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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%−2%

02Avery County, NCNC18,11052.2%+10%

03Carteret County, NCNC70,46938.7%−2%

04Watauga County, NCNC54,78636.4%+17%

05Hyde County, NCNC4,55434.3%−15%

06Jackson County, NCNC45,03933.7%−9%

07Alleghany County, NCNC11,47933.7%−8%

08Graham County, NCNC8,19032.7%−7%

09Macon County, NCNC39,23232.4%−10%

10Clay County, NCNC12,23932.2%−8%

11Currituck County, NCNC33,15830.6%−9%

12Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53730.6%+24%

13Warren County, NCNC18,89830.5%−8%

14Swain County, NCNC14,02430.3%−6%

15Brunswick County, NCNC174,70230.2%−22%

16Ashe County, NCNC27,51429.1%−0%

17Montgomery County, NCNC26,40329.0%−22%

18Yancey County, NCNC19,08428.5%−9%

19Cherokee County, NCNC30,83028.1%−14%

20Madison County, NCNC22,55326.5%+10%

21Northampton County, NCNC16,49126.2%−5%

22Pamlico County, NCNC12,75825.5%−4%

23Transylvania County, NCNC34,21124.3%−6%

24Buncombe County, NCNC277,41724.3%+133%

25Mitchell County, NCNC15,06224.3%+18%

26Haywood County, NCNC63,36923.7%+6%

27Bladen County, NCNC30,00722.6%+15%

28Washington County, NCNC10,63821.5%−10%

29Beaufort County, NCNC44,67021.0%+18%

30Pender County, NCNC72,11120.6%−9%

31Bertie County, NCNC17,08620.5%+25%

32Perquimans County, NCNC13,49019.4%−13%

33Rutherford County, NCNC65,74518.7%+6%

34Polk County, NCNC20,53318.7%−0%

35Halifax County, NCNC46,53418.0%+10%

36Vance County, NCNC42,63817.1%−0%

37Sampson County, NCNC61,50416.4%+35%

38Caswell County, NCNC22,56316.1%−4%

39Hertford County, NCNC19,01515.6%+9%

40Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12115.6%+18%

41Columbus County, NCNC50,48714.9%−5%

42Wilkes County, NCNC66,23314.9%+1%

43Chowan County, NCNC14,08214.7%−18%

44Richmond County, NCNC42,04114.4%−16%

45Anson County, NCNC21,75814.1%−13%

46Martin County, NCNC21,60114.1%−1%

47Onslow County, NCNC217,17513.8%−2%

48McDowell County, NCNC45,19813.6%−5%

49Person County, NCNC40,63613.6%−2%

50Gates County, NCNC10,23413.2%+4%

51Lenoir County, NCNC55,83713.1%+5%

52Yadkin County, NCNC38,32513.0%−2%

53Greene County, NCNC20,70012.9%−3%

54Alexander County, NCNC36,95812.9%−17%

55Scotland County, NCNC33,32212.9%−1%

56Duplin County, NCNC51,57112.9%−19%

57New Hanover County, NCNC245,95912.7%−20%

58Moore County, NCNC110,61912.5%−39%

59Cleveland County, NCNC103,32512.3%−4%

60Jones County, NCNC9,57512.2%−16%

61Robeson County, NCNC119,94112.2%−19%

62Henderson County, NCNC122,37512.0%−21%

63Caldwell County, NCNC81,10512.0%−25%

64Stanly County, NCNC68,83011.8%−33%

65Craven County, NCNC105,02511.7%+26%

66Surry County, NCNC72,28711.5%+3%

67Nash County, NCNC99,36511.4%+19%

68Wayne County, NCNC122,27811.2%−3%

69Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20110.9%−6%

70Wilson County, NCNC81,15010.8%+15%

71Davie County, NCNC45,85510.6%−9%

72Franklin County, NCNC82,03710.2%−13%

73Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72510.1%+22%

74Burke County, NCNC88,65510.0%−28%

75Pitt County, NCNC182,9369.8%−20%

76Cumberland County, NCNC338,4739.8%−18%

77Rockingham County, NCNC94,1959.7%−25%

78Catawba County, NCNC170,1729.4%−22%

79Rowan County, NCNC155,0969.4%−17%

80Granville County, NCNC61,4219.3%−14%

81Iredell County, NCNC211,7989.3%−30%

82Harnett County, NCNC150,1379.2%−35%

83Alamance County, NCNC186,1779.1%−4%

84Stokes County, NCNC46,1269.1%−31%

85Forsyth County, NCNC401,7188.9%−21%

86Orange County, NCNC152,4988.8%−0%

87Davidson County, NCNC180,1828.6%−12%

88Randolph County, NCNC149,5168.2%−11%

89Chatham County, NCNC85,1118.1%−21%

90Gaston County, NCNC246,5588.0%−31%

91Hoke County, NCNC56,9397.9%−54%

92Guilford County, NCNC562,2347.7%−31%

93Lee County, NCNC70,2587.4%−34%

94Durham County, NCNC347,2407.3%−30%

95Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3837.3%−22%

96Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357.2%−14%

97Lincoln County, NCNC98,6546.8%−33%

98Camden County, NCNC11,3156.7%−48%

99Johnston County, NCNC256,4486.2%−36%

100Union County, NCNC267,6745.2%−18%

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