The rental vacancy rate in the third quarter 2021, 5.8 percent, was lower than the rate in the third quarter 2020. The rates in the Northeast and West were lower than their third quarter 2020 rates. The rates in the Midwest and South were not statistically different from the third quarter 2020 rates.
3rd Qtr 2021: +5.8 percent
3rd Qtr 2020: +6.4 percent