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Highest housing vacancy, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of housing units that are vacant (2024 ACS). This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS 2010

01Dare County, NCNC38,24552.3%−0.9 pts

02Avery County, NCNC18,11052.2%+4.8 pts

03Carteret County, NCNC70,46938.7%−1.0 pts

04Watauga County, NCNC54,78636.4%+5.3 pts

05Hyde County, NCNC4,55434.3%−6.0 pts

06Jackson County, NCNC45,03933.7%−3.1 pts

07Alleghany County, NCNC11,47933.7%−3.0 pts

08Graham County, NCNC8,19032.7%−2.3 pts

09Macon County, NCNC39,23232.4%−3.5 pts

10Clay County, NCNC12,23932.2%−2.9 pts

11Currituck County, NCNC33,15830.6%−3.1 pts

12Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53730.6%+5.9 pts

13Warren County, NCNC18,89830.5%−2.6 pts

14Swain County, NCNC14,02430.3%−2.0 pts

15Brunswick County, NCNC174,70230.2%−8.6 pts

16Ashe County, NCNC27,51429.1%−0.1 pts

17Montgomery County, NCNC26,40329.0%−8.2 pts

18Yancey County, NCNC19,08428.5%−2.7 pts

19Cherokee County, NCNC30,83028.1%−4.6 pts

20Madison County, NCNC22,55326.5%+2.4 pts

21Northampton County, NCNC16,49126.2%−1.3 pts

22Pamlico County, NCNC12,75825.5%−1.2 pts

23Transylvania County, NCNC34,21124.3%−1.5 pts

24Buncombe County, NCNC277,41724.3%+13.8 pts

25Mitchell County, NCNC15,06224.3%+3.7 pts

26Haywood County, NCNC63,36923.7%+1.3 pts

27Bladen County, NCNC30,00722.6%+3.0 pts

28Washington County, NCNC10,63821.5%−2.3 pts

29Beaufort County, NCNC44,67021.0%+3.2 pts

30Pender County, NCNC72,11120.6%−1.9 pts

31Bertie County, NCNC17,08620.5%+4.2 pts

32Perquimans County, NCNC13,49019.4%−2.9 pts

33Rutherford County, NCNC65,74518.7%+1.1 pts

34Polk County, NCNC20,53318.7%−0.0 pts

35Halifax County, NCNC46,53418.0%+1.6 pts

36Vance County, NCNC42,63817.1%−0.0 pts

37Sampson County, NCNC61,50416.4%+4.3 pts

38Caswell County, NCNC22,56316.1%−0.6 pts

39Hertford County, NCNC19,01515.6%+1.3 pts

40Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12115.6%+2.4 pts

41Columbus County, NCNC50,48714.9%−0.9 pts

42Wilkes County, NCNC66,23314.9%+0.2 pts

43Chowan County, NCNC14,08214.7%−3.2 pts

44Richmond County, NCNC42,04114.4%−2.8 pts

45Anson County, NCNC21,75814.1%−2.1 pts

46Martin County, NCNC21,60114.1%−0.2 pts

47Onslow County, NCNC217,17513.8%−0.3 pts

48McDowell County, NCNC45,19813.6%−0.7 pts

49Person County, NCNC40,63613.6%−0.3 pts

50Gates County, NCNC10,23413.2%+0.5 pts

51Lenoir County, NCNC55,83713.1%+0.7 pts

52Yadkin County, NCNC38,32513.0%−0.2 pts

53Greene County, NCNC20,70012.9%−0.4 pts

54Alexander County, NCNC36,95812.9%−2.6 pts

55Scotland County, NCNC33,32212.9%−0.1 pts

56Duplin County, NCNC51,57112.9%−3.0 pts

57New Hanover County, NCNC245,95912.7%−3.2 pts

58Moore County, NCNC110,61912.5%−8.0 pts

59Cleveland County, NCNC103,32512.3%−0.5 pts

60Jones County, NCNC9,57512.2%−2.4 pts

61Robeson County, NCNC119,94112.2%−2.8 pts

62Henderson County, NCNC122,37512.0%−3.1 pts

63Caldwell County, NCNC81,10512.0%−4.0 pts

64Stanly County, NCNC68,83011.8%−5.9 pts

65Craven County, NCNC105,02511.7%+2.4 pts

66Surry County, NCNC72,28711.5%+0.4 pts

67Nash County, NCNC99,36511.4%+1.8 pts

68Wayne County, NCNC122,27811.2%−0.3 pts

69Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20110.9%−0.8 pts

70Wilson County, NCNC81,15010.8%+1.4 pts

71Davie County, NCNC45,85510.6%−1.1 pts

72Franklin County, NCNC82,03710.2%−1.5 pts

73Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72510.1%+1.8 pts

74Burke County, NCNC88,65510.0%−3.9 pts

75Pitt County, NCNC182,9369.8%−2.5 pts

76Cumberland County, NCNC338,4739.8%−2.2 pts

77Rockingham County, NCNC94,1959.7%−3.2 pts

78Catawba County, NCNC170,1729.4%−2.7 pts

79Rowan County, NCNC155,0969.4%−2.0 pts

80Granville County, NCNC61,4219.3%−1.5 pts

81Iredell County, NCNC211,7989.3%−3.9 pts

82Harnett County, NCNC150,1379.2%−4.9 pts

83Alamance County, NCNC186,1779.1%−0.4 pts

84Stokes County, NCNC46,1269.1%−4.1 pts

85Forsyth County, NCNC401,7188.9%−2.4 pts

86Orange County, NCNC152,4988.8%−0.0 pts

87Davidson County, NCNC180,1828.6%−1.2 pts

88Randolph County, NCNC149,5168.2%−1.0 pts

89Chatham County, NCNC85,1118.1%−2.2 pts

90Gaston County, NCNC246,5588.0%−3.7 pts

91Hoke County, NCNC56,9397.9%−9.3 pts

92Guilford County, NCNC562,2347.7%−3.5 pts

93Lee County, NCNC70,2587.4%−3.8 pts

94Durham County, NCNC347,2407.3%−3.1 pts

95Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3837.3%−2.0 pts

96Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357.2%−1.2 pts

97Lincoln County, NCNC98,6546.8%−3.3 pts

98Camden County, NCNC11,3156.7%−6.2 pts

99Johnston County, NCNC256,4486.2%−3.5 pts

100Union County, NCNC267,6745.2%−1.1 pts

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