The top 10 cities in the USA with highest Vacant rate

According to the US Census Bureau the increase in vacant homes since the year 2000 has increance by 43.8 percent. This can be for a number of reasons, such as up for sale or for rent.
The census of 2010 shows that there were aprox. 15 millon vacant housing units in the US with a 11.4 per cent gross vacancy rate in the whole States.

Below you will find a list ranked by CNBC.com according to equal-weighted ranking in both rental and homeowner vacancies.

Here are the emptiest major US cities:
 

1. Tucson, Arizona

Rental vacancy rate: 15.9%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 6.8%

2. Indianapolis, Indiana

Rental vacancy rate: 13.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 5.2%

3. Toledo, Ohio

Rental vacancy rate: 19.3%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 3.6%

4. Memphis, Tennessee

Rental vacancy rate: 13.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 4.0%

5. Atlanta, Georgia

Rental vacancy rate: 11.8%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 5.4%

6. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Rental vacancy rate: 13%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 3.9%

7. Dayton, Ohio

Rental vacancy rate: 10.7%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 4.7%

8. Detroit, Michigan

Rental vacancy rate: 17.2%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 2.4%

9. Houston, Texas

Rental vacancy rate: 17.4%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 2.3%

10. Kansas City, Missouri

Rental vacancy rate: 11%
Homeowner vacancy rate: 3.7%