Housing Occupancy, Pennsylvania Counties: 2000

			Vacant Units		Vacancy Rate
	Total Housing Units	Occupied Housing Units	Total	For Seasonal or Occasional Use	Owner¹	Rental²
Pennsylvania	5,249,750	4,777,003	472,747	148,230	1.6	7.2

Adams	35,831	33,652	2,179	672	1.4	4.6
Allegheny	583,646	537,150	46,496	2,098	1.9	8.9
Armstrong	32,387	29,005	3,382	1,422	1.7	7.1
Beaver	77,765	72,576	5,189	344	1.6	7.6
Bedford	23,529	19,768	3,761	2,387	1.5	6.4

Berks	150,222	141,570	8,652	744	1.7	6.3
Blair	55,061	51,518	3,543	322	1.2	7.5
Bradford	28,664	24,453	4,211	2,620	1.8	7.7
Bucks	225,498	218,725	6,773	898	0.8	4.2
Butler	69,868	65,862	4,006	826	1.5	7.2

Cambria	65,796	60,531	5,265	626	1.6	9.7
Cameron	4,592	2,465	2,127	1,932	1.2	12
Carbon	30,492	23,701	6,791	4,757	2.5	10.2
Centre	53,161	49,323	3,838	1,536	1.2	3.7
Chester	163,773	157,905	5,868	571	1	4.8

Clarion	19,426	16,052	3,374	2,331	1.4	7
Clearfield	37,855	32,785	5,070	2,758	1.9	6.8
Clinton	18,166	14,773	3,393	2,557	2.1	5.7
Columbia	27,733	24,915	2,818	1,304	1.8	6.9
Crawford	42,416	34,678	7,738	4,964	2	8.3

Cumberland	86,951	83,015	3,936	379	1.5	6
Dauphin	111,133	102,670	8,463	570	2.1	9.2
Delaware	216,978	206,320	10,658	423	1.4	6
Elk	35,112	14,124	3,991	3,039	1.9	9.9
Erie	280,843	106,507	7,815	1,126	1.6	7.9

Fayette	66,490	59,969	6,521	1,486	1.5	9.4
Forest	8,701	2,000	6,701	6,560	2.2	6.5
Franklin	53,803	50,633	3,170	572	1.4	6.7
Fulton	6,790	5,660	1,130	628	1.1	7.7
Greene	16,678	15,060	1,618	417	1.8	7.7

Huntingdon	21,058	16,759	4,299	3,180	1.7	7.1
Indiana	37,250	34,123	3,127	644	1.6	7.4
Jefferson	22,104	18,375	3,729	2,404	2	6.7
Juniata	10,031	8,584	1,447	945	1.4	5.4
Lackawanna	95,362	86,218	9,144	1,915	1.9	8.7

Lancaster	179,990	172,560	7,430	808	1.4	4.9
Lawrence	39,635	37,091	2,544	302	1.6	7.4
Lebanon	49,320	46,551	2,769	458	1.7	6.5
Lehigh	128,910	121,906	7,004	398	1.5	6.6
Luzerne	144,686	130,687	13,999	2,517	1.9	8.8

Lycoming	52,464	47,003	5,461	2,522	1.6	7.6
McKean	21,644	18,024	3,620	2,234	1.7	8
Mercer	49,859	46,712	3,147	482	1.5	6.7
Mifflin	20,745	18,413	2,332	1,082	1.5	8.4
Monroe	67,581	49,454	18,127	14,705	2.4	5.5

Montgomery	297,434	286,098	11,336	1,038	1	5.6
Montour	7,627	7,085	542	82	1.7	8
Northampton	106,710	101,541	5,169	495	1.5	6
Northumberland	43,164	38,835	4,329	246	2.4	8.9
Perry	18,941	16,695	2,246	1,270	1.3	6.9

Philadelphia	661,958	590,071	71,887	1,790	1.9	7
Pike	46,302	17,433	17,248	15,350	3.6	5.7
Potter	12,159	7,005	5,154	4,711	1.6	6.6
Schuylkill	67,806	60,530	7,276	865	2.6	9.5
Snyder	14,890	13,654	1,236	495	1.5	5.2

Somerset	37,163	31,222	5,941	3,750	1.5	7.4
Sullivan	6,017	2,660	3,357	3,114	3	10.2
Susquehanna	21,829	16,529	5,300	3,924	2.5	7
Tioga	19,893	15,925	3,968	2,965	1.6	6.6
Union	14,684	13,178	1,506	904	1.3	6.1

Venango	26,904	22,747	4,157	2,586	1.7	6.9
Warren	23,058	17,696	5,362	4,125	1.8	9.8
Washington	87,267	81,130	6,137	324	1.7	9.5
Wayne	30,593	18,350	12,243	10,855	2.7	6.8
Westmoreland	161,058	149,813	11,245	1,614	1.5	8.3

Wyoming	12,713	10,762	1,951	1,316	1.6	5.4
York	156,720	148,219	8,501	946	1.5	7.4

(1) Homeowner Vacancy Rate is the percentage relationship between the number of vacant units for sale and the total homeowner inventory.
(2) Rental Vacancy Rate is the percentage relationship between the number of vacant units for rent and the total rental inventory.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing.
Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center