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Vacant housing unit

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-002072

A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of enumeration, unless its occupants are only temporarily absent. Units temporarily occupied at the time of enumeration entirely by people who have a usual residence elsewhere are also classified as vacant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-002072
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoHousing unit; Occupied housing unit; Usual residence elsewhere; Vacancy status
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-002072",
  "term": "Vacant housing unit",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of enumeration, unless its occupants are only temporarily absent. Units temporarily occupied at the time of enumeration entirely by people who have a usual residence elsewhere are also classified as vacant.",
  "see_also": [
    "Housing unit",
    "Occupied housing unit",
    "Usual residence elsewhere",
    "Vacancy status"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/vacant-housing-unit/"
}

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