HOUSING TENURE & VACANCY RATES, 1990-2010

Montgomery County, Maryland

households percent of households change
HOUSING TENURE 1990 2000 2010 1990 2000 2010 1990- 2000 2000- 2010
Occupied housing units 282,228 324,565 357,086 100.0 100.0 100.0 42,337 32,521
Owner-occupied housing units 191,749 223,017 241,465 67.9 68.7 67.6 31,268 18,448
Renter-occupied housing units 90,479 101,548 115,621 32.1 31.3 32.4 11,069 14,073

Homeowner vacancy rate ¹ 1.70 0.90 1.50 -0.80 0.60

Rental vacancy rate ² 6.72 3.30 5.40 -3.42 2.10

¹ The homeowner vacancy rate is the proportion of the homeowner inventory that is vacant "for sale." It is computed by dividing the total number of vacant units "for sale only" by the sum of own
units, vacant units that are "for sale only," and vacant units that have been sold but not yet occupied; and then multiplying by 100.
² The rental vacancy rate is the proportion of the rental inventory that is vacant "for rent." It is computed by dividing the total number of vacant units "for rent" by the sum of the renter-occupied
units that are "for rent," and vacant units that have been rented but not yet occupied; and then multiplying by 100.

SOURCE: U.S. Census: 1990, 2000 and 2010 Decennial Census, Demographic Profile DP-1 \ Center for Research and Information Systems, Montgomery County Planning Department, M-NCPPC.

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 percent change
1990- 2000 2000- 2010
15.0 10.0
16.3 8.3
12.2 13.9

(47.1) 66.7
(50.9) 63.6

nly" by the sum of owner-occupied

of the renter-occupied units, vacant

rtment, M-NCPPC.

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