Table 6. Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2001 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/r 1990 Inside Metropolitan Areas............. 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 Akron, OH............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA ** Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 ** Atlanta, GA........................... 1.7 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.6 ** Austin-San Marcos, TX................. NA NA NA NA NA NA Baltimore, MD......................... 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ.................... 0.9 1.3 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.5 ** Birmingham, AL........................ 1.6 1.9 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.8 ** Boston, MA-NH\1....................... 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 Buffalo, NY........................... 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC... 1.7 1.5 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.6 ** Chicago, IL........................... 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.8 ** Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................. 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.3 ** Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2......... 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.0 ** Columbus, OH.......................... 1.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.1 ** Dallas, TX............................ 2.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.1 2.1 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................ 1.4 2.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.9 Denver, CO............................ 2.4 2.7 2.0 3.7 3.7 2.6 Detroit, MI........................... 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 ** Fresno, CA............................ NA NA NA NA NA NA * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................. 2.1 1.7 2.4 1.7 2.0 2.3 ** Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............... 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 4.6 ** Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI..... NA NA NA NA NA NA ** Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N 0.7 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 ** Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC... NA NA NA NA NA NA * Hartford, CT.......................... 0.2 0.7 0.9 3.7 3.7 2.9 Honolulu, HI.......................... 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 ** Houston, TX........................... 3.7 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 ** Indianapolis, IN...................... 3.4 1.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 Jacksonville, FL...................... 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.6 ** Kansas City, MO-KS.................... 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.4 ** Las Vegas, NV......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............ 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 ** Louisville, KY-IN..................... 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.7 1.0 ** Memphis, TN-AR-MS..................... 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.7 * Miami, FL\4........................... 3.3 3.0 1.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ...... 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.7 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.............. 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 ** Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........... 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.3 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ.................... 0.4 0.7 2.2 1.8 1.8 2.9 Nashville, TN......................... 0.9 0.3 2.9 1.5 1.5 2.4 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY.................... 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 ** New Orleans, LA....................... 2.3 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.5 New York, NY.......................... 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 ** Newark, NJ............................ 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 ** Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, V 1.1 2.4 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 * Oakland, CA........................... 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.5 Oklahoma City, OK..................... 6.3 4.3 2.1 4.1 4.4 2.7 ** Omaha, NE-IA.......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA * Orange County, CA\6................... 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 ** Orlando, FL........................... 2.2 1.5 2.0 3.4 4.5 1.9 ** Philadelphia, PA-NJ................... 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4 ** Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7.................... 2.2 4.6 2.7 2.8 3.3 2.2 ** Pittsburgh, PA........................ 1.8 1.5 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.1 ** Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........... 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.4 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 ** Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC........ NA NA NA NA NA NA Richmond-Petersburg, VA............... 0.8 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 ** Rochester, NY......................... 0.5 2.6 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 Sacramento, CA........................ 1.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 1.7 1.1 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.............. 1.7 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.8 ** San Antonio, TX....................... 1.8 2.0 1.4 4.4 4.4 3.3 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.......... 1.1 3.3 3.0 1.5 1.5 3.2 * San Diego, CA......................... 1.3 1.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 2.8 San Francisco, CA..................... 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.0 * San Jose, CA.......................... 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 ** Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA.... NA NA NA NA NA NA ** Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9........ 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 ** St. Louis, MO-IL...................... 0.8 1.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.0 ** Syracuse, NY.......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.... 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.6 3.2 2.4 Tucson, AZ............................ NA NA NA NA NA NA Tulsa, OK............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA Ventura, CA........................... NA NA NA NA NA NA ** Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............ 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL........ NA NA NA NA NA NA Table 6. Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2001 - Continued 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 Inside Metropolitan Areas............. 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 Akron, OH............................. NA NA NA NA 0.9 1.5 ** Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 2.0 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.4 ** Atlanta, GA........................... 1.6 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.1 ** Austin-San Marcos, TX................. NA NA NA NA 0.5 1.7 Baltimore, MD......................... 1.3 0.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.2 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ.................... 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 ** Birmingham, AL........................ 2.2 2.2 1.3 1.3 0.7 1.1 ** Boston, MA-NH\1....................... 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 Buffalo, NY........................... 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC... 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 ** Chicago, IL........................... 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.8 ** Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................. 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1 ** Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2......... 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 ** Columbus, OH.......................... 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.1 ** Dallas, TX............................ 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................ 1.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 Denver, CO............................ 1.5 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.4 Detroit, MI........................... 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 ** Fresno, CA............................ NA NA NA NA 1.7 1.4 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................. 2.4 1.9 3.1 3.2 1.6 1.5 ** Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............... 2.6 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.3 ** Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI..... NA NA NA NA 0.4 1.4 ** Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 ** Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC... NA NA NA NA 0.4 0.6 * Hartford, CT.......................... 2.0 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.0 Honolulu, HI.......................... 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 ** Houston, TX........................... 3.2 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 ** Indianapolis, IN...................... 1.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.6 1.6 Jacksonville, FL...................... 3.1 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7 ** Kansas City, MO-KS.................... 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.0 ** Las Vegas, NV......................... NA NA NA NA 3.0 2.9 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............ 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 2.5 ** Louisville, KY-IN..................... 2.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.7 ** Memphis, TN-AR-MS..................... 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 2.5 1.6 * Miami, FL\4........................... 2.7 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.9 0.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ...... 0.6 1.1 2.2 2.2 0.9 0.9 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.............. 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 ** Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........... 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.6 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ.................... 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 Nashville, TN......................... 1.9 1.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.1 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY.................... 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 ** New Orleans, LA....................... 2.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.7 0.5 New York, NY.......................... 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8 ** Newark, NJ............................ 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.6 1.7 ** Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, V 2.3 2.7 1.6 1.7 2.3 2.6 * Oakland, CA........................... 1.9 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.2 Oklahoma City, OK..................... 1.7 3.1 2.2 2.2 1.3 1.7 ** Omaha, NE-IA.......................... NA NA NA NA 0.8 0.7 * Orange County, CA\6................... 0.5 2.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.2 ** Orlando, FL........................... 1.6 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.2 ** Philadelphia, PA-NJ................... 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 ** Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7.................... 2.2 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 ** Pittsburgh, PA........................ 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 ** Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........... 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.4 ** Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC........ NA NA NA NA 1.6 1.3 Richmond-Petersburg, VA............... 4.2 4.4 1.3 1.3 2.3 0.9 ** Rochester, NY......................... 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.6 0.7 Sacramento, CA........................ 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.0 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.............. 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 ** San Antonio, TX....................... 2.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.6 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.......... 4.0 3.9 2.5 2.6 4.0 3.3 * San Diego, CA......................... 2.7 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.6 San Francisco, CA..................... 1.0 2.6 1.8 1.9 1.7 0.9 * San Jose, CA.......................... 0.9 2.2 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.2 ** Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA.... NA NA NA NA 1.8 1.4 ** Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9........ 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 ** St. Louis, MO-IL...................... 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 ** Syracuse, NY.......................... NA NA NA NA 0.9 0.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.... 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.2 1.6 Tucson, AZ............................ NA NA NA NA 0.7 0.3 Tulsa, OK............................. NA NA NA NA 1.3 1.1 Ventura, CA........................... NA NA NA NA 1.2 3.9 ** Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............ 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.8 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL........ NA NA NA NA 2.9 2.2 Table 6. Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2001 - Continued 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Inside Metropolitan Areas............. 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8 Akron, OH............................. 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.2 1.4 1.4 ** Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 0.8 2.1 3.6 1.8 1.4 1.5 ** Atlanta, GA........................... 1.2 0.9 1.6 1.3 1.7 2.0 ** Austin-San Marcos, TX................. 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.1 Baltimore, MD......................... 2.4 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.7 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ.................... 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 ** Birmingham, AL........................ 1.6 0.8 2.1 0.9 2.5 2.3 ** Boston, MA-NH\1....................... 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.7 Buffalo, NY........................... 1.2 1.0 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.7 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC... 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.7 ** Chicago, IL........................... 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3 0.9 1.7 ** Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................. 1.4 1.5 1.6 0.8 1.4 1.8 ** Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2......... 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.0 ** Columbus, OH.......................... 1.2 1.1 2.0 1.2 1.3 2.2 ** Dallas, TX............................ 1.7 1.4 1.7 2.9 1.5 2.0 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................ 0.7 1.3 1.9 2.3 1.6 0.9 Denver, CO............................ 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 2.1 1.8 Detroit, MI........................... 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.5 ** Fresno, CA............................ 2.5 3.0 3.2 1.5 1.1 1.0 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................. 2.5 3.5 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.4 ** Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............... 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.7 0.7 ** Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI..... 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 1.3 ** Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.3 ** Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC... 1.5 1.0 1.9 2.7 1.3 1.5 * Hartford, CT.......................... 0.8 1.8 0.3 1.7 0.8 1.1 Honolulu, HI.......................... 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.6 ** Houston, TX........................... 1.2 1.4 1.7 0.8 1.3 1.3 ** Indianapolis, IN...................... 1.8 2.3 2.4 1.5 1.0 2.4 Jacksonville, FL...................... 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.6 0.5 0.6 ** Kansas City, MO-KS.................... 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.8 2.1 2.0 ** Las Vegas, NV......................... 1.7 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.0 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............ 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.2 ** Louisville, KY-IN..................... 1.3 1.0 1.4 0.3 1.5 1.1 ** Memphis, TN-AR-MS..................... 2.0 1.3 1.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 * Miami, FL\4........................... 2.0 1.6 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ...... 1.2 2.4 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.............. 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 ** Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........... 1.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.5 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ.................... 0.8 0.8 1.6 2.4 1.4 0.9 Nashville, TN......................... 0.7 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.4 2.3 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY.................... 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.5 ** New Orleans, LA....................... 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.3 3.4 1.8 New York, NY.......................... 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.5 ** Newark, NJ............................ 2.8 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 ** Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, V 1.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.0 * Oakland, CA........................... 1.9 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.3 Oklahoma City, OK..................... 0.7 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.6 1.9 ** Omaha, NE-IA.......................... 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.8 1.4 * Orange County, CA\6................... 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.3 ** Orlando, FL........................... 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.4 1.1 ** Philadelphia, PA-NJ................... 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 ** Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7.................... 1.0 1.8 2.5 1.7 1.4 2.4 ** Pittsburgh, PA........................ 1.8 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.0 ** Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........... 0.7 1.9 1.9 2.5 3.1 3.6 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA 1.4 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.7 ** Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC........ 0.8 1.5 2.4 1.4 2.7 5.9 Richmond-Petersburg, VA............... 2.1 3.2 3.2 2.8 1.4 0.6 ** Rochester, NY......................... 1.0 2.5 2.2 1.1 1.1 3.0 Sacramento, CA........................ 2.6 2.2 1.2 0.8 0.7 1.1 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.............. 1.0 0.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.9 ** San Antonio, TX....................... 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.7 0.9 1.0 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.......... 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.1 1.2 * San Diego, CA......................... 1.4 1.4 2.4 1.5 0.7 0.7 San Francisco, CA..................... 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 * San Jose, CA.......................... 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.2 ** Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA.... 1.5 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.2 0.7 ** Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9........ 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.5 0.8 0.9 ** St. Louis, MO-IL...................... 2.2 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.6 ** Syracuse, NY.......................... 1.3 1.0 2.5 1.5 1.4 3.4 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.... 2.6 2.1 2.6 2.5 1.6 2.0 Tucson, AZ............................ 1.2 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.6 0.9 Tulsa, OK............................. 2.4 2.3 0.9 2.3 2.1 1.7 Ventura, CA........................... 0.6 1.6 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 ** Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............ 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.4 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL........ 2.3 3.5 3.0 2.7 1.9 2.0 Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 and later data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. rRevised. * Boundaries did not change as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more central city/cities added or deleted. ** Boundaries changed as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more county/counties added or deleted. NA Not Available \1 Formerly titled Boston, MA. \2 Includes former Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA \3 Formerly titled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL. \4 Formerly titled Miami-Hialeh, FL. \5 Formerly titled Milwaukee, WI. \6 Formerly titled Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA. \7 Formerly titled Phoenix, AZ. \8 Formerly titled Portland, OR. \9 Formerly titled Seattle, WA. \10 Formerly titled Washington, DC-MD-VA.