Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States is vacant rental units as a share of the rental stock, reported as Percent.
7.30
Percent
Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States — latest reading: 7.30 percent. As of April 2026, it is up 15.9% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: RRVRUSQ156N, US Census Bureau, published quarterly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.
Min
5.00
Max
11.10
Average
7.27
10Y Percentile
93%
3M Change
+2.8%
Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States (RRVRUSQ156N) — 282 observations from 1956-01-01 to 2026-04-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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Revisions
None. Across the 12 most recent prints held in the vintage archive, Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States was published once each and never restated. Market series behave this way; survey and sample-based statistics generally do not. How this is computed.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (67% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
+2.8%
6-Month
+5.8%
12-Month
+15.9%
What this means
Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States is currently at 7.30 percent, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+2.8% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +5.8%, and over 12 months it is +15.9%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States," https://www.macroradar.io/rental-vacancy-rate-in-the-united-states (as of April 2026).