The proportion of vacant housing units compared to the total number of housing units.
Used to calculate:residents
Varies by: lifestyle
| Used | lifestyle | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
|---|
| * | Average American | Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division 2012- Vacancy Rates for the U.S. | US: Buildings (2011) | 2.45 | % (0 - 100) | This value is for owned residential property. |
| Average American | Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division 2012- Vacancy Rates for the U.S. | US: Buildings (2011) | 9.525 | % (0 - 100) | This value is for renters. | |
| * | Average Earthling | Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division 2012- Vacancy Rates for the U.S. | US: Buildings (2011) | 2.45 | % (0 - 100) | Due to a lack of international residential vacancy rates, we have assumed the same value for average earthling as for average American. This value represents the vacancy rate for owned residential properties. |
| Average Earthling | Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division 2012- Vacancy Rates for the U.S. | US: Buildings (2011) | 9.525 | % (0 - 100) | Due to a lack of international residential vacancy rates, we have assumed the same value for average earthling as for average American. This value represents the vacancy rate for rentals. | |
| * | Average New Yorker | Lee 2012- Selected Initial Findings of the 2011 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey | New York: Urban landscape (2011) | 3.12 | % (0 - 100) | |
| * | Eco-conscious | Lee 2012- Selected Initial Findings of the 2011 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey | New York: Urban landscape (2011) | 3.12 | % (0 - 100) | Value is the same for Average New Yorkers. |
| * | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % (0 - 100) |