Housing mix
Roanoke, VA housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Roanoke, VA.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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The local figures answer the first question: Roanoke, VA's current ACS housing baseline includes 49,106 total housing units, 43,575 occupied units, and 5,531 vacant units. For the decision at hand, those counts may help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 5,531 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. In practical terms, reading 49,106 total units with 43,575 occupied and 5,531 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
Vacant units in Roanoke, VA increased from 5,270 in the prior ACS period to 5,531 in the current release, a reported movement of 5.0%. In the current housing stock, 5,531 units equal 11.3% of the 49,106 total.