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Highest housing vacancy, California counties

California counties ranked by the share of housing units that are vacant (2024 ACS). This list covers the 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS 2010

01Alpine County, CACA1,04372.1%−7%

02Mono County, CACA12,50558.0%−6%

03Plumas County, CACA18,58346.0%+34%

04Sierra County, CACA3,09842.5%+17%

05Calaveras County, CACA46,60533.4%+5%

06Modoc County, CACA8,42631.4%+40%

07Trinity County, CACA15,72031.2%−1%

08Tuolumne County, CACA53,16028.2%−1%

09Lassen County, CACA28,11724.4%+27%

10Mariposa County, CACA16,91823.7%+1%

11Lake County, CACA67,77221.7%−24%

12Nevada County, CACA101,91121.1%+3%

13El Dorado County, CACA192,32319.5%−8%

14Siskiyou County, CACA42,01317.4%+12%

15Mendocino County, CACA88,12216.4%+17%

16Inyo County, CACA18,15815.6%+1%

17Amador County, CACA41,87615.4%−12%

18Del Norte County, CACA26,41015.2%+39%

19Imperial County, CACA181,41114.5%+5%

20San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36712.9%+8%

21Humboldt County, CACA131,64712.7%+16%

22San Francisco County, CACA826,07912.2%+24%

23Placer County, CACA442,08111.9%−11%

24Glenn County, CACA28,14111.4%+19%

25Madera County, CACA167,92711.0%−18%

26Shasta County, CACA181,64811.0%+10%

27Napa County, CACA132,94910.8%+15%

28Riverside County, CACA2,544,91610.8%−27%

29Butte County, CACA209,21110.2%+1%

30Tehama County, CACA64,66510.0%−18%

31Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8529.4%−4%

32San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0919.3%−33%

33Monterey County, CACA433,7298.9%−11%

34Colusa County, CACA21,8368.5%−18%

35Marin County, CACA253,6948.1%+15%

36Sonoma County, CACA486,4448.0%−13%

37San Mateo County, CACA743,5687.9%+50%

38Kern County, CACA927,0687.2%−34%

39Tulare County, CACA485,1467.1%−17%

40Yolo County, CACA224,4107.0%+13%

41Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656.8%−2%

42Yuba County, CACA88,6916.6%−50%

43Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9346.4%+6%

44San Diego County, CACA3,282,2486.3%−21%

45Kings County, CACA154,3276.2%+8%

46Alameda County, CACA1,636,6306.1%−22%

47Fresno County, CACA1,035,4565.9%−31%

48San Joaquin County, CACA823,8155.7%−27%

49Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3915.6%+20%

50Orange County, CACA3,149,5075.5%−0%

51Merced County, CACA297,2605.3%−54%

52Ventura County, CACA830,8515.2%−3%

53Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4604.6%−42%

54Solano County, CACA455,3764.4%−48%

55Sutter County, CACA98,7874.3%−35%

56Stanislaus County, CACA557,7193.9%−49%

57San Benito County, CACA70,0823.6%−40%

58Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0703.5%−52%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES