Housing mix
Saint Louis, MO housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Saint Louis, MO.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Start with the dated local finding: Saint Louis, MO's current ACS housing baseline includes 174,111 total housing units, 144,891 occupied units, and 29,220 vacant units. In practical terms, those counts may still help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 29,220 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. For the decision at hand, reading 174,111 total units with 144,891 occupied and 29,220 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
Vacant units in Saint Louis, MO decreased from 34,777 in the prior ACS period to 29,220 in the current release, a reported movement of 16.0%. In the current housing stock, 29,220 units equal 16.8% of the 174,111 total. ACS vacancy covers several statuses, so the 16.8% share cannot be read as the share of homes a buyer can purchase today or the share of rentals immediately available. For borrower planning, the movement from 34,777 to 29,220 can nevertheless prompt better questions about current for-sale and rental inventory in Saint Louis, MO, provided those questions are answered with timely listing and property data in place of the survey count alone.