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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dare County | 52.3 |
| 2 | Avery County | 52.2 |
| 3 | Carteret County | 38.7 |
| 4 | Watauga County | 36.5 |
| 5 | Hyde County | 34.3 |
| 6 | Jackson County | 33.7 |
| 7 | Alleghany County | 33.7 |
| 8 | Graham County | 32.8 |
| 9 | Macon County | 32.4 |
| 10 | Clay County | 32.2 |
| 11 | Currituck County | 30.7 |
| 12 | Tyrrell County | 30.6 |
| 13 | Warren County | 30.5 |
| 14 | Swain County | 30.3 |
| 15 | Brunswick County | 30.2 |
| 16 | Ashe County | 29.1 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 29 |
| 18 | Yancey County | 28.5 |
| 19 | Cherokee County | 28.1 |
| 20 | Madison County | 26.5 |
| 21 | Northampton County | 26.2 |
| 22 | Pamlico County | 25.5 |
| 23 | Transylvania County | 24.3 |
| 24 | Buncombe County | 24.3 |
| 24 | Mitchell County | 24.3 |
| 26 | Haywood County | 23.7 |
| 27 | Bladen County | 22.7 |
| 28 | Washington County | 21.5 |
| 29 | Beaufort County | 21 |
| 30 | Pender County | 20.6 |
| 31 | Bertie County | 20.5 |
| 32 | Perquimans County | 19.4 |
| 33 | Polk County | 18.7 |
| 33 | Rutherford County | 18.7 |
| 35 | Halifax County | 18.1 |
| 36 | Vance County | 17.2 |
| 37 | Sampson County | 16.4 |
| 38 | Caswell County | 16.1 |
| 39 | Hertford County | 15.6 |
| 40 | Edgecombe County | 15.6 |
| 41 | Columbus County | 14.9 |
| 42 | Wilkes County | 14.9 |
| 43 | Chowan County | 14.7 |
| 44 | Richmond County | 14.4 |
| 45 | Anson County | 14.1 |
| 46 | Martin County | 14.1 |
| 47 | Onslow County | 13.8 |
| 48 | McDowell County | 13.6 |
| 49 | Person County | 13.6 |
| 50 | Gates County | 13.2 |
| 51 | Lenoir County | 13.1 |
| 52 | Yadkin County | 13 |
| 53 | Greene County | 12.9 |
| 54 | Alexander County | 12.9 |
| 55 | Scotland County | 12.9 |
| 56 | Duplin County | 12.9 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 12.7 |
| 58 | Moore County | 12.5 |
| 59 | Cleveland County | 12.3 |
| 60 | Jones County | 12.2 |
| 61 | Robeson County | 12.2 |
| 62 | Henderson County | 12 |
| 63 | Caldwell County | 12 |
| 64 | Stanly County | 11.9 |
| 65 | Craven County | 11.7 |
| 66 | Surry County | 11.5 |
| 67 | Nash County | 11.4 |
| 68 | Wayne County | 11.2 |
| 69 | Pasquotank County | 10.9 |
| 70 | Wilson County | 10.8 |
| 71 | Davie County | 10.6 |
| 72 | Franklin County | 10.2 |
| 73 | Cabarrus County | 10.1 |
| 74 | Burke County | 10 |
| 75 | Pitt County | 9.8 |
| 76 | Cumberland County | 9.8 |
| 77 | Rockingham County | 9.7 |
| 78 | Catawba County | 9.4 |
| 79 | Rowan County | 9.4 |
| 80 | Granville County | 9.3 |
| 80 | Iredell County | 9.3 |
| 82 | Harnett County | 9.2 |
| 83 | Alamance County | 9.1 |
| 84 | Stokes County | 9.1 |
| 85 | Forsyth County | 8.9 |
| 86 | Orange County | 8.8 |
| 87 | Davidson County | 8.6 |
| 88 | Randolph County | 8.2 |
| 89 | Chatham County | 8.1 |
| 90 | Gaston County | 8 |
| 91 | Hoke County | 8 |
| 92 | Guilford County | 7.7 |
| 93 | Lee County | 7.4 |
| 94 | Durham County | 7.3 |
| 95 | Mecklenburg County | 7.3 |
| 96 | Wake County | 7.2 |
| 97 | Lincoln County | 6.8 |
| 98 | Camden County | 6.7 |
| 99 | Johnston County | 6.2 |
| 100 | Union County | 5.2 |