The rental vacancy rate in the first quarter 2021, 6.8 percent, was not statistically different from the rate in the first quarter 2020. The rental vacancy rate in the South was lower than the first quarter 2020 rate. The rental vacancy rates in the Northeast and West were higher than the first quarter 2020 rates. The rental vacancy rate in the Midwest was not statistically different from the first quarter 2020 rate.
1st Qtr 2021: +6.8* percent
1st Qtr 2020: +6.6 percent
Collected from the US Census Bureau.
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