Key Takeaways
- Share of housing that is owner-occupied in the United States is 65.6% (2023).
- Share of housing that is renter-occupied in the United States is 34.4% (2023).
- Homeownership rate in the United States is 65.8% (Q4 2023).
- Housing units that are vacant are 12.3 million (2023).
- Vacancy rate is 6.1% (2023).
- Rental vacancy rate is 6.3% (2023).
- Median age of housing stock is 46 years for renter-occupied units (2019).
- Median age of housing stock is 40 years for owner-occupied units (2019).
- Share of housing units built before 1960 is 43% (2019).
- Median household size in renter-occupied housing units is 2.3 (2022).
- Median household size in owner-occupied housing units is 2.5 (2022).
- Number of households in the United States is 131.9 million (2023).
- Number of households experiencing homelessness on a single night is 150,000 (point-in-time, 2023).
- Number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night is 653,104 (2023 point-in-time).
- Percentage of homeless people who are unsheltered is 19% (2023).
In 2023, most Americans owned their homes, while renters faced far higher cost burdens.
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