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Vacant Homes in Virginia
Vacancy rates for rentals and homes for sale, and why vacant homes are empty. American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
- Vacancy rate
- 8.7%
- U.S. 10.1%
- Rental vacancy rate
- 4.8%
- U.S. 5.5%
- Homeowner vacancy rate
- 0.8%
- U.S. 0.9%
- Vacant for seasonal use
- 23.6% of vacant
- U.S. 32.6% of vacant
Vacant homes by county
133 counties in Virginia
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| County | Vacancy rate | Rental vacancy | Homeowner vacancy | Vacant homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accomack County | 34.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 7,606 |
| Albemarle County | 6.6% | 2.7% | 0.5% | 3,247 |
| Alexandria city | 5.9% | 4.1% | 0.7% | 4,748 |
| Alleghany County | 19.3% | 9.2% | 0.5% | 1,530 |
| Amelia County | 6.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 398 |
| Amherst County | 11.6% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1,670 |
| Appomattox County | 11.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 820 |
| Arlington County | 8.2% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 9,943 |
| Augusta County | 6.1% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2,028 |
| Bath County | 43.6% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 1,406 |
| Bedford County | 11.6% | 5.4% | 0.6% | 4,357 |
| Bland County | 26.0% | 5.8% | 0.1% | 834 |
| Botetourt County | 12.3% | 9.3% | 1.0% | 1,849 |
| Bristol city | 16.4% | 11.3% | 2.6% | 1,415 |
| Brunswick County | 18.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1,480 |
| Buchanan County | 27.0% | 3.9% | 0.5% | 2,791 |
| Buckingham County | 13.9% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1,010 |
| Buena Vista city | 13.4% | 0.8% | 9.1% | 395 |
| Campbell County | 12.9% | 4.2% | 1.9% | 3,293 |
| Caroline County | 7.2% | 5.0% | 1.1% | 932 |
| Carroll County | 24.7% | 3.4% | 0.4% | 4,120 |
| Charles City County | 11.0% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 359 |
| Charlotte County | 21.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1,269 |
| Charlottesville city | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1,795 |
| Chesapeake city | 3.3% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 3,190 |
| Chesterfield County | 3.8% | 5.3% | 0.6% | 5,554 |
| Clarke County | 10.1% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 663 |
| Colonial Heights city | 7.2% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 584 |
| Covington city | 15.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 459 |
| Craig County | 27.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 663 |
| Culpeper County | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 849 |
| Cumberland County | 15.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 726 |
| Danville city | 14.8% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 3,310 |
| Dickenson County | 19.4% | 6.0% | 1.2% | 1,427 |
| Dinwiddie County | 11.0% | 6.1% | 0.5% | 1,321 |
| Emporia city | 20.9% | 3.3% | 8.1% | 569 |
| Essex County | 23.5% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1,364 |
| Fairfax city | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 158 |
| Fairfax County | 3.7% | 4.4% | 0.4% | 15,946 |
| Falls Church city | 4.7% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 312 |
| Fauquier County | 6.6% | 3.0% | 0.8% | 1,901 |
| Floyd County | 16.9% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1,350 |
| Fluvanna County | 10.1% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 1,166 |
| Franklin city | 11.7% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 456 |
| Franklin County | 19.0% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 5,409 |
| Frederick County | 5.1% | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1,903 |
| Fredericksburg city | 5.6% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 699 |
| Galax city | 14.0% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 451 |
| Giles County | 19.7% | 12.5% | 0.6% | 1,640 |
| Gloucester County | 11.8% | 7.5% | 2.0% | 2,035 |
| Goochland County | 7.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 866 |
| Grayson County | 29.3% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 2,624 |
| Greene County | 9.3% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 820 |
| Greensville County | 20.5% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 827 |
| Halifax County | 22.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 3,830 |
| Hampton city | 7.2% | 6.3% | 1.4% | 4,531 |
| Hanover County | 4.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 1,901 |
| Harrisonburg city | 7.0% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1,307 |
| Henrico County | 5.2% | 5.6% | 0.6% | 7,551 |
| Henry County | 17.2% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 4,361 |
| Highland County | 46.2% | 19.0% | 0.0% | 861 |
| Hopewell city | 11.4% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 1,193 |
| Isle of Wight County | 8.0% | 5.4% | 1.0% | 1,369 |
| James City County | 7.9% | 7.6% | 0.4% | 2,736 |
| King and Queen County | 14.5% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 508 |
| King George County | 5.1% | 5.4% | 1.2% | 546 |
| King William County | 4.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 378 |
| Lancaster County | 23.9% | 8.5% | 1.7% | 1,795 |
| Lee County | 21.4% | 8.1% | 0.9% | 2,324 |
| Lexington city | 22.1% | 19.1% | 0.0% | 621 |
| Loudoun County | 2.7% | 3.9% | 0.2% | 3,971 |
| Louisa County | 15.3% | 2.8% | 0.2% | 2,805 |
| Lunenburg County | 19.2% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1,137 |
| Lynchburg city | 16.1% | 10.6% | 3.2% | 5,507 |
| Madison County | 10.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 658 |
| Manassas city | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 302 |
| Manassas Park city | 6.8% | 9.5% | 2.3% | 376 |
| Martinsville city | 18.8% | 7.6% | 2.3% | 1,324 |
| Mathews County | 27.4% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1,506 |
| Mecklenburg County | 29.7% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 5,746 |
| Middlesex County | 33.3% | 12.9% | 1.7% | 2,381 |
| Montgomery County | 13.6% | 4.8% | 0.9% | 5,833 |
| Nelson County | 36.3% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 3,631 |
| New Kent County | 5.4% | 15.0% | 0.8% | 532 |
| Newport News city | 7.2% | 5.6% | 0.8% | 5,940 |
| Norfolk city | 8.3% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 8,559 |
| Northampton County | 28.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 2,113 |
| Northumberland County | 37.6% | 14.5% | 1.8% | 3,404 |
| Norton city | 9.0% | 3.6% | 6.7% | 159 |
| Nottoway County | 16.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1,138 |
| Orange County | 7.9% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1,275 |
| Page County | 17.1% | 8.4% | 0.7% | 2,044 |
| Patrick County | 22.4% | 5.4% | 0.1% | 2,242 |
| Petersburg city | 16.2% | 10.9% | 2.1% | 2,937 |
| Pittsylvania County | 15.0% | 4.9% | 0.5% | 4,423 |
| Poquoson city | 4.9% | 9.8% | 0.2% | 243 |
| Portsmouth city | 7.0% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 3,030 |
| Powhatan County | 5.8% | 3.0% | 0.1% | 696 |
| Prince Edward County | 17.0% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1,568 |
| Prince George County | 4.5% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 613 |
| Prince William County | 3.1% | 3.9% | 0.4% | 5,054 |
| Pulaski County | 15.2% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2,600 |
| Radford city | 14.2% | 5.7% | 0.2% | 919 |
| Rappahannock County | 22.8% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 880 |
| Richmond city | 8.7% | 6.1% | 0.9% | 9,972 |
| Richmond County | 20.0% | 9.0% | 0.8% | 793 |
| Roanoke city | 11.3% | 7.4% | 1.4% | 5,531 |
| Roanoke County | 6.2% | 5.6% | 0.8% | 2,606 |
| Rockbridge County | 15.9% | 5.5% | 0.1% | 1,809 |
| Rockingham County | 10.6% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 3,864 |
| Russell County | 16.4% | 4.0% | 1.5% | 2,092 |
| Salem city | 7.7% | 6.1% | 0.2% | 856 |
| Scott County | 22.5% | 5.8% | 1.8% | 2,653 |
| Shenandoah County | 16.0% | 3.3% | 1.5% | 3,433 |
| Smyth County | 16.1% | 4.4% | 0.7% | 2,421 |
| Southampton County | 12.1% | 4.0% | 1.1% | 942 |
| Spotsylvania County | 5.3% | 7.1% | 0.7% | 2,946 |
| Stafford County | 4.3% | 5.4% | 0.8% | 2,333 |
| Staunton city | 8.8% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1,088 |
| Suffolk city | 6.4% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 2,591 |
| Surry County | 18.0% | 6.0% | 0.2% | 621 |
| Sussex County | 19.6% | 4.4% | 1.1% | 921 |
| Tazewell County | 17.6% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3,478 |
| Virginia Beach city | 6.0% | 5.2% | 0.6% | 11,443 |
| Warren County | 10.1% | 4.2% | 0.4% | 1,725 |
| Washington County | 13.5% | 6.0% | 1.4% | 3,458 |
| Waynesboro city | 6.4% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 669 |
| Westmoreland County | 28.8% | 10.0% | 1.2% | 3,299 |
| Williamsburg city | 13.4% | 8.7% | 2.3% | 779 |
| Winchester city | 8.4% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 1,049 |
| Wise County | 16.4% | 7.0% | 1.9% | 2,722 |
| Wythe County | 10.7% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 1,497 |
| York County | 5.4% | 5.4% | 0.9% | 1,538 |
Vacant homes in the largest cities
Cities and towns with 5,000 or more people
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| City | Vacancy rate | Rental vacancy | Homeowner vacancy | Vacant homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 6.0% | 5.2% | 0.6% | 11,443 |
| Chesapeake | 3.3% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 3,190 |
| Arlington | 8.2% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 9,943 |
| Norfolk | 8.3% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 8,559 |
| Richmond | 8.7% | 6.1% | 0.9% | 9,972 |
| Newport News | 7.2% | 5.6% | 0.8% | 5,940 |
| Alexandria | 5.9% | 4.1% | 0.7% | 4,748 |
| Hampton | 7.2% | 6.3% | 1.4% | 4,531 |
| Suffolk | 6.4% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 2,591 |
| Roanoke | 11.3% | 7.4% | 1.4% | 5,531 |
| Portsmouth | 7.0% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 3,030 |
| Lynchburg | 16.1% | 10.6% | 3.2% | 5,507 |
| Centreville | 1.4% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 354 |
| Dale City | 2.5% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 557 |
| Reston | 5.9% | 6.2% | 0.9% | 1,784 |
| Harrisonburg | 7.0% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1,307 |
| McLean | 3.8% | 4.5% | 0.4% | 686 |
| Tuckahoe | 5.8% | 7.5% | 0.5% | 1,197 |
| Leesburg | 2.9% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 495 |
| Lake Ridge | 2.1% | 5.9% | 0.0% | 351 |
| Ashburn | 3.1% | 4.9% | 0.5% | 552 |
| Blacksburg | 18.7% | 4.0% | 1.5% | 3,188 |
| Charlottesville | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1,795 |
| Burke | 0.9% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 125 |
| Woodbridge | 5.3% | 5.1% | 1.5% | 795 |
| Manassas | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 302 |
| Danville | 14.8% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 3,310 |
| Linton Hall | 1.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 224 |
| Annandale | 4.0% | 4.8% | 0.4% | 583 |
| Mechanicsville | 3.8% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 610 |
| Oakton | 2.2% | 2.7% | 0.1% | 318 |
| Fair Oaks | 4.6% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 736 |
| South Riding | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 139 |
| Petersburg | 16.2% | 10.9% | 2.1% | 2,937 |
| Sterling | 2.9% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 289 |
| West Falls Church | 3.5% | 3.4% | 0.3% | 384 |
| Springfield | 3.7% | 6.1% | 0.5% | 402 |
| Short Pump | 3.6% | 4.8% | 0.6% | 430 |
| Tysons | 7.1% | 3.6% | 1.4% | 1,089 |
| Fredericksburg | 5.6% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 699 |
| Winchester | 8.4% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 1,049 |
| Cherry Hill | 3.4% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 287 |
| Staunton | 8.8% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1,088 |
| Cave Spring | 5.8% | 8.9% | 0.4% | 678 |
| Salem | 7.7% | 6.1% | 0.2% | 856 |
| Fairfax | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 158 |
| Herndon | 3.5% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 280 |
| Brambleton | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 18 |
| Chester | 4.6% | 5.1% | 0.8% | 454 |
| Bailey's Crossroads | 5.2% | 7.2% | 0.0% | 526 |
| Chantilly | 0.6% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 46 |
| Hopewell | 11.4% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 1,193 |
| Waynesboro | 6.4% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 669 |
| Christiansburg | 9.0% | 7.4% | 0.6% | 1,018 |
| McNair | 4.3% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 428 |
| West Springfield | 3.6% | 5.3% | 1.1% | 280 |
| Montclair | 2.6% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 194 |
| Leesylvania | 3.1% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 257 |
| Buckhall | 2.4% | 9.0% | 0.7% | 162 |
| Woodlawn | 4.7% | 4.0% | 0.8% | 371 |
| Rose Hill | 2.8% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 207 |
| Lorton | 9.9% | 14.3% | 1.7% | 724 |
| Culpeper | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 163 |
| Meadowbrook | 4.9% | 8.6% | 0.4% | 380 |
| Merrifield | 4.2% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 418 |
| Lincolnia | 8.5% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 707 |
| Sudley | 3.7% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 213 |
| Midlothian | 2.4% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 191 |
| Franklin Farm | 2.1% | 4.6% | 0.5% | 134 |
| Laurel | 6.0% | 4.8% | 0.1% | 460 |
| Kingstowne | 3.2% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 244 |
| Colonial Heights | 7.2% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 584 |
| Franconia | 1.7% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 128 |
| Gainesville | 1.8% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 109 |
| Idylwood | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 139 |
| Glen Allen | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 69 |
| Hybla Valley | 4.7% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 280 |
| Hollins | 5.3% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 379 |
| Burke Centre | 4.3% | 10.9% | 0.0% | 270 |
| Bon Air | 7.3% | 8.7% | 1.0% | 534 |
| Bull Run | 4.7% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 313 |
| Bristol | 16.4% | 11.3% | 2.6% | 1,415 |
| Manassas Park | 6.8% | 9.5% | 2.3% | 376 |
| Radford | 14.2% | 5.7% | 0.2% | 919 |
| Fort Hunt | 2.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 124 |
| Stone Ridge | 1.4% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 67 |
| Vienna | 4.6% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 265 |
| Wolf Trap | 2.3% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 122 |
| Williamsburg | 13.4% | 8.7% | 2.3% | 779 |
| Front Royal | 6.5% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 415 |
| East Highland Park | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 295 |
| Great Falls | 2.5% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 130 |
| Falls Church | 4.7% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 312 |
| Broadlands | 0.7% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 33 |
| Highland Springs | 7.7% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 499 |
| Groveton | 8.3% | 8.9% | 0.0% | 484 |
| Brandermill | 4.6% | 5.6% | 2.0% | 279 |
| Martinsville | 18.8% | 7.6% | 2.3% | 1,324 |
| Huntington | 8.0% | 7.4% | 0.3% | 632 |
| Newington | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 74 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the vacancy rate in Virginia?
- 8.7% of homes in Virginia are vacant, and the rental vacancy rate is 4.8%.
- Which Virginia counties have the highest vacancy rate?
- Among counties with 10,000 or more people, the highest are Northumberland County (37.6%), Nelson County (36.3%), Accomack County (34.5%).
- Which Virginia counties have the lowest vacancy rate?
- The lowest are Fairfax city (1.7%), Manassas city (2.1%), Loudoun County (2.7%).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey · 2020-2024 5-year estimates
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