Nassau County has consistently had one of the state’s lowest housing vacancy rates in the last decade, which indicates a persistently tight market on Long Island, where finding a home to rent or buy is infamously difficult.

Vacancy rate is a term used to measure the number of housing units that are livable but unoccupied relative to the total number of housing units available in a neighborhood. A high vacancy rate implies low demand in the housing market, while a starkly low rate indicates there aren’t enough homes to meet demand. The data does not differentiate between rental and homeowner vacancy rates.

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In 2023, Nassau’s vacancy rate was 4.5%, only slightly above the Bronx’s 4.2%, which

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