Where the empty inventory sits among the Texas counties retirees choose

the Texas 55+ market · Data as of 2026-10-23 · ALEX Intelligence

Read this carefully: ACS counts a seasonal or second home as vacant, so resort and beach markets read high here by construction. The figure is unoccupied units, not distressed inventory.

Methodology

Source:

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

Measure

Housing Vacancy Rate, ranked highest first across the 50 Texas counties with the highest 65+ share, of 254, each with at least 20,000 residents (10 ranked in total).

Universe

Texas counties only. Units with fewer than 20,000 residents are excluded. Nothing outside Texas is ranked.

Vintage

2024

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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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