HousING Indicator

Vacant Housing Units

The number of residential housing units that are unoccupied or vacant in our 8-county region. This metric gives an insight into the housing market across our counties and localities. 

  • The United States Census Bureau provides the data for the total number of housing units that are vacant for the Counties and Localities in our 8-county region. The data spans from 2010 to 2022.

-0.7%

The total number of vacant housing units in our 8-county region has been decreasing by an average rate of 0.7% since 2010.

47.8%

In 2022, 47.8% of all vacant housing units in our 8-county region were in Monroe County, of which almost 50% are in the City of Rochester alone.

Genesee County

The lowest number of vacant housing units are in Genesee County, accounting for 3.6% of its total housing units in 2022.

Rush

As of 2022, Rush has only 19 vacant units, the lowest of our region’s localities.

This infographic shows a line graph consisting of our 8 counties and their trend in the number of vacant housing units in the 8-county region for the time frame of 2010 to 2022.

Pro Tip: If you hover over the county in the legend, it highlights the line.

This infographic presents a heat map of localities in our 8-county region represented by icons showing the total number of vacant housing units from 2010 to 2022.

Pro Tip: Use the + or - in the upper left corner to zoom in and out to capture the full region.