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

All 99 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/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dickinson County | 37.7 |
| 2 | Ringgold County | 29.1 |
| 3 | Allamakee County | 23.3 |
| 4 | Guthrie County | 20.8 |
| 5 | Adams County | 18.5 |
| 6 | Pocahontas County | 17.8 |
| 7 | Appanoose County | 17.6 |
| 8 | Van Buren County | 17 |
| 9 | Calhoun County | 16.8 |
| 10 | Palo Alto County | 16.6 |
| 11 | Decatur County | 16.5 |
| 12 | Sac County | 15.9 |
| 13 | Monroe County | 15.5 |
| 14 | Wayne County | 15 |
| 15 | Wright County | 14.7 |
| 16 | Clayton County | 14.6 |
| 17 | Cerro Gordo County | 14.3 |
| 18 | Taylor County | 13.9 |
| 19 | Poweshiek County | 13.1 |
| 20 | Howard County | 12.7 |
| 21 | Keokuk County | 12.5 |
| 22 | Hardin County | 12.2 |
| 23 | Mills County | 12.1 |
| 24 | Union County | 11.6 |
| 25 | Tama County | 11.5 |
| 26 | O'Brien County | 11.5 |
| 27 | Davis County | 11.4 |
| 28 | Monona County | 11.3 |
| 29 | Jackson County | 11.2 |
| 30 | Wapello County | 11 |
| 31 | Floyd County | 11 |
| 32 | Butler County | 10.8 |
| 33 | Clay County | 10.7 |
| 34 | Page County | 10.7 |
| 35 | Louisa County | 10.6 |
| 36 | Fayette County | 10.5 |
| 37 | Shelby County | 10.3 |
| 38 | Mahaska County | 10.1 |
| 39 | Emmet County | 10.1 |
| 40 | Webster County | 10 |
| 41 | Clarke County | 10 |
| 42 | Franklin County | 9.9 |
| 42 | Winneshiek County | 9.9 |
| 44 | Chickasaw County | 9.8 |
| 45 | Delaware County | 9.8 |
| 46 | Jefferson County | 9.8 |
| 47 | Fremont County | 9.7 |
| 48 | Clinton County | 9.6 |
| 49 | Henry County | 9.5 |
| 50 | Ida County | 9.5 |
| 51 | Lee County | 9.3 |
| 52 | Adair County | 9.3 |
| 53 | Cherokee County | 9.2 |
| 54 | Greene County | 9.2 |
| 54 | Kossuth County | 9.2 |
| 56 | Boone County | 9.2 |
| 57 | Harrison County | 9.1 |
| 58 | Buena Vista County | 9 |
| 59 | Lucas County | 9 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 8.7 |
| 61 | Des Moines County | 8.6 |
| 62 | Hamilton County | 8.6 |
| 63 | Cass County | 8.6 |
| 63 | Winnebago County | 8.6 |
| 65 | Worth County | 8.5 |
| 66 | Marshall County | 8.5 |
| 67 | Montgomery County | 8.4 |
| 68 | Humboldt County | 8.3 |
| 69 | Benton County | 8.2 |
| 69 | Bremer County | 8.2 |
| 71 | Cedar County | 8.2 |
| 72 | Osceola County | 8.2 |
| 73 | Lyon County | 8 |
| 74 | Carroll County | 7.9 |
| 75 | Crawford County | 7.8 |
| 76 | Jones County | 7.8 |
| 77 | Buchanan County | 7.8 |
| 78 | Jasper County | 7.6 |
| 79 | Black Hawk County | 7.5 |
| 80 | Marion County | 7.4 |
| 81 | Linn County | 7.3 |
| 82 | Johnson County | 7.2 |
| 83 | Mitchell County | 7.1 |
| 84 | Story County | 7.1 |
| 85 | Washington County | 7.1 |
| 86 | Audubon County | 7 |
| 87 | Grundy County | 6.9 |
| 88 | Scott County | 6.9 |
| 89 | Iowa County | 6.2 |
| 90 | Woodbury County | 6.2 |
| 91 | Pottawattamie County | 6.1 |
| 92 | Muscatine County | 6 |
| 92 | Polk County | 6 |
| 94 | Madison County | 5.7 |
| 95 | Warren County | 5.7 |
| 96 | Dubuque County | 5.3 |
| 96 | Plymouth County | 5.3 |
| 98 | Dallas County | 5.2 |
| 99 | Sioux County | 4.5 |