Top 25 Vacant Neighborhoods
May 4th, 2009 |
| A list of the 25 neighborhoods with the highest percentage of vacant homes, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. The AP analysis included only census tracts with more than 1,000 housing units and less than 5 percent vacation homes, according to the 2000 census. |
| County State Tract Homes Empty Pct |
| Franklin Ohio 82.3 1711 1158 67.7 |
| Hamilton Ohio 9 1212 773 63.8 |
| Hamilton Ohio 16 1154 587 50.9 |
| Berkeley S.C. 207.03 2030 874 43.1 |
| Wayne N.C. 5 1812 779 43.0 |
| El Paso Colo. 38 1363 579 42.5 |
| Yuba Calif. 409.02 2058 866 42.1 |
| Cook Ill. 5401 3215 1344 41.8 |
| Montgomery Ohio 8.02 1739 705 40.5 |
| Marion Ind. 3550 1268 511 40.3 |
| Wayne Mich. 5004 1134 442 39.0 |
| Baltimore city Md. 802 1184 455 38.4 |
| Linn Iowa 22 1135 434 38.2 |
| Jefferson Ala. 51.01 1349 504 37.4 |
| Genesee Mich. 15 1199 440 36.7 |
| Fulton Ga. 23 1388 503 36.2 |
| St Louis city Mo. 1267 1187 413 34.8 |
| Wayne Mich. 5332 1136 395 34.8 |
| Delaware Ind. 2 1118 385 34.4 |
| Marion Ind. 3526 2046 702 34.3 |
| Wayne Mich. 5079 1607 551 34.3 |
| Wayne Mich. 5538 1138 388 34.1 |
| Montgomery Ala. 2 1006 342 34.0 |
| St Louis city Mo. 1241 2553 867 34.0 |
| Jefferson Ala. 30.02 1570 532 33.9 |
| Wayne Mich. 5333 1199 406 33.9 |
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| Source: Housing and Urban Development Department, U.S. Postal Service |
| (This version CORRECTS that data involves less than 5 percent vacation homes, not vacant homes. This item moved previously as an advance and is now available for use.) |
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