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Highest housing vacancy, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of housing units that are vacant (2010 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 –

01Dare County, NCNC38,24553.2%–

02Avery County, NCNC18,11047.4%–

03Hyde County, NCNC4,55440.3%–

04Carteret County, NCNC70,46939.7%–

05Brunswick County, NCNC174,70238.8%–

06Montgomery County, NCNC26,40337.2%–

07Jackson County, NCNC45,03936.9%–

08Alleghany County, NCNC11,47936.6%–

09Macon County, NCNC39,23235.9%–

10Clay County, NCNC12,23935.1%–

11Graham County, NCNC8,19035.1%–

12Currituck County, NCNC33,15833.8%–

13Warren County, NCNC18,89833.1%–

14Cherokee County, NCNC30,83032.7%–

15Swain County, NCNC14,02432.3%–

16Yancey County, NCNC19,08431.2%–

17Watauga County, NCNC54,78631.2%–

18Ashe County, NCNC27,51429.2%–

19Northampton County, NCNC16,49127.5%–

20Pamlico County, NCNC12,75826.7%–

21Transylvania County, NCNC34,21125.8%–

22Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53724.7%–

23Madison County, NCNC22,55324.2%–

24Washington County, NCNC10,63823.8%–

25Pender County, NCNC72,11122.5%–

26Haywood County, NCNC63,36922.4%–

27Perquimans County, NCNC13,49022.3%–

28Mitchell County, NCNC15,06220.6%–

29Moore County, NCNC110,61920.5%–

30Bladen County, NCNC30,00719.6%–

31Polk County, NCNC20,53318.7%–

32Chowan County, NCNC14,08217.9%–

33Beaufort County, NCNC44,67017.8%–

34Stanly County, NCNC68,83017.7%–

35Rutherford County, NCNC65,74517.6%–

36Hoke County, NCNC56,93917.2%–

37Richmond County, NCNC42,04117.2%–

38Vance County, NCNC42,63817.2%–

39Caswell County, NCNC22,56316.7%–

40Halifax County, NCNC46,53416.4%–

41Bertie County, NCNC17,08616.3%–

42Anson County, NCNC21,75816.2%–

43Caldwell County, NCNC81,10515.9%–

44New Hanover County, NCNC245,95915.8%–

45Duplin County, NCNC51,57115.8%–

46Columbus County, NCNC50,48715.8%–

47Alexander County, NCNC36,95815.5%–

48Henderson County, NCNC122,37515.1%–

49Robeson County, NCNC119,94115.0%–

50Wilkes County, NCNC66,23314.7%–

51Jones County, NCNC9,57514.6%–

52Hertford County, NCNC19,01514.3%–

53McDowell County, NCNC45,19814.3%–

54Martin County, NCNC21,60114.2%–

55Harnett County, NCNC150,13714.1%–

56Onslow County, NCNC217,17514.1%–

57Burke County, NCNC88,65513.9%–

58Person County, NCNC40,63613.8%–

59Greene County, NCNC20,70013.3%–

60Yadkin County, NCNC38,32513.3%–

61Iredell County, NCNC211,79813.2%–

62Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12113.2%–

63Stokes County, NCNC46,12613.1%–

64Scotland County, NCNC33,32213.0%–

65Camden County, NCNC11,31512.9%–

66Rockingham County, NCNC94,19512.9%–

67Cleveland County, NCNC103,32512.8%–

68Gates County, NCNC10,23412.7%–

69Lenoir County, NCNC55,83712.5%–

70Pitt County, NCNC182,93612.3%–

71Catawba County, NCNC170,17212.1%–

72Sampson County, NCNC61,50412.1%–

73Cumberland County, NCNC338,47312.0%–

74Franklin County, NCNC82,03711.7%–

75Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20111.7%–

76Davie County, NCNC45,85511.7%–

77Gaston County, NCNC246,55811.6%–

78Wayne County, NCNC122,27811.5%–

79Forsyth County, NCNC401,71811.4%–

80Rowan County, NCNC155,09611.3%–

81Lee County, NCNC70,25811.2%–

82Guilford County, NCNC562,23411.2%–

83Surry County, NCNC72,28711.1%–

84Granville County, NCNC61,42110.9%–

85Buncombe County, NCNC277,41710.4%–

86Durham County, NCNC347,24010.4%–

87Chatham County, NCNC85,11110.3%–

88Lincoln County, NCNC98,65410.1%–

89Davidson County, NCNC180,1829.8%–

90Johnston County, NCNC256,4489.7%–

91Nash County, NCNC99,3659.6%–

92Alamance County, NCNC186,1779.5%–

93Wilson County, NCNC81,1509.3%–

94Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3839.3%–

95Craven County, NCNC105,0259.3%–

96Randolph County, NCNC149,5169.2%–

97Orange County, NCNC152,4988.8%–

98Wake County, NCNC1,257,2358.4%–

99Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7258.3%–

100Union County, NCNC267,6746.3%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS