About This Data
Homeownership Rate statistics are from the Housing Vacancy Survey, which is a supplement to the Current Population Survey.
The Homeownership Rate is the proportion of households that are owner-occupied. It is calculated by dividing the number of owner-occupied housholds by the total number of occupied housing units.
The householder refers to the person (or one of the persons) in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented or, if there is no such person, any adult member, excluding roomers, boarders, or paid employees. If the house is jointly owned by a married couple, either the husband or the wife may be listed first, thereby becoming the reference person, or householder, to whom the relationship of the other household members is recorded. One person in each household is designated as the "householder."
The count of occupied housing units is the same as the count of households.
A housing unit is occupied if a person or group of persons is living in it at the time of the interview or if the occupants are only temporarily absent, as for example, on vacation. The persons living in the unit must consider it their usual place of residence or have no usual place of residence elsewhere.
A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants do not live and eat with other persons in the structure and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall.
Geographic regions. The four major regions of the United States for which data are presented in this report represent groups of States as follows:
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