{"id":82030,"date":"2025-09-03T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=82030"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:16:51","slug":"homeownership-rentership-rate-q2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/homeownership-rentership-rate-q2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Homeowner Population Stops Growing for First Time in Nearly a Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><i>The number of homeowner households fell 0.1% year over year in the second quarter\u2014a small decline, but the first since 2016.<\/i><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><i>Meanwhile, the number of renter households rose 2.6%\u2014one of the biggest increases in recent years.<\/i><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of homeowner households in America fell 0.1% year over year to an estimated 86.2 million in the second quarter. While that\u2019s a marginal decline, it\u2019s the first since 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-CBE8N\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"America's Homeowner Population Has Stopped Growing\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/CBE8N\/1\/\" height=\"266\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Small multiple line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}})}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By comparison, the number of renter households <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rose<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2.6% to an estimated 46.4 million\u2014one of the largest increases in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is based on a Redfin analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. A renter household is defined as one where the head of the household reports to the Census that they are renting out the property, while a homeowner household is one where the head of household reports they own the property.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAmerica\u2019s homeowner population is no longer growing because rising home prices, high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty have made it increasingly difficult to own a home,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/chen-zhao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Zhao<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Redfin\u2019s head of economics research. \u201cPeople are also getting married and starting families later, which means they\u2019re buying homes later\u2014another factor that may be at play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The median home sale price <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/homes-sell-at-slowest-pace-in-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rose<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1.4% year over year in July to $443,867\u2014the highest July level on record. And mortgage rates currently sit at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.56%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, more than double the all-time low recorded during the pandemic. As a result, more Americans have opted to keep renting rather than buying a home, meaning more people are forgoing home equity\u2014a key way to build wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is that rates have started <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/mortgage-rates-what-homebuyers-and-sellers-should-do-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">falling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in recent weeks, and are down from a peak of over 7% at the start of the year. That appears to be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-market-update-homebuying-demand-ticks-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bringing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some buyers off the sidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the number of homeowners in the U.S. housing market has fallen recently, the homeownership rate has remained relatively steady. It was 65% as of the second quarter, down slightly from 65.6% a year earlier. The rentership rate was 35%, up slightly from 34.4% a year earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-yw2RW\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"The U.S. Homeownership Rate Is 65%\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/yw2RW\/2\/\" height=\"431\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}})}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Metro-Level Homeownership and Rentership Rates: Q2 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The table below includes the 75 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-479\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-479\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">U.S. metro area<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Homeownership rate<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Rentership rate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Akron, OH<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Albany, NY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Albuquerque, NM<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">73.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">26.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Allentown, PA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">70.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Atlanta, GA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Austin, TX<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">56.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">43.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Baltimore, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Baton Rouge, LA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">78.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">21.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Birmingham, AL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boston, MA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">62.2%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">37.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bridgeport, CT<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Buffalo, NY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cape Coral, FL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">74.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">26.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Charleston, SC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">76.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">23.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Charlotte, NC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">61.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">38.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chicago, IL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cincinnati, OH<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">70.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cleveland, OH<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">71.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">28.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Columbia, SC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">70.2%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Columbus, OH<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">68.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">31.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dallas, TX<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">64.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">35.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dayton, OH<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">63.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">36.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Denver, CO<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">59.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">41.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Detroit, MI<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fresno, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">63.1%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">36.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Grand Rapids, MI<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Greensboro, NC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">62.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">37.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hartford, CT<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Honolulu, HI<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">58.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">41.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Houston, TX<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">61.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">38.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Indianapolis, IN<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">72.1%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">27.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jacksonville, FL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">64.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">35.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kansas City, MO<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">62.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">37.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Knoxville, TN<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Las Vegas, NV<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">52.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">47.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Little Rock, AR<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">70.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Los Angeles, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">46.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">53.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Louisville, KY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Memphis, TN<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">35.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Miami, FL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">57.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">42.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Milwaukee, WI<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">61.1%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">38.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Minneapolis, MN<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nashville, TN<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">70.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">New Haven, CT<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">64.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">35.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">New Orleans, LA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">New York, NY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">49.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">50.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">North Port, FL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">79.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">20.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-49\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Oklahoma City, OK<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">55.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">44.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-50\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Omaha, NE<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-51\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Orlando, FL<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">59.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">40.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-52\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Philadelphia, PA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-53\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Phoenix, AZ<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">71.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">28.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-54\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pittsburgh, PA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">66.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-55\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Portland, OR<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">62.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">37.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-56\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Providence, RI<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-57\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Raleigh, NC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">64.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">35.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-58\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Richmond, VA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">62.1%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">37.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-59\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Riverside, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">64.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">35.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-60\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rochester, NY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">73.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">27.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-61\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sacramento, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-62\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">St Louis, MO<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">67.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-63\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Salt Lake City, UT<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">60.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">39.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-64\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">San Antonio, TX<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">60.2%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">39.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-65\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">San Diego, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">51.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">48.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-66\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">San Francisco, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">54.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">46.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-67\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">San Jose, CA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">53.9%<\/td><td 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