown, IN5.3+0.8 pts
60Columbia City, IN5.2-1.2 pts
61Lake Station, IN5.1-2.1 pts
62Chesterton, IN5+0.6 pts
63Westfield, IN4.8+0.3 pts
64Greenwood, IN4.7-0.7 pts
65Griffith, IN4.6-1.9 pts
66Merrillville, IN4.5-0.6 pts
67Greensburg, IN4.4-2.2 pts
68Auburn, IN4.30 pts
69New Haven, IN4.2-0.4 pts
70Lawrence, IN4.1-1 pts
71Plainfield, IN4.1+0.5 pts
72Highland, IN4-0.4 pts
73Fishers, IN4+0.3 pts
74Brownsburg, IN3.70 pts
75Munster, IN3.5-0.7 pts
76Yorktown, IN3.4-2.6 pts
77Crown Point, IN3.3+1.2 pts
78Schererville, IN3.1+0.2 pts
79Bargersville, IN3.1-1.3 pts
80Lowell, IN2.9-0 pts
81Lebanon, IN2.3-0.6 pts
82Huntertown, IN2.3-1.8 pts
83McCordsville, IN2.2-0.9 pts
84Dyer, IN2.1-0.5 pts
85Zionsville, IN2-0.5 pts
86Avon, IN1.8-1.9 pts
87St. John, IN1.7+0.5 pts
88Greenfield, IN0.7-2.1 pts

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About this ranking

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 cities 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, 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-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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Indiana 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana 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/indiana-cities. 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Indiana 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/indiana-cities.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana 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/indiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Indiana by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/indiana-cities. Publisher attribution: 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, 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-b25002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Gary, IN, with 28% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Greenfield, IN, with 0.7% in 2024.

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