Vacant housing units
Homes and apartments that nobody lives in, including vacation homes and places for sale or rent. So a high number can mean a resort town or a town that is emptying out.
Reported for3,202areas, in 52 states
Link to density0.69mostly reflects how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.30Moran’s I: only weakly, little map pattern
Typecountcounts rise and fall together from size alone
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
Census ACS 5-year · ACS table B25002_003
Combining areas: added up across areas.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 52 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Vacant housing units and Share foreign-bornWhere Vacant housing units is higher, Share foreign-born tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share foreign-born by US county | +0.43 | +0.35 |
| Vacant housing units and Median gross rentWhere Vacant housing units is higher, Median gross rent tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Median gross rent by US county | +0.43 | +0.31 |
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Vacant housing units and Share White, not HispanicWhere Vacant housing units is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | -0.23 | -0.18 |
| Vacant housing units and Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | +0.04 | +0.02 |
| Vacant housing units and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | +0.11 | +0.06 |
| Vacant housing units and Share Asian, not HispanicWhere Vacant housing units is higher, Share Asian, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | +0.34 | +0.20 |
| Vacant housing units and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | -0.10 | +0.07 |
Highest and lowest, per 1,000 residents
Of 3,202 counties reporting it. This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents, not as published. Ranked by raw totals, it would just list the largest counties in the country. Its link to population is 0.69, so the raw order would match almost every other count here. The published totals are in the table on each place page.
Highest
- Kalawao County, HI — 1697.67 (73 total)
- Daggett County, UT — 1195.45 (893 total)
- Hamilton County, NY — 1133.28 (5,782 total)
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK — 1025.82 (1,033 total)
- Mineral County, CO — 1022.53 (817 total)
Lowest
- Kendall County, IL — 9.25 (1,249 total)
- Loudoun County, VA — 9.32 (3,981 total)
- Scott County, MN — 9.47 (1,449 total)
- Somerset County, NJ — 9.74 (3,372 total)
- Davis County, UT — 10.65 (3,907 total)
The middle area reports 68.23. The middle half of counties falls between 41.55 and 107.53 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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