Vacant home and foreclosure auction statistics 2026: 50 large US cities
Across 50 large US cities, DealMachine data counts 381,534 homes that appear to be vacant and 172,554 properties with a foreclosure auction date set, as of August 18, 2026.
Counts as of August 18, 2026 · 50 large US cities · How we counted
Key findings
- Detroit has the most vacant homes of the 50 cities: 33,808, 8.9% of the 381,534 across all 50.
- After Detroit come St. Louis with 23,197 vacant homes and Chicago with 20,225.
- Five cities hold 30.0% of the vacant homes across the 50 (114,286 of 381,534): Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore and Cleveland.
- Houston has the most properties scheduled for a foreclosure auction: 19,365, 11.2% of the 172,554 across the 50 cities and 1.8 times San Antonio, the next highest.
- The Texas cities among the 50 (Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth and El Paso) have 46,125 properties headed to a foreclosure auction between them, 26.7% of the 50-city total.
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Vacant homes and foreclosure auctions by city, DealMachine data as of August 18, 2026. Ranked by vacant homes.
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| City | Vacant homes | Share of the 50-city vacant total | Upcoming foreclosure auctions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit, MI | 33,808 | 8.9% | 1,974 |
| St. Louis, MO | 23,197 | 6.1% | 2,206 |
| Chicago, IL | 20,225 | 5.3% | 9,055 |
| Baltimore, MD | 18,953 | 5.0% | 2,267 |
| Cleveland, OH | 18,103 | 4.7% | 10,356 |
| Houston, TX | 17,244 | 4.5% | 19,365 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 12,728 | 3.3% | 8,314 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 12,665 | 3.3% | 5,155 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 12,516 | 3.3% | 3,901 |
| Memphis, TN | 11,006 | 2.9% | 2,608 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 10,091 | 2.6% | 9,322 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 8,753 | 2.3% | 8,060 |
| Tucson, AZ | 8,370 | 2.2% | 5,517 |
| Kansas City, MO | 8,289 | 2.2% | 1,239 |
| Columbus, OH | 8,237 | 2.2% | 1,988 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8,013 | 2.1% | 1,414 |
| Miami, FL | 7,148 | 1.9% | 4,284 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 7,111 | 1.9% | 3,474 |
| Louisville, KY | 7,101 | 1.9% | 3,657 |
| Atlanta, GA | 7,017 | 1.8% | 5,313 |
| New York, NY | 7,014 | 1.8% | 522 |
| Tampa, FL | 6,992 | 1.8% | 2,324 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 6,665 | 1.7% | 2,633 |
| San Antonio, TX | 6,530 | 1.7% | 10,804 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 6,451 | 1.7% | 2,027 |
| Orlando, FL | 6,336 | 1.7% | 2,195 |
| Portland, OR | 6,109 | 1.6% | 2,119 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 5,965 | 1.6% | 1,436 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 5,588 | 1.5% | 4,357 |
| Dallas, TX | 5,026 | 1.3% | 5,596 |
| Denver, CO | 4,755 | 1.2% | 1,342 |
| Tulsa, OK | 4,693 | 1.2% | 788 |
| Omaha, NE | 4,625 | 1.2% | 474 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 4,116 | 1.1% | 732 |
| Charlotte, NC | 3,907 | 1.0% | 924 |
| San Diego, CA | 3,883 | 1.0% | 1,766 |
| Seattle, WA | 3,267 | 0.9% | 1,102 |
| Nashville, TN | 3,133 | 0.8% | 973 |
| Mesa, AZ | 3,123 | 0.8% | 2,283 |
| New Orleans, LA | 3,047 | 0.8% | 2,443 |
| Austin, TX | 3,041 | 0.8% | 2,599 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 2,450 | 0.6% | 1,432 |
| Boston, MA | 2,297 | 0.6% | 828 |
| Sacramento, CA | 2,170 | 0.6% | 2,320 |
| Raleigh, NC | 1,997 | 0.5% | 310 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 1,954 | 0.5% | 921 |
| San Francisco, CA | 1,821 | 0.5% | 1,075 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 1,793 | 0.5% | 1,782 |
| El Paso, TX | 1,228 | 0.3% | 3,404 |
| Fresno, CA | 983 | 0.3% | 1,574 |
How we counted
- Vacant: a home DealMachine data marks as appearing to be unoccupied. It is a strong sign, not a certainty.
- Upcoming foreclosure auction: a property in foreclosure with an auction date set. Texas holds foreclosure sales on the first Tuesday of every month, so its cities tend to show more scheduled auctions at any one time.
- Each share is of the total across the same 50 cities, so it compares cities with each other, not with all properties in a city.
- The counts come from DealMachine's property search on August 18, 2026, the same counts DealMachine's city search pages show for each kind of property.
- Each city is the city itself, as its boundary appears in DealMachine data, not its metro area.
- DealMachine data is built from county property records, deed and mortgage records and other public records, matched to each property and updated as the records change.
- Counts are exact. Shares and ratios are rounded to one decimal place.
Cite this data
DealMachine, “Vacant home and foreclosure auction statistics 2026: 50 large US cities,” DealMachine data as of August 18, 2026, https://www.dealmachine.com/data/statistics/vacant-homes-and-foreclosures
Questions
Which city has the most vacant homes?
Detroit, with 33,808 homes that appear to be vacant in DealMachine data as of August 18, 2026, 8.9% of the 381,534 across 50 large US cities.
How many homes are headed to a foreclosure auction?
DealMachine data counts 172,554 properties with a foreclosure auction date set across 50 large US cities, with Houston highest at 19,365.
Why do Texas cities have so many foreclosure auctions?
Texas holds foreclosure sales on the first Tuesday of every month, so more properties have an auction date set at any one time. The 6 Texas cities among the 50 have 46,125 of the 172,554 scheduled auctions in DealMachine data.
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