Housing Vacancy Rate by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — Washington

NOTE: Gray indicates insufficient data or a suppressed estimate.

Housing vacancy rates across Washington state exhibit a striking urban-rural divide, with the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan corridor and surrounding Puget Sound zip codes displaying notably low vacancy rates (dark blue/teal, often below 4%), while rural areas in the north-central and northeastern portions of the state show substantially higher rates exceeding 20%. Coastal zip codes along the Pacific display an uneven pattern, with some areas registering elevated vacancy likely tied to seasonal or vacation housing stock. The central agricultural regions around the Columbia Basin show a mixed patchwork of moderate-to-high vacancy (yellow and green tones, 12–20%), contrasting with pockets of very low vacancy near population centers like the Tri-Cities and Spokane metro areas.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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