The number of vacant homes in the South Bend area was nearly 3,200 in the third quarter of 2018, a 126-unit increase over what it was a year ago, according to new real estate numbers reported by ATTOM Data Solutions.
The South Bend area had the 14th highest home vacancy rate among the 153 Metropolitan Statistical Areas with 100,000 or more single-family homes and condos in the analysis. The rate stood at 2.68 percent in the third quarter, down from 2.85 percent in the third quarter of 2017.
Nationally, the home vacancy rate was 1.52 percent in the third quarter, representing more than 1.4 million housing units. That’s a 4 percent decrease over what it was in the third quarter of 2017 as activity in the nation’s housing market continued to intensify, according to ATTOM Data.
The study used county tax assessor information to determine the vacancy status for more than 95 million homes throughout the nation.
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MSA Rankings on Home Vacancy Rates
| Rank | MSA | 2018 Single Family Homes & Condos | 2018 Vacant Single Family Homes & Condos | 2018 Vacant Home Rate (% Vacant) | 2017 Vacant Homes | 2017 Vacant Home Rate (% Vacant) | Year-over-Year % Change in Vacant Rate |
| 1 | Flint, MI | 152,497 | 10,666 | 6.99% | 10,566 | 6.89% | 2% |
| 2 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 190,595 | 7,241 | 3.80% | 7,006 | 4.49% | -15% |
| 3 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 124,793 | 4,632 | 3.71% | 4,780 | 3.80% | -2% |
| 4 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 215,369 | 7,975 | 3.70% | 4,897 | 2.64% | 40% |
| 5 | Mobile, AL | 147,996 | 5,466 | 3.69% | 5,152 | 3.77% | -2% |
| 6 | Montgomery, AL | 116,692 | 3,956 | 3.39% | 4,143 | 3.44% | -1% |
| 7 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 1,470,747 | 47,120 | 3.20% | 56,417 | 3.77% | -15% |
| 8 | Dayton, OH | 268,141 | 7,946 | 2.96% | 8,054 | 2.91% | 2% |
| 9 | Jackson, MS | 180,413 | 5,339 | 2.96% | 4,856 | 3.03% | -2% |
| 10 | Toledo, OH | 194,274 | 5,709 | 2.94% | 6,484 | 3.19% | -8% |
| 11 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 374,030 | 10,761 | 2.88% | 10,963 | 3.13% | -8% |
| 12 | Knoxville, TN | 348,296 | 9,752 | 2.80% | 9,125 | 2.62% | 7% |
| 13 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 133,532 | 3,612 | 2.70% | 3,055 | 2.54% | 6% |
| 14 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 117,951 | 3,159 | 2.68% | 3,033 | 2.85% | -6% |
| 15 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 217,789 | 5,818 | 2.67% | 6,127 | 2.78% | -4% |
| 16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 1,900,226 | 50,358 | 2.65% | 54,173 | 2.76% | -4% |
| 17 | Wichita, KS | 211,074 | 5,532 | 2.62% | 5,444 | 2.78% | -6% |
| 18 | Tulsa, OK | 288,411 | 7,506 | 2.60% | 7,180 | 2.64% | -1% |
| 19 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 318,874 | 8,291 | 2.60% | 8,652 | 2.66% | -2% |
| 20 | Peoria, IL | 133,535 | 3,451 | 2.58% | 3,294 | 2.57% | 1% |
| 21 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 418,208 | 10,776 | 2.58% | 11,257 | 2.72% | -5% |
| 22 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 960,305 | 24,698 | 2.57% | 26,132 | 2.71% | -5% |
| 23 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 950,083 | 24,179 | 2.54% | 27,059 | 2.81% | -9% |
| 24 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 932,032 | 23,567 | 2.53% | 24,658 | 2.63% | -4% |
| 25 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 653,601 | 16,514 | 2.53% | 19,594 | 2.81% | -10% |
| 26 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 172,542 | 4,316 | 2.50% | 5,230 | 2.98% | -16% |
| 27 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 117,293 | 2,882 | 2.46% | 2,157 | 2.34% | 5% |
| 28 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 624,692 | 15,256 | 2.44% | 17,873 | 2.88% | -15% |
| 29 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 183,956 | 4,483 | 2.44% | 4,002 | 2.25% | 8% |
| 30 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 238,748 | 5,744 | 2.41% | 5,745 | 2.39% | 1% |
| 31 | Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 138,389 | 3,269 | 2.36% | 2,965 | 2.07% | 14% |
| 32 | Tucson, AZ | 301,555 | 7,106 | 2.36% | 7,446 | 2.48% | -5% |
| 33 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 139,977 | 3,095 | 2.21% | 2,820 | 2.13% | 4% |
| 34 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 112,862 | 2,473 | 2.19% | 4,056 | 3.57% | -39% |
| 35 | Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS | 127,586 | 2,767 | 2.17% | 2,281 | 2.48% | -12% |
| 36 | Akron, OH | 222,535 | 4,776 | 2.15% | 5,449 | 2.35% | -9% |
| 37 | Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL | 180,926 | 3,845 | 2.13% | 3,476 | 1.90% | 12% |
| 38 | Fort Wayne, IN | 138,398 | 2,902 | 2.10% | 3,158 | 2.35% | -11% |
| 39 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 652,088 | 13,411 | 2.06% | 13,348 | 2.15% | -4% |
| 40 | Corpus Christi, TX | 135,206 | 2,760 | 2.04% | 2,482 | 1.85% | 11% |
| 41 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 657,980 | 13,389 | 2.03% | 14,334 | 2.17% | -6% |
| 42 | Rockford, IL | 102,758 | 2,047 | 1.99% | 2,324 | 2.52% | -21% |
| 43 | Canton-Massillon, OH | 139,308 | 2,773 | 1.99% | 3,312 | 2.28% | -13% |
| 44 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 258,119 | 5,033 | 1.95% | 5,224 | 2.00% | -3% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City, OK | 451,399 | 8,747 | 1.94% | 8,575 | 1.93% | 1% |
| 46 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 103,527 | 1,977 | 1.91% | 1,796 | 1.99% | -4% |
| 47 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 299,931 | 5,650 | 1.88% | 5,613 | 1.92% | -2% |
| 48 | Winston-Salem, NC | 226,083 | 4,084 | 1.81% | 4,312 | 1.85% | -2% |
| 49 | Lafayette, LA | 136,282 | 2,356 | 1.73% | 1,993 | 1.47% | 17% |
| 50 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 222,172 | 3,793 | 1.71% | 3,751 | 1.66% | 3% |
| 51 | Jacksonville, FL | 465,019 | 7,907 | 1.70% | 7,602 | 1.65% | 3% |
| 52 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 162,707 | 2,766 | 1.70% | 2,696 | 1.68% | 1% |
| 53 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 229,327 | 3,834 | 1.67% | 3,924 | 1.73% | -3% |
| 54 | Pittsburgh, PA | 788,025 | 13,111 | 1.66% | 13,946 | 1.74% | -4% |
| 55 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 410,611 | 6,701 | 1.63% | 7,236 | 2.00% | -19% |
| 56 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 1,736,668 | 27,988 | 1.61% | 29,936 | 1.69% | -5% |
| 57 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 218,959 | 3,488 | 1.59% | 4,155 | 1.68% | -5% |
| 58 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 144,646 | 2,302 | 1.59% | 2,406 | 1.66% | -4% |
| 59 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 2,761,820 | 43,878 | 1.59% | 44,243 | 1.60% | -1% |
| 60 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 298,174 | 4,636 | 1.55% | 5,859 | 1.68% | -7% |
| 61 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 401,905 | 6,131 | 1.53% | 6,638 | 1.42% | 7% |
| 62 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 266,898 | 3,990 | 1.49% | 3,879 | 1.46% | 2% |
| 63 | Trenton, NJ | 114,554 | 1,708 | 1.49% | 2,282 | 1.98% | -25% |
| 64 | Savannah, GA | 116,655 | 1,720 | 1.47% | 1,666 | 1.39% | 6% |
| 65 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 113,247 | 1,609 | 1.42% | 1,460 | 1.27% | 12% |
| 66 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 173,041 | 2,434 | 1.41% | 2,825 | 1.57% | -10% |
| 67 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 143,520 | 2,017 | 1.41% | 1,462 | 1.30% | 8% |
| 68 | Killeen-Temple, TX | 108,428 | 1,516 | 1.40% | 1,674 | 1.50% | -7% |
| 69 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 606,544 | 8,471 | 1.40% | 8,197 | 1.34% | 4% |
| 70 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 520,578 | 7,197 | 1.38% | 7,764 | 1.42% | -3% |
| 71 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,108,019 | 15,133 | 1.37% | 16,348 | 1.46% | -6% |
| 72 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 114,638 | 1,560 | 1.36% | 1,936 | 1.63% | -16% |
| 73 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 697,308 | 9,483 | 1.36% | 9,856 | 1.37% | -1% |
| 74 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 650,149 | 8,790 | 1.35% | 9,016 | 1.41% | -4% |
| 75 | Baton Rouge, LA | 245,799 | 3,320 | 1.35% | 2,715 | 1.31% | 3% |
| 76 | Columbia, SC | 257,092 | 3,419 | 1.33% | 3,664 | 1.42% | -6% |
| 77 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 647,366 | 8,387 | 1.30% | 9,158 | 1.42% | -9% |
| 78 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,880,516 | 24,267 | 1.29% | 26,951 | 1.42% | -9% |
| 79 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,365,346 | 17,586 | 1.29% | 18,856 | 1.36% | -5% |
| 80 | Huntsville, AL | 141,503 | 1,812 | 1.28% | 1,744 | 1.53% | -16% |
| 81 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 282,375 | 3,607 | 1.28% | 3,715 | 1.34% | -5% |
| 82 | Syracuse, NY | 313,436 | 3,921 | 1.25% | 2,745 | 1.42% | -12% |
| 83 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 144,780 | 1,808 | 1.25% | 2,026 | 1.41% | -11% |
| 84 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 297,984 | 3,675 | 1.23% | 3,788 | 1.33% | -7% |
| 85 | Worcester, MA-CT | 240,163 | 2,912 | 1.21% | 3,280 | 1.23% | -1% |
| 86 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 116,876 | 1,415 | 1.21% | 1,324 | 1.13% | 7% |
| 87 | Fresno, CA | 215,849 | 2,577 | 1.19% | 2,721 | 1.24% | -3% |
| 88 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 218,383 | 2,568 | 1.18% | 2,362 | 1.04% | 13% |
| 89 | Anchorage, AK | 110,423 | 1,246 | 1.13% | 1,189 | 1.03% | 9% |
| 90 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 159,287 | 1,795 | 1.13% | 1,908 | 1.22% | -8% |
| 91 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 1,708,150 | 18,869 | 1.10% | 19,856 | 1.17% | -6% |
| 92 | Springfield, MO | 153,413 | 1,661 | 1.08% | 1,643 | 1.33% | -18% |
| 93 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 173,403 | 1,858 | 1.07% | 1,843 | 1.06% | 1% |
| 94 | Springfield, MA | 154,992 | 1,619 | 1.04% | 1,901 | 1.09% | -4% |
| 95 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 636,977 | 6,491 | 1.02% | 6,131 | 0.97% | 5% |
| 96 | Salt Lake City, UT | 295,731 | 3,002 | 1.02% | 2,702 | 0.87% | 17% |
| 97 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 832,811 | 8,334 | 1.00% | 8,433 | 1.02% | -2% |
| 98 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 336,543 | 3,365 | 1.00% | 4,878 | 1.31% | -23% |
| 99 | Bakersfield, CA | 202,321 | 2,016 | 1.00% | 2,105 | 1.00% | 0% |
| 100 | Barnstable Town, MA | 141,057 | 1,394 | 0.99% | 1,437 | 1.00% | -1% |
| 101 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 166,920 | 1,630 | 0.98% | 1,855 | 1.06% | -8% |
| 102 | Albuquerque, NM | 271,535 | 2,645 | 0.97% | 2,663 | 1.00% | -2% |
| 103 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 211,603 | 2,061 | 0.97% | 1,860 | 1.05% | -7% |
| 104 | Modesto, CA | 125,240 | 1,203 | 0.96% | 1,233 | 0.99% | -3% |
| 105 | Rochester, NY | 308,108 | 2,927 | 0.95% | 3,295 | 1.03% | -8% |
| 106 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,046,814 | 9,834 | 0.94% | 9,959 | 0.94% | 0% |
| 107 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 373,632 | 3,477 | 0.93% | 4,022 | 1.11% | -16% |
| 108 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 154,429 | 1,433 | 0.93% | 1,421 | 0.94% | -1% |
| 109 | Richmond, VA | 413,007 | 3,800 | 0.92% | 4,302 | 1.04% | -11% |
| 110 | Visalia-Porterville, CA | 103,318 | 944 | 0.91% | 1,012 | 0.96% | -5% |
| 111 | Roanoke, VA | 118,720 | 1,076 | 0.91% | 1,232 | 1.02% | -11% |
| 112 | Salisbury, MD-DE | 207,058 | 1,867 | 0.90% | 2,497 | 1.25% | -28% |
| 113 | Asheville, NC | 145,354 | 1,274 | 0.88% | 1,239 | 0.84% | 4% |
| 114 | New Haven-Milford, CT | 223,660 | 1,950 | 0.87% | 2,197 | 0.87% | 1% |
| 115 | Santa Rosa, CA | 131,368 | 1,102 | 0.84% | 1,155 | 0.83% | 1% |
| 116 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 622,533 | 5,051 | 0.81% | 5,431 | 0.85% | -4% |
| 117 | El Paso, TX | 199,855 | 1,598 | 0.80% | 1,335 | 0.65% | 23% |
| 118 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,078,178 | 8,526 | 0.79% | 8,536 | 0.82% | -3% |
| 119 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1,796,724 | 14,134 | 0.79% | 14,836 | 0.82% | -4% |
| 120 | Colorado Springs, CO | 215,830 | 1,672 | 0.77% | 1,708 | 0.80% | -4% |
| 121 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 255,895 | 1,982 | 0.77% | 2,092 | 0.81% | -4% |
| 122 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 163,381 | 1,246 | 0.76% | 1,463 | 0.86% | -11% |
| 123 | Portland-South Portland, ME | 155,651 | 1,143 | 0.73% | 1,235 | 0.69% | 6% |
| 124 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 3,629,618 | 26,509 | 0.73% | 32,655 | 0.81% | -10% |
| 125 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 338,941 | 2,416 | 0.71% | 2,842 | 0.77% | -7% |
| 126 | Reading, PA | 110,687 | 775 | 0.70% | 843 | 0.76% | -8% |
| 127 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 173,521 | 1,121 | 0.65% | 1,030 | 0.59% | 10% |
| 128 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 752,458 | 4,841 | 0.64% | 4,907 | 0.65% | 0% |
| 129 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 340,465 | 2,133 | 0.63% | 2,224 | 0.72% | -13% |
| 130 | Ocala, FL | 109,450 | 669 | 0.61% | 947 | 0.87% | -30% |
| 131 | York-Hanover, PA | 142,291 | 855 | 0.60% | 769 | 0.53% | 14% |
| 132 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1,119,401 | 6,651 | 0.59% | 6,783 | 0.54% | 10% |
| 133 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1,762,647 | 10,217 | 0.58% | 9,869 | 0.56% | 4% |
| 134 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 852,914 | 4,714 | 0.55% | 4,765 | 0.56% | -2% |
| 135 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 2,515,235 | 13,135 | 0.52% | 14,455 | 0.54% | -3% |
| 136 | Boise City, ID | 202,542 | 1,043 | 0.51% | 987 | 0.52% | -1% |
| 137 | Raleigh, NC | 382,610 | 1,970 | 0.51% | 2,329 | 0.61% | -16% |
| 138 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 167,551 | 854 | 0.51% | 863 | 0.55% | -8% |
| 139 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 246,128 | 1,194 | 0.49% | 1,313 | 0.48% | 1% |
| 140 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 520,634 | 2,323 | 0.45% | 2,168 | 0.42% | 7% |
| 141 | Green Bay, WI | 112,463 | 492 | 0.44% | 503 | 0.47% | -6% |
| 142 | Madison, WI | 203,747 | 849 | 0.42% | 769 | 0.39% | 6% |
| 143 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 152,592 | 630 | 0.41% | 546 | 0.39% | 7% |
| 144 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 211,927 | 864 | 0.41% | 982 | 0.45% | -10% |
| 145 | Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 113,818 | 418 | 0.37% | 445 | 0.39% | -5% |
| 146 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 1,102,939 | 3,699 | 0.34% | 3,968 | 0.34% | -2% |
| 147 | Provo-Orem, UT | 140,796 | 455 | 0.32% | 471 | 0.34% | -4% |
| 148 | Columbus, OH | 597,046 | 1,515 | 0.25% | 6,597 | 1.12% | -77% |
| 149 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | 110,878 | 279 | 0.25% | 368 | 0.31% | -19% |
| 150 | Fort Collins, CO | 109,126 | 258 | 0.24% | 259 | 0.24% | -1% |
| 151 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 437,547 | 1,033 | 0.24% | 1,026 | 0.23% | 3% |
| 152 | Lancaster, PA | 144,184 | 322 | 0.22% | 392 | 0.26% | -15% |
| 153 | Reno, NV | 136,801 | 2 | 0.00% | 1,310 | 0.96% | -100% |