To: Sonki who wrote (374 ) 11/19/2005 1:09:47 PM From: Sonki Respond to of 395 US census bureu home ownership , rental vacancies hisotrical data by region census.gov page 2: rental vacancies by region shows vanacany increasing 2004 to 2005 (proly due to housing boom). Biggest vacancy rate is midwest and south. page 3: The homeownership rate (around 69%) . vs owner occup 60% =============census.gov Housing Vacancies and Homeownership --------- Graph of Homeownership Rates census.gov --------------------------- i wonder how we can correlate renatl vacancy vs housing affordifilbity.census.gov Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: above link includes,san antonio, orlando, san jose tuston etc. =========================================== midwest town usa : middle america history 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989\r 1990 5.3 8.0 8.4 10.3 11.2 11.3 ........................... 1991 1992 1993 1993\r 1994 1995 8.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 2.7 4.2 ........................... 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 3.9 6.6 5.4 4.4 3.5 7.5 ........................... 2002 2002\r 2003 2004 7.1 7.1 7.8 9.3 ........................... lowest vacacy rate is in ventura, ca vs. highest in san antonio. for last few yrs. going bak to priv years as well. chk out above link. Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued .............................. 2002 2002\r 2003 2004 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 8.6 8.6 10.9 12.8 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 14.0 13.2 12.0 12.6 **Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 9.0 9.1 10.5 13.1 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 9.6 9.3 10.8 12.8 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 5.1 4.9 5.6 8.3 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... 13.7 13.2 18.1 18.6 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 8.5 8.7 12.3 13.7 **Rochester, NY........................... 8.1 8.4 9.1 8.9 Sacramento, CA.......................... 6.3 6.6 7.2 5.7 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 7.7 7.4 9.4 9.6 **San Antonio, TX......................... 14.7 14.7 13.9 14.4 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.9 * San Diego, CA........................... 7.5 7.8 6.0 6.5 San Francisco, CA....................... 5.2 5.4 7.8 6.9 * San Jose, CA............................ 6.6 6.6 9.5 6.8 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... 5.1 5.1 5.8 6.8 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 9.1 8.9 12.7 10.8 **St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 6.0 6.2 8.4 8.9 **Syracuse, NY............................ 12.3 12.6 18.1 10.3 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 11.4 11.1 9.9 10.3 Tucson, AZ.............................. 11.4 10.6 11.8 6.8 Tulsa, OK............................... 13.1 13.1 10.5 13.8 Ventura, CA............................. 4.5 4.6 1.5 3.7 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 8.4 8.3 9.6 10.2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... 7.9 7.7 11.0 8.1 ** Boundaries changed as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more county/counties added or deleted. tuson seeing sudden drop in vacancy rate... means houses too xpnsive to afford. or large populatin MOVING to tuscon to or a big employer. ?