The number of vacant homes in Indiana's Lake County was more than 8,200 in the third quarter of 2018, a 1,101-unit decrease over what it was a year ago, according to real estate numbers reported by ATTOM Data Solutions.

The jurisdiction had the 8th higheset home vacancy rate among the 405 counties with 50,000 or more single-family homes and condos in the analysis. The rate stood at 5.07 percent in the third quarter, down from 5.52 percent in the third quarter of 2017. 

Nationwide, the home vacancy rate was 1.52 percent in the third quarter, representing more than 1.4 million housing units. That’s a 4 percent decrease over what it was a year earlier as activity in the nation’s housing market continued to intensify, according to ATTOM Data. 

The study used county tax assessor information to determine the vacancy status for more than 95 million homes throughout the nation.

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Top 200: Counties With Highest Home Vacancy Rates

Rank	County	State	2018 Single Family Homes & Condos	2018 Vacant Single Family Homes & Condos	2018 Vacant Home Rate (% Vacant)	2017 Vacant Homes	2017 Vacant Home Rate (% Vacant)	Year-over-Year % Change in Vacant Rate
1	Baltimore City	Maryland	228,794	17,917	7.83%	18,618	8.14%	-4%
2	Genesee	Michigan	152,497	10,666	6.99%	10,566	6.89%	2%
3	Saint Louis City	Missouri	79,820	4,730	5.93%	7,265	6.97%	-15%
4	Bibb	Georgia	61,708	3,537	5.73%	3,605	6.24%	-8%
5	Wayne	Michigan	631,660	35,396	5.60%	44,402	6.76%	-17%
6	Hinds	Mississippi	75,801	3,921	5.17%	4,003	5.19%	0%
7	Montgomery	Alabama	71,031	3,622	5.10%	3,811	5.35%	-5%
8	Lake	Indiana	161,676	8,201	5.07%	9,302	5.52%	-8%
9	Saint Clair	Illinois	77,000	3,774	4.90%	4,215	5.18%	-5%
10	Mahoning	Ohio	83,248	3,978	4.78%	4,572	5.27%	-9%
11	Pinellas	Florida	351,158	14,873	4.24%	15,892	4.44%	-5%
12	Jefferson	Alabama	243,404	10,289	4.23%	10,421	4.31%	-2%
13	Washington	Utah	55,737	2,319	4.16%	2,336	4.26%	-2%
14	Marion	Indiana	276,054	11,222	4.07%	13,733	4.79%	-15%
15	Lucas	Ohio	136,150	5,298	3.89%	6,078	4.20%	-7%
16	Saginaw	Michigan	74,328	2,829	3.81%	3,003	3.99%	-5%
17	Muscogee	Georgia	63,464	2,411	3.80%	2,439	3.78%	1%
18	Peoria	Illinois	64,160	2,409	3.75%	2,318	3.60%	4%
19	Montgomery	Ohio	181,012	6,712	3.71%	6,736	3.60%	3%
20	Trumbull	Ohio	67,124	2,483	3.70%	2,431	3.53%	5%
21	Vanderburgh	Indiana	59,287	2,128	3.59%	2,192	3.64%	-1%
22	Palm Beach	Florida	541,651	19,068	3.52%	19,724	3.56%	-1%
23	Caddo	Louisiana	77,204	2,713	3.51%	2,665	3.31%	6%
24	Jackson	Missouri	226,082	7,933	3.51%	8,411	3.62%	-3%
25	Mobile	Alabama	161,269	5,466	3.39%	5,152	3.77%	-10%
26	Jefferson	Texas	78,675	2,657	3.38%	2,743	3.46%	-2%
27	Sarasota	Florida	186,332	6,109	3.28%	6,248	3.34%	-2%
28	St Joseph	Indiana	92,818	3,016	3.25%	2,995	3.30%	-1%
29	Deschutes	Oregon	58,394	1,893	3.24%	2,000	3.59%	-10%
30	Cuyahoga	Ohio	386,554	12,410	3.21%	15,336	3.59%	-11%
31	Schuylkill	Pennsylvania	51,558	1,636	3.17%	1,762	3.30%	-4%
32	Sussex	New Jersey	56,416	1,773	3.14%	1,848	3.34%	-6%
33	Jackson	Michigan	54,602	1,668	3.05%	2,054	3.46%	-12%
34	Richmond City	Virginia	52,341	1,595	3.05%	1,986	3.40%	-10%
35	Madison	Illinois	91,825	2,796	3.04%	2,874	3.04%	0%
36	Broward	Florida	621,049	18,722	3.01%	21,296	3.32%	-9%
37	Saint Louis	Missouri	359,940	10,704	2.97%	10,492	2.91%	2%
38	Volusia	Florida	195,668	5,731	2.93%	5,728	2.92%	0%
39	Clayton	Georgia	69,136	2,020	2.92%	2,079	2.96%	-1%
40	Rock Island	Illinois	56,254	1,641	2.92%	1,459	2.76%	6%
41	Shelby	Tennessee	283,988	8,189	2.88%	8,685	2.98%	-3%
42	Mohave	Arizona	67,166	1,905	2.84%	1,809	2.71%	5%
43	Kanawha	West Virginia	91,386	2,432	2.66%	2,359	2.70%	-1%
44	Saint Clair	Michigan	58,348	1,550	2.66%	1,510	2.57%	3%
45	Brevard	Florida	219,688	5,818	2.65%	6,127	2.78%	-5%
46	Saint Lucie	Florida	105,318	2,762	2.62%	3,110	2.89%	-9%
47	Sedgwick	Kansas	169,728	4,406	2.60%	4,451	2.82%	-8%
48	Blount	Tennessee	56,755	1,473	2.60%	1,360	2.44%	6%
49	Shawnee	Kansas	55,780	1,423	2.55%	1,525	2.48%	3%
50	Richmond	Georgia	66,625	1,694	2.54%	1,799	2.66%	-4%
51	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	469,648	11,910	2.54%	11,855	2.50%	1%
52	Harrison	Mississippi	67,696	1,706	2.52%	1,374	2.73%	-8%
53	Summit	Ohio	175,539	4,392	2.50%	5,050	2.76%	-9%
54	Pulaski	Arkansas	128,452	3,196	2.49%	3,280	2.55%	-3%
55	Broome	New York	51,847	1,266	2.44%	1,378	2.37%	3%
56	Santa Fe	New Mexico	53,033	1,278	2.41%	1,186	2.26%	7%
57	Cumberland	Tennessee	55,275	1,304	2.36%	1,217	2.44%	-3%
58	Ingham	Michigan	86,866	2,046	2.36%	2,100	2.39%	-2%
59	Pima	Arizona	302,506	7,106	2.35%	7,446	2.48%	-5%
60	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	285,776	6,660	2.33%	6,407	2.40%	-3%
61	Allen	Indiana	117,398	2,721	2.32%	2,946	2.56%	-10%
62	Lorain	Ohio	98,324	2,274	2.31%	2,485	2.49%	-7%
63	Forsyth	North Carolina	131,053	3,027	2.31%	3,249	2.45%	-6%
64	Winnebago	Illinois	87,125	2,011	2.31%	2,323	2.53%	-9%
65	Fulton	Georgia	318,122	7,327	2.30%	8,254	2.54%	-9%
66	Martin	Florida	67,648	1,554	2.30%	2,120	3.13%	-27%
67	New Hanover	North Carolina	80,887	1,837	2.27%	1,812	2.22%	2%
68	Pasco	Florida	160,377	3,608	2.25%	3,768	2.36%	-5%
69	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	118,345	2,639	2.23%	4,180	2.70%	-17%
70	Sevier	Tennessee	73,846	1,631	2.21%	1,405	2.07%	7%
71	Montgomery	Tennessee	62,543	1,368	2.19%	1,370	2.22%	-2%
72	Sullivan	Tennessee	77,462	1,687	2.18%	1,482	1.94%	12%
73	Atlantic	New Jersey	113,891	2,473	2.17%	4,056	3.57%	-39%
74	Beaver	Pennsylvania	58,740	1,266	2.16%	1,388	2.35%	-8%
75	Cambria	Pennsylvania	50,969	1,091	2.14%	963	2.04%	5%
76	Gaston	North Carolina	71,360	1,527	2.14%	1,492	2.08%	3%
77	Tulsa	Oklahoma	232,142	4,937	2.13%	4,624	2.14%	-1%
78	Hall	Georgia	54,855	1,165	2.12%	1,143	2.04%	4%
79	Collier	Florida	181,361	3,845	2.12%	3,476	1.90%	11%
80	Stark	Ohio	131,661	2,758	2.09%	3,296	2.38%	-12%
81	Linn	Iowa	85,944	1,786	2.08%	1,743	2.09%	-1%
82	Jasper	Missouri	51,578	1,066	2.07%	1,014	2.47%	-16%
83	Lubbock	Texas	80,440	1,648	2.05%	1,521	1.82%	12%
84	Allegheny	Pennsylvania	404,722	8,243	2.04%	9,119	2.11%	-4%
85	Duval	Florida	285,681	5,812	2.03%	5,635	1.97%	3%
86	Hamilton	Tennessee	114,850	2,335	2.03%	2,362	1.98%	2%
87	Clark	Nevada	659,377	13,389	2.03%	14,334	2.17%	-7%
88	Escambia	Florida	103,881	2,075	2.00%	2,100	2.03%	-2%
89	Galveston	Texas	119,242	2,380	2.00%	2,399	2.07%	-4%
90	Jefferson	Kentucky	255,104	5,087	1.99%	5,308	2.10%	-5%
91	Niagara	New York	61,568	1,227	1.99%	1,503	2.21%	-10%
92	Sangamon	Illinois	68,790	1,366	1.99%	1,397	1.98%	0%
93	Muskegon	Michigan	61,141	1,213	1.98%	1,334	2.24%	-12%
94	Dauphin	Pennsylvania	80,199	1,585	1.98%	1,554	1.95%	1%
95	Knox	Tennessee	151,621	2,944	1.94%	2,985	1.98%	-2%
96	New London	Connecticut	80,976	1,566	1.93%	1,619	1.84%	5%
97	Chatham	Georgia	88,272	1,707	1.93%	1,596	1.91%	1%
98	Elkhart	Indiana	52,336	1,009	1.93%	1,096	2.03%	-5%
99	Guilford	North Carolina	192,484	3,688	1.92%	3,792	1.96%	-2%
100	Hawaii	Hawaii	67,723	1,281	1.89%	1,306	2.03%	-7%
101	Lee	Florida	300,023	5,650	1.88%	5,613	1.92%	-2%
102	Richland	South Carolina	112,164	2,108	1.88%	2,346	2.06%	-9%
103	Okaloosa	Florida	78,728	1,471	1.87%	1,281	1.62%	15%
104	Cook	Illinois	1,367,707	25,458	1.86%	24,766	1.81%	3%
105	Riverside	California	596,612	11,081	1.86%	11,880	1.98%	-6%
106	Indian River	Florida	64,353	1,191	1.85%	1,266	1.96%	-6%
107	East Baton Rouge	Louisiana	144,310	2,650	1.84%	2,430	1.73%	6%
108	Charleston	South Carolina	123,452	2,265	1.83%	2,035	1.60%	14%
109	Bay	Florida	75,210	1,357	1.80%	1,280	1.75%	3%
110	Washington	Tennessee	55,959	992	1.77%	912	1.66%	7%
111	Litchfield	Connecticut	63,463	1,120	1.76%	1,236	1.80%	-2%
112	Nueces	Texas	103,360	1,818	1.76%	1,655	1.58%	11%
113	Butte	California	57,254	1,005	1.76%	1,063	1.81%	-3%
114	Lake	Ohio	83,494	1,460	1.75%	1,406	1.68%	4%
115	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia	152,070	2,648	1.74%	2,496	1.66%	5%
116	Greene	Missouri	92,225	1,605	1.74%	1,630	1.80%	-3%
117	El Dorado	California	55,741	970	1.74%	490	0.88%	97%
118	Orleans	Louisiana	86,341	1,477	1.71%	2,300	1.98%	-13%
119	Champaign	Illinois	54,377	930	1.71%	899	1.67%	2%
120	Orange	Florida	363,825	6,219	1.71%	6,227	1.64%	4%
121	Monroe	Michigan	55,757	950	1.70%	896	1.62%	5%
122	Miami-Dade	Florida	737,920	12,568	1.70%	13,153	1.71%	0%
123	Lane	Oregon	79,827	1,356	1.70%	1,331	1.71%	-1%
124	Hamilton	Ohio	238,982	4,044	1.69%	4,822	1.90%	-11%
125	Pueblo	Colorado	54,263	909	1.68%	1,032	1.86%	-10%
126	Dekalb	Georgia	219,930	3,681	1.67%	4,127	1.85%	-9%
127	Aiken	South Carolina	86,815	1,446	1.67%	1,340	1.60%	4%
128	Calcasieu	Louisiana	61,332	1,016	1.66%	982	1.75%	-5%
129	Tazewell	Illinois	50,463	833	1.65%	833	1.67%	-1%
130	Charlotte	Florida	80,540	1,328	1.65%	1,466	1.77%	-7%
131	Manatee	Florida	132,612	2,182	1.65%	2,404	1.73%	-5%
132	Houston	Georgia	50,163	825	1.64%	929	1.84%	-10%
133	Greene	Ohio	51,456	835	1.62%	850	1.62%	0%
134	Mclennan	Texas	58,720	934	1.59%	1,058	1.73%	-8%
135	Scott	Iowa	60,863	965	1.59%	949	1.59%	0%
136	Durham	North Carolina	80,067	1,265	1.58%	1,470	1.82%	-13%
137	Multnomah	Oregon	229,130	3,614	1.58%	3,490	1.62%	-3%
138	Cape May	New Jersey	92,404	1,439	1.56%	2,695	3.00%	-48%
139	Oneida	New York	58,174	902	1.55%	1,016	1.53%	1%
140	Leon	Florida	75,647	1,165	1.54%	1,255	1.66%	-7%
141	Alamance	North Carolina	50,710	774	1.53%	860	1.75%	-13%
142	Davidson	North Carolina	62,850	959	1.53%	960	1.54%	-1%
143	Douglas	Nebraska	181,075	2,740	1.51%	2,951	1.66%	-9%
144	Honolulu	Hawaii	266,968	3,990	1.49%	3,879	1.46%	2%
145	Hillsborough	Florida	388,557	5,795	1.49%	5,974	1.55%	-4%
146	Mercer	New Jersey	115,054	1,708	1.48%	2,282	1.98%	-25%
147	Delaware	Pennsylvania	190,383	2,826	1.48%	2,796	1.47%	1%
148	Madison	Alabama	113,766	1,670	1.47%	1,742	1.55%	-5%
149	Clackamas	Oregon	111,935	1,623	1.45%	1,788	1.65%	-12%
150	Spartanburg	South Carolina	87,023	1,257	1.44%	1,349	1.55%	-7%
151	Erie	New York	236,875	3,409	1.44%	4,356	1.55%	-7%
152	Washington	Maryland	50,711	729	1.44%	770	1.52%	-5%
153	Cabarrus	North Carolina	77,442	1,108	1.43%	1,087	1.45%	-1%
154	Polk	Florida	173,101	2,434	1.41%	2,825	1.57%	-10%
155	Berrien	Michigan	69,539	976	1.40%	20	0.44%	221%
156	Seminole	Florida	127,282	1,777	1.40%	1,989	1.54%	-9%
157	Anderson	South Carolina	60,905	845	1.39%	871	1.52%	-9%
158	Middlesex	Connecticut	55,747	764	1.37%	870	1.47%	-7%
159	Baltimore	Maryland	250,387	3,430	1.37%	3,623	1.46%	-6%
160	Macomb	Michigan	290,106	3,973	1.37%	4,341	1.48%	-8%
161	Westmoreland	Pennsylvania	129,959	1,770	1.36%	1,603	1.37%	-1%
162	Erie	Pennsylvania	74,223	1,001	1.35%	1,005	1.28%	5%
163	Dona Ana	New Mexico	54,807	736	1.34%	724	1.37%	-2%
164	Maricopa	Arizona	1,268,690	17,013	1.34%	18,233	1.42%	-6%
165	Kent	Rhode Island	52,013	692	1.33%	706	1.27%	5%
166	Washtenaw	Michigan	94,999	1,241	1.31%	1,221	1.27%	3%
167	Henry	Georgia	82,248	1,073	1.30%	1,129	1.42%	-8%
168	Marion	Oregon	73,255	950	1.30%	1,007	1.40%	-8%
169	Bell	Texas	85,505	1,106	1.29%	1,189	1.34%	-3%
170	Prince George's County	Maryland	266,631	3,397	1.27%	3,331	1.25%	2%
171	Bernalillo	New Mexico	197,445	2,508	1.27%	2,513	1.28%	-1%
172	Rock	Wisconsin	61,479	779	1.27%	845	1.42%	-11%
173	Saint Johns	Florida	89,223	1,129	1.27%	1,119	1.30%	-2%
174	Smith	Texas	58,043	734	1.26%	738	1.25%	1%
175	Camden	New Jersey	166,211	2,094	1.26%	3,027	1.82%	-31%
176	Sumner	Tennessee	61,544	773	1.26%	769	1.28%	-2%
177	Saratoga	New York	62,590	784	1.25%	770	1.17%	7%
178	Saint Louis	Minnesota	67,516	831	1.23%	1,906	2.70%	-54%
179	Greenville	South Carolina	160,485	1,966	1.23%	2,068	1.30%	-6%
180	Spokane	Washington	142,148	1,739	1.22%	1,846	1.33%	-8%
181	Oakland	Michigan	403,377	4,915	1.22%	4,874	1.21%	0%
182	Kalamazoo	Michigan	79,914	972	1.22%	1,269	1.53%	-20%
183	Onslow	North Carolina	62,246	755	1.21%	862	1.41%	-14%
184	Cameron	Texas	118,089	1,415	1.20%	1,324	1.13%	6%
185	Onondaga	New York	264,601	3,150	1.19%	1,886	1.33%	-11%
186	Albany	New York	63,389	754	1.19%	970	1.27%	-7%
187	Fresno	California	218,513	2,577	1.18%	2,721	1.24%	-5%
188	Santa Rosa	Florida	58,995	691	1.17%	596	1.04%	13%
189	Plymouth	Massachusetts	153,830	1,786	1.16%	1,789	1.10%	5%
190	Harris	Texas	1,117,207	12,941	1.16%	13,029	1.17%	-1%
191	Worcester	Massachusetts	210,343	2,434	1.16%	2,724	1.17%	-1%
192	Butler	Ohio	112,182	1,291	1.15%	1,341	1.17%	-2%
193	Clark	Washington	135,187	1,552	1.15%	1,656	1.23%	-7%
194	Fayette	Kentucky	84,069	963	1.15%	1,232	1.30%	-12%
195	Davidson	Tennessee	198,437	2,271	1.14%	2,347	1.14%	0%
196	Worcester	Maryland	61,190	695	1.14%	842	1.40%	-19%
197	Washington	Pennsylvania	74,389	835	1.12%	846	1.15%	-3%
198	Pierce	Washington	227,830	2,546	1.12%	2,811	1.20%	-7%
199	Polk	Iowa	158,018	1,763	1.12%	1,764	1.11%	0%
200	Pitt	North Carolina	51,579	573	1.11%	631	1.27%	-12%

Source: ATTOM Data Solutions