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

Chautauqua County had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 105 counties in 2021, at 35.1%. Johnson County had the lowest, at 4.4%. The median was 16.4% and the figure for Kansas was 10.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest35.1Chautauqua County
Lowest4.4Johnson County
Median16.4105 counties
Kansas10.4History

Map of counties, 2021

Allen County: 18.3 %Anderson County: 11.6 %Atchison County: 14.1 %Barber County: 27.9 %Barton County: 18.2 %Bourbon County: 15.2 %Brown County: 18.7 %Butler County: 8.3 %Chase County: 24.6 %Chautauqua County: 35.1 %Cherokee County: 17.9 %Cheyenne County: 16.4 %Clark County: 20.8 %Clay County: 8.5 %Cloud County: 19.6 %Coffey County: 11.7 %Comanche County: 18.5 %Cowley County: 16.6 %Crawford County: 13.8 %Decatur County: 21.6 %Dickinson County: 12.8 %Doniphan County: 17.6 %Douglas County: 5.9 %Edwards County: 19.5 %Elk County: 34.2 %Ellis County: 9.7 %Ellsworth County: 25.8 %Finney County: 8.2 %Ford County: 7.5 %Franklin County: 10.1 %Geary County: 15.3 %Gove County: 10.7 %Graham County: 17.6 %Grant County: 15.6 %Gray County: 12.4 %Greeley County: 13.8 %Greenwood County: 31.4 %Hamilton County: 25.5 %Harper County: 27.8 %Harvey County: 9 %Haskell County: 14.2 %Hodgeman County: 16.3 %Jackson County: 7.2 %Jefferson County: 8.8 %Jewell County: 31 %Johnson County: 4.4 %Kearny County: 17.2 %Kingman County: 13.3 %Kiowa County: 20.7 %Labette County: 18 %Lane County: 24.9 %Leavenworth County: 7.4 %Lincoln County: 28.5 %Linn County: 20 %Logan County: 16.1 %Lyon County: 11.8 %McPherson County: 6.6 %Marion County: 19.2 %Marshall County: 15.1 %Meade County: 13.9 %Miami County: 6.3 %Mitchell County: 22.3 %Montgomery County: 18.4 %Morris County: 24.1 %Morton County: 29.7 %Nemaha County: 11.7 %Neosho County: 14.5 %Ness County: 23.5 %Norton County: 26.4 %Osage County: 13 %Osborne County: 22.8 %Ottawa County: 12 %Pawnee County: 22.9 %Phillips County: 22.2 %Pottawatomie County: 10.1 %Pratt County: 16.5 %Rawlins County: 14.7 %Reno County: 11.6 %Republic County: 23 %Rice County: 14.4 %Riley County: 13 %Rooks County: 20.6 %Rush County: 21.3 %Russell County: 20.8 %Saline County: 8.5 %Scott County: 5.4 %Sedgwick County: 9.7 %Seward County: 12.2 %Shawnee County: 8.1 %Sheridan County: 13.7 %Sherman County: 24.5 %Smith County: 25.8 %Stafford County: 25.5 %Stanton County: 17.3 %Stevens County: 21.5 %Sumner County: 13.8 %Thomas County: 11.3 %Trego County: 22.1 %Wabaunsee County: 19 %Wallace County: 13 %Washington County: 17.1 %Wichita County: 11.7 %Wilson County: 23.1 %Woodson County: 33.3 %Wyandotte County: 10.9 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Chautauqua County: 35.1 %Chautauqua County35.1Elk County: 34.2 %Elk County34.2Woodson County: 33.3 %Woodson County33.3Greenwood County: 31.4 %Greenwood County31.4Jewell County: 31 %Jewell County31Morton County: 29.7 %Morton County29.7Lincoln County: 28.5 %Lincoln County28.5Barber County: 27.9 %Barber County27.9Harper County: 27.8 %Harper County27.8Norton County: 26.4 %Norton County26.4Smith County: 25.8 %Smith County25.8Ellsworth County: 25.8 %Ellsworth County25.8Hamilton County: 25.5 %Hamilton County25.5Stafford County: 25.5 %Stafford County25.5Lane County: 24.9 %Lane County24.9Chase County: 24.6 %Chase County24.6Sherman County: 24.5 %Sherman County24.5Morris County: 24.1 %Morris County24.1Ness County: 23.5 %Ness County23.5Wilson County: 23.1 %Wilson County23.1Republic County: 23 %Republic County23Pawnee County: 22.9 %Pawnee County22.9Osborne County: 22.8 %Osborne County22.8Mitchell County: 22.3 %Mitchell County22.3Phillips County: 22.2 %Phillips County22.2Trego County: 22.1 %Trego County22.1Decatur County: 21.6 %Decatur County21.6Stevens County: 21.5 %Stevens County21.5Rush County: 21.3 %Rush County21.3Clark County: 20.8 %Clark County20.8Russell County: 20.8 %Russell County20.8Kiowa County: 20.7 %Kiowa County20.7Rooks County: 20.6 %Rooks County20.6Linn County: 20 %Linn County20Cloud County: 19.6 %Cloud County19.6Edwards County: 19.5 %Edwards County19.5Marion County: 19.2 %Marion County19.2Wabaunsee County: 19 %Wabaunsee County19Brown County: 18.7 %Brown County18.7Comanche County: 18.5 %Comanche County18.5Chautauqua County: 35.1 %Chautauqua County35.1Elk County: 34.2 %Elk County34.2Woodson County: 33.3 %Woodson County33.3Greenwood County: 31.4 %Greenwood County31.4Jewell County: 31 %Jewell County31Morton County: 29.7 %Morton County29.7Lincoln County: 28.5 %Lincoln County28.5Barber County: 27.9 %Barber County27.9Harper County: 27.8 %Harper County27.8Norton County: 26.4 %Norton County26.4Smith County: 25.8 %Smith County25.8Ellsworth County: 25.8 %Ellsworth County25.8Hamilton County: 25.5 %Hamilton County25.5Stafford County: 25.5 %Stafford County25.5Lane County: 24.9 %Lane County24.9Chase County: 24.6 %Chase County24.6Sherman County: 24.5 %Sherman County24.5Morris County: 24.1 %Morris County24.1Ness County: 23.5 %Ness County23.5Wilson County: 23.1 %Wilson County23.1Republic County: 23 %Republic County23Pawnee County: 22.9 %Pawnee County22.9Osborne County: 22.8 %Osborne County22.8Mitchell County: 22.3 %Mitchell County22.3Phillips County: 22.2 %Phillips County22.2Trego County: 22.1 %Trego County22.1Decatur County: 21.6 %Decatur County21.6Stevens County: 21.5 %Stevens County21.5Rush County: 21.3 %Rush County21.3Clark County: 20.8 %Clark County20.8Russell County: 20.8 %Russell County20.8Kiowa County: 20.7 %Kiowa County20.7Rooks County: 20.6 %Rooks County20.6Linn County: 20 %Linn County20Cloud County: 19.6 %Cloud County19.6Edwards County: 19.5 %Edwards County19.5Marion County: 19.2 %Marion County19.2Wabaunsee County: 19 %Wabaunsee County19Brown County: 18.7 %Brown County18.7Comanche County: 18.5 %Comanche County18.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Chautauqua County35.1
2Elk County34.2
3Woodson County33.3
4Greenwood County31.4
5Jewell County31
6Morton County29.7
7Lincoln County28.5
8Barber County27.9
9Harper County27.8
10Norton County26.4
11Smith County25.8
12Ellsworth County25.8
13Hamilton County25.5
14Stafford County25.5
15Lane County24.9
16Chase County24.6
17Sherman County24.5
18Morris County24.1
19Ness County23.5
20Wilson County23.1
21Republic County23
22Pawnee County22.9
23Osborne County22.8
24Mitchell County22.3
25Phillips County22.2
26Trego County22.1
27Decatur County21.6
28Stevens County21.5
29Rush County21.3
30Clark County20.8
30Russell County20.8
32Kiowa County20.7
33Rooks County20.6
34Linn County20
35Cloud County19.6
36Edwards County19.5
37Marion County19.2
38Wabaunsee County19
39Brown County18.7
40Comanche County18.5
41Montgomery County18.4
42Allen County18.3
43Barton County18.2
44Labette County18
45Cherokee County17.9
46Doniphan County17.6
47Graham County17.6
48Stanton County17.3
49Kearny County17.2
50Washington County17.1
51Cowley County16.6
52Pratt County16.5
53Cheyenne County16.4
54Hodgeman County16.3
55Logan County16.1
56Grant County15.6
57Geary County15.3
58Bourbon County15.2
59Marshall County15.1
60Rawlins County14.7
61Neosho County14.5
62Rice County14.4
63Haskell County14.2
64Atchison County14.1
65Meade County13.9
66Greeley County13.8
67Crawford County13.8
67Sumner County13.8
69Sheridan County13.7
70Kingman County13.3
71Riley County13
72Wallace County13
73Osage County13
74Dickinson County12.8
75Gray County12.4
76Seward County12.2
77Ottawa County12
78Lyon County11.8
79Wichita County11.7
80Coffey County11.7
80Nemaha County11.7
82Reno County11.6
83Anderson County11.6
84Thomas County11.3
85Wyandotte County10.9
86Gove County10.7
87Franklin County10.1
88Pottawatomie County10.1
89Sedgwick County9.7
90Ellis County9.7
91Harvey County9
92Jefferson County8.8
93Clay County8.5
93Saline County8.5
95Butler County8.3
96Finney County8.2
97Shawnee County8.1
98Ford County7.5
99Leavenworth County7.4
100Jackson County7.2
101McPherson County6.6
102Miami County6.3
103Douglas County5.9
104Scott County5.4
105Johnson County4.4

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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 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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 Kansas by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 Kansas by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/kansas-counties?period=2021. 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 Kansas by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/kansas-counties?period=2021.

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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 Kansas by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/kansas-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Chautauqua County, with 35.1% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Johnson County, with 4.4% in 2021.

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