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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%−5.1 pts

02Mono County, CACA12,50558.0%−3.7 pts

03Plumas County, CACA18,58346.0%+11.6 pts

04Sierra County, CACA3,09842.5%+6.1 pts

05Calaveras County, CACA46,60533.4%+1.5 pts

06Modoc County, CACA8,42631.4%+8.9 pts

07Trinity County, CACA15,72031.2%−0.4 pts

08Tuolumne County, CACA53,16028.2%−0.3 pts

09Lassen County, CACA28,11724.4%+5.1 pts

10Mariposa County, CACA16,91823.7%+0.3 pts

11Lake County, CACA67,77221.7%−7.0 pts

12Nevada County, CACA101,91121.1%+0.6 pts

13El Dorado County, CACA192,32319.5%−1.6 pts

14Siskiyou County, CACA42,01317.4%+1.8 pts

15Mendocino County, CACA88,12216.4%+2.4 pts

16Inyo County, CACA18,15815.6%+0.2 pts

17Amador County, CACA41,87615.4%−2.0 pts

18Del Norte County, CACA26,41015.2%+4.3 pts

19Imperial County, CACA181,41114.5%+0.7 pts

20San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36712.9%+0.9 pts

21Humboldt County, CACA131,64712.7%+1.8 pts

22San Francisco County, CACA826,07912.2%+2.4 pts

23Placer County, CACA442,08111.9%−1.5 pts

24Glenn County, CACA28,14111.4%+1.8 pts

25Madera County, CACA167,92711.0%−2.5 pts

26Shasta County, CACA181,64811.0%+1.0 pts

27Napa County, CACA132,94910.8%+1.4 pts

28Riverside County, CACA2,544,91610.8%−4.0 pts

29Butte County, CACA209,21110.2%+0.1 pts

30Tehama County, CACA64,66510.0%−2.1 pts

31Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8529.4%−0.4 pts

32San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0919.3%−4.5 pts

33Monterey County, CACA433,7298.9%−1.1 pts

34Colusa County, CACA21,8368.5%−1.8 pts

35Marin County, CACA253,6948.1%+1.1 pts

36Sonoma County, CACA486,4448.0%−1.2 pts

37San Mateo County, CACA743,5687.9%+2.6 pts

38Kern County, CACA927,0687.2%−3.7 pts

39Tulare County, CACA485,1467.1%−1.5 pts

40Yolo County, CACA224,4107.0%+0.8 pts

41Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656.8%−0.1 pts

42Yuba County, CACA88,6916.6%−6.6 pts

43Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9346.4%+0.3 pts

44San Diego County, CACA3,282,2486.3%−1.7 pts

45Kings County, CACA154,3276.2%+0.5 pts

46Alameda County, CACA1,636,6306.1%−1.8 pts

47Fresno County, CACA1,035,4565.9%−2.7 pts

48San Joaquin County, CACA823,8155.7%−2.2 pts

49Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3915.6%+0.9 pts

50Orange County, CACA3,149,5075.5%−0.0 pts

51Merced County, CACA297,2605.3%−6.1 pts

52Ventura County, CACA830,8515.2%−0.2 pts

53Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4604.6%−3.3 pts

54Solano County, CACA455,3764.4%−4.0 pts

55Sutter County, CACA98,7874.3%−2.4 pts

56Stanislaus County, CACA557,7193.9%−3.8 pts

57San Benito County, CACA70,0823.6%−2.4 pts

58Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0703.5%−3.8 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES