Where rural America's second homes actually cluster, in rural America

U.S. land and rural markets · Data as of 2026-09-14 · ALEX Intelligence

Methodology

Source:

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2024

Measure

Share of Rural Seasonal Homes in Its Top Three Counties, ranked highest first across U.S. counties under 50,000 residents (866 ranked in total).

How the headline figure is computed

The top three units' combined count divided by the combined count of all 866 ranked units.

Universe

Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.

Vintage

2024

Reproduce this query

https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5?get=NAME%2CB01003_001E%2CB01002_001E%2CB19013_001E%2CB25077_001E%2CB25064_001E%2CB25003_001E%2CB25003_002E%2CB25002_001E%2CB25002_003E%2CB25035_001E%2CB25010_001E%2CB25070_001E%2CB25070_007E%2CB25070_008E%2CB25070_009E%2CB25070_010E%2CB25075_001E%2CB25075_024E%2CB25075_025E%2CB25075_026E%2CB25081_001E%2CB25081_009E%2CB01001_020E%2CB01001_021E%2CB01001_022E%2CB01001_023E%2CB01001_024E%2CB01001_025E%2CB01001_044E%2CB01001_045E%2CB01001_046E%2CB01001_047E%2CB01001_048E%2CB01001_049E&for=county%3A%2A&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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