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Idaho housing vacancy rate

9.7%

Share of housing units in Idaho that are vacant, 2024 (estimate)

−0.4 pts since 2023 (10.1%); −3.0 pts since 2019 (12.7%); −3.9 pts since 2014 (13.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Data period 2024. Status: estimate. Published September 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.

What the number tells us

Share of housing units in Idaho that are vacant: 9.7% in 2024 (an estimate). Vacant housing units as a percent of all housing units: B25002_003E / B25002_001E * 100.

Among 51 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 24th highest in 2024. Maine was highest at 19.5% and Nebraska lowest at 6.4%.

Among 44 Idaho counties in 2020–2024, Valley County was highest at 66.5% and Canyon County lowest at 3.4%.

The United States figure for 2024 was 9.5%.

Historical data

Idaho housing vacancy rate, 2010 to 2024Idaho housing vacancy rate, 2010 to 2024. 2 series. Idaho: 13.7% in 2010, 9.7% in 2024.0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%201020152020IdahoUnited StatesPercent

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Published September 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.

Data table (14 rows)
PeriodIdaho (percent)United States (percent)
201013.7%13.1%
201114.0%13.1%
201213.4%12.4%
201313.0%12.4%
201413.6%12.5%
201513.7%12.3%
201612.8%12.4%
201713.4%12.6%
201813.0%12.3%
201912.7%12.1%
202110.5%10.3%
202210.0%9.7%
202310.1%9.6%
20249.7%9.5%

By county

44 of 44 counties have a value for 2020–2024. Idaho statewide on the same basis: 10.3%. Vacant housing units as a percent of all housing units: B25002_003E / B25002_001E * 100.

Idaho housing vacancy rate by county, 2020–2024Idaho housing vacancy rate by county, 2020–2024. 44 bars, from Valley (66.5%) to Canyon (3.4%).Valley66.5%Camas47.4%Fremont47.2%Bear Lake43.3%Clark38.8%Custer38.1%Boise36.8%Blaine34.9%Adams33.6%Teton27.8%Lemhi26.0%Bonner24.5%Idaho23.9%Caribou21.6%Clearwater21.4%Butte19.7%Shoshone18.2%Benewah14.4%Lewis13.8%Madison12.0%Kootenai11.3%Owyhee10.9%Boundary10.1%Elmore9.8%Washington9.2%Oneida8.6%Bingham8.0%Latah7.5%Bannock7.1%Gooding7.1%Lincoln7.1%Bonneville7.0%Nez Perce7.0%Cassia6.6%Minidoka6.2%Jerome6.0%Franklin5.4%Jefferson5.4%Power5.1%Twin Falls4.6%Payette4.4%Ada4.2%Gem3.9%Canyon3.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Data period 2020-2024. Published January 29, 2026. Retrieved September 8, 2026.

Data table (44 rows)
County2020–2024
Valley County66.5%
Camas County47.4%
Fremont County47.2%
Bear Lake County43.3%
Clark County38.8%
Custer County38.1%
Boise County36.8%
Blaine County34.9%
Adams County33.6%
Teton County27.8%
Lemhi County26.0%
Bonner County24.5%
Idaho County23.9%
Caribou County21.6%
Clearwater County21.4%
Butte County19.7%
Shoshone County18.2%
Benewah County14.4%
Lewis County13.8%
Madison County12.0%
Kootenai County11.3%
Owyhee County10.9%
Boundary County10.1%
Elmore County9.8%
Washington County9.2%
Oneida County8.6%
Bingham County8.0%
Latah County7.5%
Bannock County7.1%
Gooding County7.1%
Lincoln County7.1%
Bonneville County7.0%
Nez Perce County7.0%
Cassia County6.6%
Minidoka County6.2%
Jerome County6.0%
Franklin County5.4%
Jefferson County5.4%
Power County5.1%
Twin Falls County4.6%
Payette County4.4%
Ada County4.2%
Gem County3.9%
Canyon County3.4%

Compared with other states

Idaho, its six neighboring states, the United States, and the three highest and lowest states in 2024. The table lists all 52.

Idaho housing vacancy rate compared with other states, 2024Idaho housing vacancy rate compared with other states, 2024. 13 bars, from Maine (19.5%) to Nebraska (6.4%).Maine19.5%Alaska16.9%Vermont16.8%Montana13.1%Idaho9.7%United States9.5%Nevada9.3%Wyoming9.0%Oregon8.0%Utah7.7%Washington6.8%Connecticut6.4%Nebraska6.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Data period 2024. Published September 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.

Data table (52 rows)
State2024
1. Maine19.5%
2. Alaska16.9%
3. Vermont16.8%
4. West Virginia14.5%
5. Florida14.0%
6. Hawaii13.9%
7. Louisiana13.6%
8. Alabama13.5%
9. Delaware13.5%
10. Mississippi13.4%
11. New Hampshire13.2%
12. Montana13.1%
13. Arkansas12.3%
14. South Carolina12.2%
15. New Mexico12.0%
16. Michigan11.5%
17. North Carolina11.4%
18. Oklahoma10.9%
19. District of Columbia10.6%
20. Missouri10.3%
21. Wisconsin10.1%
22. New York9.8%
23. South Dakota9.8%
24. Idaho9.7%
25. Tennessee9.7%
26. Arizona9.6%
27. Georgia9.6%
28. United States9.5%
29. Nevada9.3%
30. Texas9.2%
31. Kentucky9.0%
32. Minnesota9.0%
33. Wyoming9.0%
34. Pennsylvania8.5%
35. Indiana8.3%
36. North Dakota8.2%
37. Kansas8.1%
38. Rhode Island8.1%
39. Oregon8.0%
40. Iowa7.9%
41. Virginia7.9%
42. Utah7.7%
43. Ohio7.6%
44. Massachusetts7.5%
45. California7.3%
46. Maryland7.2%
47. New Jersey7.1%
48. Illinois6.9%
49. Colorado6.8%
50. Washington6.8%
51. Connecticut6.4%
52. Nebraska6.4%

Source

Organization
U.S. Census Bureau
Dataset
American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates
Geography
Nation and states, including the District of Columbia
Time coverage
2010-2019, 2021-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
September 11, 2025
Retrieved
September 8, 2026
Original file
https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/acs/acs1?get=NAME,{variables}&for=state:*|us:*&key=... (2021-2024 instead pulled from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/, see caveats)
Methodology
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology.html
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
census-acs1, built by scripts/fetch-census-acs.py

Caveats

  • All values are single-year survey estimates and carry margins of error not stored here; small states and small differences between years can be within the margin of error.
  • Dollar figures (economy.median_household_income, housing.median_home_value, housing.median_gross_rent) are in that survey year's dollars and are not adjusted for inflation across years.
  • 1-year estimates are not comparable to 5-year estimates (see census-acs5) for the same geography or metric: different reference periods produce different figures even when nothing changed.
  • There is no standard 2020 ACS 1-year release; the Census Bureau replaced it with experimental estimates because of COVID-19 data collection disruption, and 2020 is omitted here rather than substituted.
  • 2010-2019 were pulled from the Census Data API (api.census.gov), which requires an API key; 2021-2024 were pulled from Census's keyless bulk table-based Summary File (www2.census.gov), which only exists in that convenient one-file-per-table layout from 2021 onward and was already on hand. For 2023 both sources were fetched and every value compared; they agreed exactly.
  • economy.poverty_rate and economy.uninsured_rate are derived from detailed tables B17001 and B27001 rather than the Census subject tables S1701/S2701, because the subject tables' column numbering for these percentages has changed across vintages (confirmed: S2701's 'percent uninsured' column moves from C03 to C05 between 2014 and 2015, and the table does not exist before 2013), while the detailed-table variable numbers used here are stable back to at least 2010.
  • All rate and share metrics (percent unit) are rounded to one decimal place by this puller; level metrics are stored exactly as published.

Data

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