There are approximately **14.9 million vacant homes** in the United States as of 2025. This figure comes from LendingTree and is based on U.S. Census Bureau data. The national vacancy rate is around 10.43%, which means more than one in ten homes across the country is sitting empty. Vacant homes include a variety of situations, such as homes for sale or rent, seasonal and recreational properties, and homes in transition—
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not all of these are immediately available for habitation, but they are counted as vacant in federal statistics[1][2][3].
In contrast, the number of **homeless people in the U.S. has reached a record high of about 771,000 to 771,480 individuals** on a single night in January 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and several recent reports[4][5][6].
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This figure represents a significant increase from previous years.
To summarize:
- **Vacant homes in the US**: ~14,900,000[1][2][3]
- **Homeless people in the US (2024)**: ~771,000[4][5][6]
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Sources
[1] There Are Nearly 15 Million Vacant Homes in America ... - Realtor.com https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/states-with-most-vacant-homes/
[2] Here's how many homes are sitting vacant across the US https://www.livenowfox.com/news/heres-how-many-homes-sitting-vacant-across-us-where
[3] 14.9 Million Homes Are Vacant in US | LendingTree https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/vacancy-rates-study/
[4] Number Of Homeless In U.S.: Trends & Top States (2025) https://www.consumershield.com/articles/how-many-homeless-us
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[5] Who is homeless in the United States? A 2025 update https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2025/who-is-homeless-in-the-united-states-a-2025-update
[6] How many homeless people are in the US? What does the data miss? https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/
[7] How many vacant homes are there in the US? - USAFacts https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/
[8] How Many Houses Are in the U.S.? - United Way NCA https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/
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[9] Vacant Housing Units in the United States (EVACANTUSQ176N ... https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EVACANTUSQ176N
[10] State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/
[11] Despite Housing Shortage, America Has 5.6 Million Vacant Homes https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/cities-with-most-vacant-homes-lendingtree-study/
[12] Debunking NIMBYism: A Closer Look at Vacant Housing Units - NMHC https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/research-notes/2022/debunking-nimbyism-a-closer-look-at-vacant-housing-units/
[13] Homelessness in the United States - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
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[14] HUD Releases 2024 Annual Homeless Assessment Report https://nlihc.org/resource/hud-releases-2024-annual-homeless-assessment-report
[15] Homelessness Data & Trends | United States Interagency Council ... https://usich.gov/guidance-reports-data/data-trends
[16] [PDF] The 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR to ... https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2024-AHAR-Part-1.pdf
[17] Nearly 327,000 in U.S. Lived in Emergency and Transitional Shelters https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/02/living-in-shelters.html
[18] U.S. homelessness surged a record 18% in 2024 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghmdwGO5fQ
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Aug 2, 2025, 1:47 AM@jsonstein
19 vacant homes per unhoused person.
so homeless are roughly = 5% of vacant homes ?
without knowing how many of those homes are actuallyh avaialbe ie not for sale, or seasonal or require substantial rehab to be liviable etc hard to compare 14.9 million to 0.77 million
so not clea what your point is
@failedLyndonLaRouchite think about it, I’m sure you’ll figure it out