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Housing Occupancy - Ownership/Renting

Date updated: 12/06/2011

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Total Housing Units: The total number of housing units represents all completed units of housing in the housing stock. This includes apartments, condos and townhouses, single detached housing, etc.

Occupied Housing Units: A housing unit is occupied if a person or group of persons is living in it at the time of the housing survey 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. The count of occupied housing units is the same as the count of households.

Vacant Housing Units: A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of the housing survey, unless its occupants are only temporarily absent. In addition, a vacant unit may be one which is entirely occupied by persons who have a usual residence else where.

Seasonal Vacant Units: Seasonal housing units are those intended for occupancy only during certain seasons of the year and found primarily in resort areas. Seasonal housing units may be counted as either vacant or occupied, depending on their status at the time of the housing survey. Housing units held for occupancy by migratory labor employed in farm work during the crop season are tabulated as seasonal. As of the first quarter 1986 vacant seasonal mobile homes are being counted as a part of the seasonal housing inventory.

What this chart shows: Total Number of Housing Units in Select Larimer County Communities, 2010

*Larimer County portion only

Data Source: Colorado Department of Local Affairs

See data table

What the above data tell us:

 There were a total of 132,890 housing units in Larimer County in 2010. Two-thirds (67.1%) of those housing units are located in Fort Collins and Loveland. An additional one-quarter (24.9%) of housing units are located in the unincorporated areas of the county.

What this chart shows: Percentage of Occupied Housing Units in the United States, Colorado & Larimer County, 2001-2010

Data Source:

See data table

What the above data tell us:

 Between 2001 and 2010, Colorado and Larimer County experienced a similar rate in the percentage of occupied housing units. Occupancy rates declined steadily between 2001 and 2006 and have been inching upwards since 2006.

During this same period, the nation's occupancy rate stabilized between 2002 and 2005 before trending downwards. On a national scale, the housing market has not recovered as well as in Colorado and Larimer County.

What this chart shows: Percentage of Occupied and Vacant Housing Units in Larimer County Communities - 2010

*Larimer County portion only

Data Source: Colorado Department of Local Affairs

See data table

What the above data tell us:

 Among communities in Larimer County, Estes Park had the highest percentage of vacant units (31.8% or 1,306) in 2010 (see data table). The second highest vacancy rate in 2010 was in the unincorporated portion of Larimer County with 20.1% vacant (6,639 units). Wellington had the lowest vacancy rate during this time - 3.8%.

What this chart shows: Owner- vs. Renter-Occupied Housing Units in the United States, Colorado & Larimer County, 2008-2010 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

Data Source: United States Census Bureau (Table B25003)
See data table

What the above data tell us:

 According to the 2008-2010 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates, the percentages of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing in Larimer County were the same as in Colorado, with slightly more owner-occupied units than the nation.

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Data Tables:

Occupied vs. Vacant Housing Units, 2010

 

Number of Units

Number Occupied

Number Vacant

Percent Occupied

Percent Vacant

United States

130,845,000

112,451,000

18,394,000

85.9%

14.1%

Colorado

2,216,819

1,981,383

235,436

89.4%

10.6%

Larimer County

132,890

120,708

12,182

90.8%

9.2%

Berthoud (part)

2,067

1,987

80

96.1%

3.9%

Estes Park

4,112

2,806

1,306

68.2%

31.8%

Fort Collins

60,563

58,011

2,552

95.8%

4.2%

Johnstown (part)

284

235

49

82.7%

17.3%

Loveland

28,592

27,245

1,347

95.3%

4.7%

Timnath

258

228

30

88.4%

11.6%

Wellington

2,281

2,194

87

96.2%

3.8%

Windsor (part)

1,673

1,581

92

94.5%

5.5%

Unincorporated

33,060

26,421

6,639

79.9%

20.1%

See chart - Number of Housing Units

See chart - Percentage of Occupied Units - Larimer County Communities

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Percentage of Occupied Housing Units - United States, Colorado & Larimer County

  

United States

Colorado

Larimer County

Percent Occupied

Percent Vacant

Percent Occupied

Percent Vacant

Percent Occupied

Percent Vacant

2001

 89.2% 10.8% 91.0% 9.0% 92.3% 7.7%

2002

 87.6% 12.4% 89.8% 10.2% 91.3% 8.7%

2003

 87.5% 12.5% 88.6% 11.4% 89.8% 10.2%

2004

 87.6% 12.4% 87.9% 12.1% 89.3% 10.7%

2005

 87.5% 12.5% 87.1% 12.9% 87.9% 12.1%

2006

 86.8% 13.2% 87.0% 13.0% 88.0% 12.0%

2007

 86.2% 13.8% 87.0% 13.0% 88.6% 11.4%

2008

 85.5% 14.5% 87.7% 12.3% 89.5% 10.5%

2009

 85.5% 14.5% 88.4% 11.6% 90.3% 9.7%

2010

 85.9% 14.1% 89.4% 10.6% 90.8% 9.2%

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Owner and Renter Occupied Housing Units - 2008-2010

Owner Occupied

Renter Occupied

%

#

%

#

United States

 65.9% 75,557,656 34.1% 39,039,271

Colorado

 66.7% 1,295,173 33.3% 646,876

Larimer County

 66.7% 79,533 33.3% 39,620

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