The home vacancy rate is the proportion of the homeowner inventory vacant and for sale at the time of the survey.
The Bureau compiles data from a sampling of approximately 72,000 occupied and vacant housing units across the country and District of Columbia. The bureau also collects information on homeownership vacancies and certain characteristics about housing units, such as the age of household members, family status, race/ethnicity and median family income.
Home Vacancy Rates by State in Q2 2021
| Rank | State | Home vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota | 1.7% |
| 2 | Mississippi | 1.4% |
| 2 | New York | 1.4% |
| 4 | Alabama | 1.3% |
| 5 | Colorado | 1.2% |
| 5 | Louisiana | 1.2% |
| 5 | Texas | 1.2% |
| 8 | District of Columbia | 1.1% |
| 8 | Illinois | 1.1% |
| 8 | Iowa | 1.1% |
| 8 | Maine | 1.1% |
| 8 | Nebraska | 1.1% |
| 8 | New Mexico | 1.1% |
| 14 | Arizona | 1% |
| 14 | Delaware | 1% |
| 14 | Florida | 1% |
| 14 | Kentucky | 1% |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 1% |
| 14 | Wyoming | 1% |
| 20 | Georgia | 0.9% |
| 20 | Massachusetts | 0.9% |
| 20 | South Dakota | 0.9% |
| 20 | Tennessee | 0.9% |
| 24 | Arkansas | 0.8% |
| 24 | California | 0.8% |
| 24 | Indiana | 0.8% |
| 24 | Nevada | 0.8% |
| 24 | North Carolina | 0.8% |
| 24 | Virginia | 0.8% |
| 24 | Washington | 0.8% |
| 31 | Alaska | 0.7% |
| 31 | Idaho | 0.7% |
| 31 | New Hampshire | 0.7% |
| 31 | New Jersey | 0.7% |
| 31 | Rhode Island | 0.7% |
| 31 | South Carolina | 0.7% |
| 31 | Utah | 0.7% |
| 31 | West Virginia | 0.7% |
| 39 | Connecticut | 0.6% |
| 39 | Hawaii | 0.6% |
| 39 | Michigan | 0.6% |
| 39 | Missouri | 0.6% |
| 39 | Montana | 0.6% |
| 39 | Oregon | 0.6% |
| 45 | Kansas | 0.5% |
| 45 | Maryland | 0.5% |
| 45 | Minnesota | 0.5% |
| 45 | Pennsylvania | 0.5% |
| 49 | Ohio | 0.4% |
| 49 | Vermont | 0.4% |
| 51 | Wisconsin | 0.2% |
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