BUREAU OF THE CENSUS A. ROSS ECKLER, Director HOWARD C. GRIEVES, Deputy Director Housing Division ARTHUR F. YOUNG, Chief ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared by Aneda E. France, Occupancy and Utilization Branch. SUGGESTED CITATION U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Housing Reports, Series H-111, No. 43, "Vacant Housing Units in the United States: 1956 to 1965," U.S. Govern- For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402, 20 cents. Annual subscription (Series H-111 and H-121, combined), $1.00; foreign mailing, $1.25. A.--Rental and homeowner vacancy rates, for the United States, inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: 1965, 1964, and 1960....... B.--Characteristics of available vacant housing units, for the United States: Fourth C.--Quarterly vacancy rates by condition and type of vacancy, for the United States, inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: Fourth quarter 1965.. D.--Occupancy and vacancy rates: Fourth quarter 1965...... E. --Owner-occupancy rates, for the United States, inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: 1965, 1964, and 1960..... F.--Annual average rental and homeowner vacancy rates, for the United States, inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: 1956 to 1965..... I H.--Vacant homeowner units by selected characteristics, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1956, 1960, and 1965........ J.--Annual average vacancy rates by condition and type of vacancy, for the United States, inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: K.--Annual average occupancy and vacancy rates: 1956, 1960, and 1965..... L.--Annual average owner-occupancy rate, for the United States, inside and outside stand- ard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: 1956, 1960, and 1965..... 1.--Vacancy trends in rental and homeowner housing: 1956 to 1965..... 2.--Vacancy trends in rental vacancy rates, for regions: 1956 to 1965.... 3.--Vacancy trends in homeowner vacancy rates, for regions: 4.--Vacant rental units by number of units in structure: 1.--Annual average vacancy rates by condition and type of vacancy, 2.--Annual average occupancy and vacancy rates, for the United States: 1956 to 1965...... 3.--Annual average owner-occupancy rates, for the United States, inside and outside stand- ard metropolitan statistical areas, and regions: 1956 and 1960 to 1965....... 4.--Vacant rental units by selected characteristics, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1956 to 1965..... 5.--Vacant rental units by monthly rent asked, for the United States and inside and out- side standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1956 to 1965...... 6.--Vacant rental and homeowner units by year structure built, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1962 to 1965.............. 7.--Vacant rental units --Monthly rent asked by selected characteristics, for the United States: 1956, 1960, 1962, and 1965...... 8.--Vacant rental units --Year structure built by selected characteristics, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1962 and 9.--Vacant rental units --Duration of vacancy at time of enumeration by selected charac- teristics, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan sta- and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1956 to 1965...... 11.--Vacant homeowner units by sale price asked, for the United States and inside and out- side standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1956 to 1965...... 12.--Vacant homeowner units--Sale price asked by selected characteristics, States: 1956, 1960, 1962, and 1965...... 13.--Vacant rental units and vacant homeowner units --Monthly rent asked and sale price asked by year structure built, for the United States: 1963 to 1965..... 14.--Vacant homeowner units --Year structure built by selected characteristics, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas: 1962 15.--Vacant homeowner units --Duration of vacancy at time of enumeration by selected char- acteristics, for the United States and inside and outside standard metropolitan sta- 37 VACANT HOUSING UNITS IN THE UNITED STATES: 1956 TO 1965 This report supplements and expands the information on vacant housing units presented in the quarterly reports issued from 1956 to 1965 in the Series H-111, Current Housing Reports, Housing Vacancies. The purpose is to present in one publication an overall picture of the changes that have occurred in the vacant housing inventory during the past 10 years. In this report, the statistics are presented in two major sections. The first part presents information on the vacancy rates and characteristics of vacant housing units for the fourth quarter 1965, based on the results of a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. The second part presents summary statistics on trends in vacancy rates and characteristics of vacant housing units for the years 1956 through 1965. The figures presented are annual averages based on data published in the quarterly reports and supplemented by information from previously unpublished tabulations. The statistics presented relate to vacancy rates in the total rental and homeowner inventories and percent distributions of all vacant housing units by condition of unit, type of vacancy, For vacant rental and homeowner units, percent distributions are presented on the following characteristics: Number of rooms and bedrooms, number of housing units in structure, year structure built, number of months the unit has been vacant, plumbing facilities, monthly rent asked, and sale price asked. In addition, data on monthly rent asked, sale price asked, year structure built, and duration of vacancy are cross-tabulated by selected characteristics. In this report, separate statistics on vacancy rates are published for the United States by total inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas, and by regions. Percent distributions on characteristics and cross-classifications (except monthly rent asked and sale price asked) for vacant rental and homeowner units are shown for the United States by total inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas. Crossclassifications by monthly rent asked and by sale price asked are presented for only the United States. VACANT HOUSING UNITS, FOURTH QUARTER 1965 The level of vacancies for the United States as a whole showed no significant change in either the rental or ownership portions of the housing inventory between the third and fourth quarters of 1965. In the fourth quarter, 7.7 percent of the total rental inventory was vacant and available for rent, and 1.4 percent of the total homeowner inventory was vacant and available for sale. In the third quarter, the rental vacancy rate was 7.2 percent and the homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5 percent. The differences between the figures for the third and fourth quarters are not statistically significant. Regionally, the fourth quarter rental vacancy rates show considerable variation. The highest rate was in the West, 11.7 percent; the lowest in the Northeast, 5.1 percent. The South ranked second highest, with 8.4 percent and the North Central Region third, with 6.6 percent. The regional Table A.--RENTAL AND HOMEOWNER VACANCY RATES, FOR THE UNITED STATES, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, AND REGIONS: 1965, 1964, AND 1960 Area Inside SMSA's.... Outside SMSA's... Northeast. North Central, South.... West. |