{
  "title": "Vacancy status | Seattle",
  "version": "1.0",
  "prepared": "2026-09-23",
  "source": "U.S. Census Bureau",
  "survey": "2020 to 2024 ACS five year Detailed Tables",
  "table": "B25004",
  "universe": "Vacant housing units",
  "period": "2020/2024",
  "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat",
  "source_sha256": "cbc82f087ece808cf269ce8e9eb1c3227c28d82206726339a9a34dda8398ec49",
  "geographies": [
    {
      "@type": "Place",
      "name": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "identifier": "1600000US5363000"
    }
  ],
  "license": "https://www.census.gov/about/policies/citation.html",
  "method": "Select exact GEO_ID rows from the official pipe delimited Summary File. Retain all eight table lines and published estimates and 90 percent margins of error. Do not aggregate geographies or compute rates.",
  "limitations": [
    "Historical period estimates, not current rental listings or a rental vacancy rate.",
    "The total includes homes unavailable for rent. Do not interpret other vacant as abandoned, habitable or immediately available.",
    "No neighborhood estimates or combined metropolitan total.",
    "Do not sum the total with its components. Margins of error must not be added.",
    "Small estimates can have large relative uncertainty; zero estimates can have positive margins of error."
  ],
  "source_rows": [
    {
      "GEO_ID": "1600000US5363000",
      "B25004_E001": "30452",
      "B25004_M001": "1676",
      "B25004_E002": "13384",
      "B25004_M002": "1260",
      "B25004_E003": "3156",
      "B25004_M003": "676",
      "B25004_E004": "1827",
      "B25004_M004": "537",
      "B25004_E005": "800",
      "B25004_M005": "316",
      "B25004_E006": "4350",
      "B25004_M006": "744",
      "B25004_E007": "104",
      "B25004_M007": "119",
      "B25004_E008": "6831",
      "B25004_M008": "887"
    }
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 1,
      "category": "Total vacant housing units",
      "estimate": 30452,
      "margin_of_error_90": 1676,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E001",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M001",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 2,
      "category": "For rent",
      "estimate": 13384,
      "margin_of_error_90": 1260,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E002",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M002",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 3,
      "category": "Rented, not occupied",
      "estimate": 3156,
      "margin_of_error_90": 676,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E003",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M003",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 4,
      "category": "For sale only",
      "estimate": 1827,
      "margin_of_error_90": 537,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E004",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M004",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 5,
      "category": "Sold, not occupied",
      "estimate": 800,
      "margin_of_error_90": 316,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E005",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M005",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 6,
      "category": "For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use",
      "estimate": 4350,
      "margin_of_error_90": 744,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E006",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M006",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 7,
      "category": "For migrant workers",
      "estimate": 104,
      "margin_of_error_90": 119,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E007",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M007",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    },
    {
      "geography": "Seattle city, Washington",
      "geo_id": "1600000US5363000",
      "geography_type": "city",
      "table": "B25004",
      "line": 8,
      "category": "Other vacant",
      "estimate": 6831,
      "margin_of_error_90": 887,
      "estimate_field": "B25004_E008",
      "moe_field": "B25004_M008",
      "unit": "housing units",
      "universe": "Vacant housing units",
      "period": "2020/2024",
      "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25004.dat"
    }
  ]
}