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US counties by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2024

Lake and Peninsula Borough had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 3144 counties in 2024, at 75.8%. Fairfax city had the lowest, at 1.7%. The median was 14% and the figure for the United States was 10.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest75.8Lake and Peninsula Borough
Lowest1.7Fairfax city
Median143144 counties
United States10.1History

Top 40 counties, 2024

Lake and Peninsula Borough: 75.8 %Lake and Peninsula Borough75.8Daggett County: 75.2 %Daggett County75.2Rich County: 72.6 %Rich County72.6Forest County: 72.3 %Forest County72.3Alpine County: 72.1 %Alpine County72.1Hamilton County: 69.4 %Hamilton County69.4Mineral County: 67.3 %Mineral County67.3Valley County: 66.5 %Valley County66.5Bristol Bay Borough: 63.5 %Bristol Bay Borough63.5Kalawao County: 62.6 %Kalawao County62.6Hinsdale County: 62 %Hinsdale County62Lake County: 61.4 %Lake County61.4Summit County: 61.1 %Summit County61.1Nantucket County: 58.3 %Nantucket County58.3Mono County: 58 %Mono County58Worcester County: 57.6 %Worcester County57.6Dukes County: 57.5 %Dukes County57.5Grand County: 57.1 %Grand County57.1Kenedy County: 56.7 %Kenedy County56.7Denali Borough: 56.6 %Denali Borough56.6Cook County: 55.4 %Cook County55.4Camden County: 55.3 %Camden County55.3Vilas County: 55.2 %Vilas County55.2Cape May County: 54.9 %Cape May County54.9Sullivan County: 54.3 %Sullivan County54.3Forest County: 54 %Forest County54Pocahontas County: 53.5 %Pocahontas County53.5Burnett County: 53.3 %Burnett County53.3Florence County: 52.6 %Florence County52.6Dare County: 52.3 %Dare County52.3Avery County: 52.2 %Avery County52.2Mackinac County: 50.9 %Mackinac County50.9Oscoda County: 50.9 %Oscoda County50.9Keweenaw County: 50.8 %Keweenaw County50.8Copper River Census Area: 50.6 %Copper River Census Area50.6Edwards County: 50.4 %Edwards County50.4Roscommon County: 50.1 %Roscommon County50.1Aitkin County: 49.3 %Aitkin County49.3Alcona County: 48.6 %Alcona County48.6Cimarron County: 48.2 %Cimarron County48.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Lake and Peninsula Borough75.8-0.5 pts
2Daggett County75.2-2.1 pts
3Rich County72.6-2 pts
4Forest County72.3+0.2 pts
5Alpine County72.1+1.9 pts
6Hamilton County69.4-3.9 pts
7Mineral County67.3+2 pts
8Valley County66.5-3.5 pts
9Bristol Bay Borough63.5-2.4 pts
10Kalawao County62.6-14.2 pts
11Hinsdale County62-3.9 pts
12Lake County61.4-1.9 pts
13Summit County61.1-0.1 pts
14Nantucket County58.3-1.2 pts
15Mono County58-1.5 pts
16Worcester County57.6-0.3 pts
17Dukes County57.5-1 pts
18Grand County57.1-5 pts
19Kenedy County56.7-18.7 pts
20Denali Borough56.6-2.6 pts
21Cook County55.4+0.2 pts
22Camden County55.3-1.6 pts
23Vilas County55.2-0.9 pts
24Cape May County54.9-0.5 pts
25Sullivan County54.3-0.4 pts
26Forest County54-0.5 pts
27Pocahontas County53.5-1.4 pts
28Burnett County53.3-0.4 pts
29Florence County52.6-2.1 pts
30Dare County52.3-0.4 pts
31Avery County52.2-1.1 pts
32Mackinac County50.9-0.6 pts
33Oscoda County50.9-1.7 pts
34Keweenaw County50.8-1.7 pts
35Copper River Census Area50.6-5.3 pts
36Edwards County50.4+2.9 pts
37Roscommon County50.1-0.4 pts
38Aitkin County49.3-1.8 pts
39Alcona County48.6-2 pts
40Cimarron County48.2-0.4 pts
40Yakutat City and Borough48.2+1.2 pts
42Lake of the Woods County48-3.8 pts
43Catron County47.5-3.1 pts
44Cass County47.4-0 pts
45Camas County47.4-3.8 pts
46Hoonah-Angoon Census Area47.3+0.3 pts
47Fremont County47.2-0.9 pts
48Highland County46.2+0.7 pts
49Kane County46.2-2.9 pts
50Calhoun County46.1-0.7 pts
51Plumas County46-0.4 pts
52Carroll County46+1 pts
53San Juan County45.9-3.8 pts
54Sawyer County45.8-1.3 pts
55Montmorency County44.9-1.7 pts
56Bayfield County44.3+0.5 pts
57Iron County44.1-2.9 pts
58Colfax County44.1+0.6 pts
59Adams County44-0.5 pts
59Lincoln County44-3.2 pts
61Walton County43.9-0.6 pts
62Loup County43.9+1.9 pts
63Potter County43.6-1.8 pts
64Garfield County43.6+0.1 pts
65Bath County43.6-3 pts
66Tensas Parish43.5+1.6 pts
67Cameron County43.5+0.1 pts
68Bear Lake County43.3+1.9 pts
69Oneida County43.2-2.2 pts
70Alger County43.2-0.6 pts
71Clare County43.1-1.5 pts
72Essex County43-1.5 pts
73Piscataquis County42.9-1.8 pts
74Morgan County42.7-3.3 pts
75Sierra County42.5-0 pts
76Concho County42.4+2.2 pts
77Harding County42.30 pts
78Custer County42.3-1.4 pts
79Franklin County42.2+0.2 pts
80Real County42.2-2 pts
81Granite County41.8-5.4 pts
82Cameron Parish41.7+0.7 pts
83Iosco County41.6-1.1 pts
84Madison County41.5-0.7 pts
85Dillingham Census Area41.5-1.2 pts
86King County41.3+2.1 pts
87Hancock County41.2-1.1 pts
88Washburn County41.1-0.2 pts
89Kent County41.1-2.3 pts
90Grand Isle County41-0.9 pts
91Garfield County40.8-4.6 pts
92Summit County40.8-4 pts
93Jackson County40.6-4.5 pts
94McMullen County40.5-7.9 pts
95Franklin County40.3-0.6 pts
96Archuleta County39.9+0.7 pts
97Ontonagon County39.9-3.5 pts
98Crawford County39.7-1.8 pts
99Luce County39.6-1.5 pts
100Quitman County39.6-5.9 pts
101Pike County39.6-0.3 pts
102Sabine County39.6-2.1 pts
103Price County39.6+0.4 pts
104Donley County39.5+1.2 pts
105Iron County39.4-1.4 pts
106Hubbard County39.3-0.5 pts
107Tucker County39+0.2 pts
107Wheeler County39-1.5 pts
109San Augustine County38.9+1.8 pts
110Ogemaw County38.9-1.6 pts
111Clark County38.8-4.2 pts
112Leelanau County38.8-0.8 pts
113Carteret County38.7-0.8 pts
114Door County38.7-1.4 pts
115Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area38.4-3.1 pts
116Keya Paha County38.2+4.3 pts
117Boyd County38.2+3.5 pts
118Custer County38.1-0.8 pts
119Cottle County38-3.3 pts
120Rabun County37.9-3.5 pts
121Tillamook County37.9-0.2 pts
122Clay County37.9-1.2 pts
123Pope County37.8-2.2 pts
124Dickinson County37.7-0.7 pts
125Northumberland County37.6-2 pts
126Benzie County37.5-1.5 pts
127Antrim County37.40 pts
128Motley County37.3+1.1 pts
129Cheboygan County37.3-2.1 pts
129Hancock County37.3-1 pts
131Monroe County37.3+0.9 pts
132Sullivan County37.1-2 pts
133Benton County36.9-2.9 pts
134Jeff Davis County36.9-6 pts
135Boise County36.8-0.1 pts
135Dickens County36.8-1.4 pts
137Putnam County36.8+2.7 pts
138Pendleton County36.6-1.4 pts
139Taliaferro County36.6+2 pts
140Gulf County36.5-0.1 pts
141Harlan County36.5-0 pts
142Watauga County36.5+0.6 pts
143Barnstable County36.4-1.5 pts
144Nelson County36.3+1.4 pts
145Eureka County36.3-2 pts
146Piute County36.1-0.3 pts
147Delaware County36.1-0.8 pts
148Park County36.1-5.1 pts
149Meagher County36.1-2.5 pts
150Ottawa County36-1.1 pts
151Sabine Parish35.9-1.8 pts
152Essex County35.9-0.8 pts
153Greene County35.8-1.6 pts
154Menominee County35.7-2.1 pts
155Fannin County35.7-1.6 pts
156San Juan County35.6-0.4 pts
157Pickett County35.5-1.9 pts
158Marinette County35.4-1.1 pts
159Grant County35.2+0.5 pts
160Alexander County35.2-3.2 pts
160Huerfano County35.2-5.1 pts
162Stonewall County35.2+0.1 pts
163Wayne County35.1-1.5 pts
164Daniels County35.1-1.5 pts
165Eagle County35-2.5 pts
166De Baca County34.9-2.7 pts
167Blaine County34.9-2.8 pts
168Briscoe County34.9-3.5 pts
169Washington County34.7-0.8 pts
170Schoolcraft County34.7-1.1 pts
171Haines Borough34.7-1.2 pts
172McIntosh County34.6-1.3 pts
173Blaine County34.6-0.4 pts
174Oxford County34.5-0.7 pts
175Accomack County34.5-0.2 pts
176La Paz County34.5-0.4 pts
177Windham County34.5-0.2 pts
178Collingsworth County34.4-1.2 pts
179Hyde County34.3+1.1 pts
180Hickory County34.3-2.9 pts
180Routt County34.3-2.9 pts
182Borden County34+1.9 pts
183Webster County33.9-1.7 pts
184Hardin County33.9-1.2 pts
185Dixie County33.9-0.7 pts
185Stone County33.9-1.2 pts
187Lincoln County33.8+0.1 pts
188Gladwin County33.8-1.2 pts
189Hidalgo County33.8+1.4 pts
190Oceana County33.7-0.8 pts
191Chattahoochee County33.7-0.9 pts
191Jackson County33.70 pts
193Childress County33.7+7.8 pts
194Lafayette County33.7-1.2 pts
194Wheeler County33.7-2.8 pts
196Alleghany County33.7-1.2 pts
196Lake County33.7+1.6 pts
196Sierra County33.7+0.2 pts
199Burke County33.6-0 pts
200Adams County33.6-0.7 pts
201Knox County33.5-3.9 pts
202Northwest Arctic Borough33.5-0.3 pts
203Lafayette County33.5-1.5 pts
204Calaveras County33.4-1.7 pts
205Kalkaska County33.4-0.4 pts
205Wayne County33.4-3.3 pts
207Middlesex County33.3-0.4 pts
208Garza County33.2+1.6 pts
209Elk County33+4.6 pts
210Cleburne County32.8-0.3 pts
211Manistee County32.8-1.2 pts
212Hall County32.8-1 pts
213Gogebic County32.8+0.4 pts
213Pacific County32.8-0.9 pts
215Graham County32.8-4.1 pts
216Glades County32.7+1.7 pts
216Towns County32.7-0.5 pts
218Mora County32.7+0.4 pts
219Garrett County32.5+0.2 pts
219Reynolds County32.5-0.8 pts
221Belknap County32.5-0.1 pts
222Skagway Municipality32.4+1.2 pts
223Bottineau County32.4+0.3 pts
224Macon County32.4-0.8 pts
225Beaver County32.3+1 pts
226Searcy County32.3-3.1 pts
227Marshall County32.3-2.5 pts
227Montgomery County32.3+0.9 pts
229Clay County32.2+0.3 pts
229Sullivan County32.2-0.5 pts
231Marshall County32.2-0 pts
232Coos County32.2-0.7 pts
233Costilla County32.1-2.8 pts
234Presque Isle County32.1-3.8 pts
235Gunnison County32.1-3.9 pts
236Baraga County32-2.2 pts
236Woodson County32-1.4 pts
238Hardeman County32+1.5 pts
238Potter County32-3 pts
240Pulaski County32-2.6 pts
241Missaukee County31.9-1.8 pts
242Menard County31.9-4.5 pts
243Llano County31.8-2.6 pts
244Sully County31.8+0.5 pts
245Coleman County31.8-2.3 pts
246Jim Hogg County31.7-5.1 pts
247Hampshire County31.6-2 pts
248Sevier County31.6-0.6 pts
249Union County31.6+3.5 pts
250Mercer County31.6-0.9 pts

Showing the top 250 of 3144. The Excel download has every row.

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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.

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.

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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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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US counties 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/us-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Lake and Peninsula Borough, with 75.8% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Fairfax city, with 1.7% in 2024.

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