docs/us_housing/housing_tenure_county_year

housing_tenure_county_year

County-year grain. Owner vs. renter occupied units and homeownership rate. Stub — pending acs_county_tenure_2024 raw load (ACS B25003).

tier —sample_estimatehousingacstenurehomeownershiprenterowner_occupied
grain
county-year
years
2024
cadence
Annual
overview

overview

All 3,222 counties (planned). STUB - pending acs_county_tenure_2024 load.

current vintage — 2020-2024 ACS 5-Year (planned)

history — ACS B25003: 2009-present

provenance

source & licensing

authority
U.S. Census Bureau
dataset
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
license
citation
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS 5-Year Estimates, Table B25003 (tenure), 2020-2024.
schema

fields

nametypedefinition
_ingested_attimestampTimestamp when this record was written to BigQuery.Pipeline metadata field.
_ingestor_versionstringVersion of the ingestor script that produced this record.Pipeline metadata field.
_reliability_tierstringData quality tier (A/B/C) assigned at ingestion.Pipeline metadata field.
_source_dataset_idstringInternal dataset identifier linking to meta.datasets.Pipeline metadata field.
country_idstringISO alpha-2 country code (always 'US' for domestic tables).
county_idkeystring5-character FIPS code identifying the county.Joins dim.counties on county_id.
county_namestringHuman-readable county name corresponding to county_id.
homeownership_ratefloat64 · percent (0–100)Share of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied, expressed as a percentage of the tenure universe. Calculated as owner_occupied / tenure_universe × 100. Higher values indicate greater homeownership prevalence.
owner_occupiedint64 · countNumber of occupied housing units where the householder owns the unit, with or without a mortgage. Higher values indicate greater owner-occupied stock.
renter_occupiedint64 · countNumber of occupied housing units where the householder rents the unit. Higher values indicate a larger rental housing market.
renter_ratefloat64 · percent (0–100)Share of occupied housing units that are renter-occupied, expressed as a percentage of the tenure universe. Calculated as renter_occupied / tenure_universe × 100. Higher values indicate a more renter-dominant housing market.
state_idstring2-character FIPS code identifying the state.Joins dim.states on state_id.
tenure_universeint64 · countTotal number of occupied housing units included in the tenure classification universe for the county-year. Serves as the denominator for homeownership and renter rate calculations.
yearkeyint64Reference year of the observation.
relationships

joins

primary key
county_id, year
common joins
dim.geographies on county_id
housing_supply_county_year on (county_id, year)
housing_affordability_county_year on (county_id, year)
usage

how to use this table

method

ACS B25003 reports owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing units. Homeownership rate = owner-occupied / total occupied. Currently STUB.

do not use for

Sub-county tract analysis; vacant-unit rate (use B25002, separate); subsidized rental detail.

known issues

STUB - not yet loaded.

last updated · May 5, 2026