According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Dayton, Ohio has a home vacancy rate of 5%, the highest of the the 75 largest metro areas in the United States.
After Dayton, four cities in Florida – Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Orlando have all seen their share of unoccupied real estate increase in the last year. Overall, the number of homes for sale in Florida climbed to 177,000 in March, and increase of 15.7% from five years ago.