What is the rental vacancy rate in the Town of Wallkill, NY?

Name: Vacancy rate in the Town of Wallkill, NY, 2020–2024
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The rental vacancy rate in the Town of Wallkill, NY is 2.8% (±3.0 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

The homeowner vacancy rate is 0.3% (±0.4 points).

510 (±228) homes, 4.2% of all housing units, were vacant, a count that includes seasonal homes and homes being sold or rented.

In the Town of Wallkill, the rental vacancy rate went from 5.7% in 2015–2019 to 2.8% in 2020–2024 (−2.9 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Rental vacancy rate: 2.8% (±3.0 points)
Homeowner vacancy rate: 0.3% (±0.4 points)
Vacant homes: 510 (±228)

Vacancy in the Town of Wallkill against Orange County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Wallkill	Orange County	New York	United States
Rental vacancy rate	2.8% (±3.0 points)	3.8% (±0.8 points)	3.8% (±0.1 points)	5.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate	0.3% (±0.4 points)	0.8% (±0.2 points)	1.1% (±0.1 points)	0.9%
Vacant housing units	510 (±228)	11,091 (±869)	862,595 (±12,628)	14,547,859

The rental vacancy rate is the share of rental homes that are vacant and for rent; it leaves out homes already rented but not yet moved into, and seasonal homes.

In the Town of Wallkill, the rental vacancy rate is not measurably different from Orange County (3.8%).

It is not measurably different from New York (3.8%).

It is not measurably different from the national figure (5.5%).

Rental vacancy rate in places near the Town of Wallkill

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Wallkill
Place	Distance	Rental vacancy rate	Compared with this place
Town of Wallkill	—	2.8% (±3.0 points)	—
Middletown	3.3 mi	2.0% (±1.9 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Bloomingburg	4.9 mi	3.1% (±5.0 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Mount Hope	6.9 mi	0.0% (±10.1 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Goshen	7.2 mi	10.3% (±8.2 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Crawford	7.2 mi	0.0% (±6.7 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Otisville	7.3 mi	0.0% (±23.5 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Wurtsboro	7.4 mi	0.0% (±20.6 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Goshen	7.9 mi	9.2% (±7.4 points)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Rental vacancy rate across Orange County, place by place

Rank	Place	Rental vacancy rate
9	Town of Cornwall	4.6% (±6.1 points)
10 (tie)	Town of Monroe	4.1% (±4.9 points)
10 (tie)	Town of Warwick	4.1% (±4.3 points)
12	Town of New Windsor	3.9% (±2.9 points)
13	Port Jervis	3.6% (±4.3 points)
14	Town of Deerpark	3.3% (±5.3 points)
15	Town of Wallkill	2.8% (±3.0 points)
16	Town of Newburgh	2.5% (±2.5 points)
17	Town of Palm Tree	2.3% (±2.1 points)
18	Middletown	2.0% (±1.9 points)
19	Town of Montgomery	1.8% (±2.1 points)
20 (tie)	Town of Chester (Orange County)	0.0% (±4.4 points)
20 (tie)	Town of Crawford	0.0% (±6.7 points)

Showing 13 of 24 places in Orange County, ranked from highest to lowest.

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Wallkill include them.

The figures for the Town of Wallkill include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Mechanicstown, Scotchtown, Washington Heights.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Wallkill

Is it hard to find a rental in the Town of Wallkill?

The rental vacancy rate in the Town of Wallkill, NY is 2.8% (±3.0 points); a low rate means few rental homes stand empty and for rent at any time, which usually means more competition for each one.

Is the rental market in the Town of Wallkill tighter than it was?

In the Town of Wallkill, the rental vacancy rate went from 5.7% in 2015–2019 to 2.8% in 2020–2024 (−2.9 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How many homes are vacant in the Town of Wallkill?

An estimated 510 (±228) housing units, 4.2% of the total, including seasonal homes and homes waiting to be sold or rented.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Wallkill town, Orange County, New York (county subdivision:77992, in state:36 county:071).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M, DP04_0004E, DP04_0004M, DP04_0003E, DP04_0003M, DP04_0003PE, DP04_0003PM

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