65.2%
2026 (thru Apr) (latest)
HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE
percent of households, annual average · 1965–2026 · higher is better · FRED RHORUSQ156N
63.0%
1965
69.0%
high · 2004
63.0%
low · 1965
+2.2 pts
since 1965
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Census Housing Vacancies and Homeownership survey.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Homeownership Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65.2% | −0.1 pts |
| 2025 | 65.3% | −0.3 pts |
| 2024 | 65.6% | −0.3 pts |
| 2023 | 65.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 2022 | 65.8% | +0.3 pts |
| 2021 | 65.5% | −1.1 pts |
| 2020 | 66.6% | +2.0 pts |
| 2019 | 64.6% | +0.2 pts |
| 2018 | 64.4% | +0.5 pts |
| 2017 | 63.9% | +0.5 pts |
| 2016 | 63.4% | −0.3 pts |
| 2015 | 63.7% | −0.8 pts |
| 2014 | 64.5% | −0.6 pts |
| 2013 | 65.1% | −0.4 pts |
| 2012 | 65.5% | −0.7 pts |
| 2011 | 66.2% | −0.6 pts |
| 2010 | 66.8% | −0.6 pts |
| 2009 | 67.4% | −0.4 pts |
| 2008 | 67.8% | −0.4 pts |
| 2007 | 68.2% | −0.6 pts |
| 2006 | 68.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 2005 | 68.9% | −0.1 pts |
| 2004 | 69.0% | +0.7 pts |
| 2003 | 68.3% | +0.4 pts |
| 2002 | 67.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 2001 | 67.8% | +0.4 pts |
| 2000 | 67.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 1999 | 66.8% | +0.5 pts |
| 1998 | 66.3% | +0.6 pts |
| 1997 | 65.7% | +0.3 pts |
| 1996 | 65.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 1995 | 64.8% | +0.8 pts |
| 1994 | 64.0% | −0.5 pts |
| 1993 | 64.5% | +0.3 pts |
| 1992 | 64.2% | +0.2 pts |
| 1991 | 64.0% | +0.1 pts |
| 1990 | 63.9% | +0.0 pts |
| 1989 | 63.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 1988 | 63.8% | −0.2 pts |
| 1987 | 64.0% | +0.2 pts |
| 1986 | 63.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 1985 | 63.9% | −0.6 pts |
| 1984 | 64.5% | −0.2 pts |
| 1983 | 64.7% | −0.1 pts |
| 1982 | 64.8% | −0.6 pts |
| 1981 | 65.4% | −0.2 pts |
| 1980 | 65.6% | +0.4 pts |
| 1979 | 65.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 1978 | 64.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 1977 | 64.8% | +0.1 pts |
| 1976 | 64.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 1975 | 64.6% | −0.1 pts |
| 1974 | 64.7% | +0.2 pts |
| 1973 | 64.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 1972 | 64.4% | +0.1 pts |
| 1971 | 64.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 1970 | 64.2% | −0.1 pts |
| 1969 | 64.3% | +0.5 pts |
| 1968 | 63.8% | +0.2 pts |
| 1967 | 63.6% | +0.1 pts |
| 1966 | 63.5% | +0.5 pts |
| 1965 | 63.0% | — |
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