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

Name: Vacancy rate in the Town of Wappinger, NY, 2020–2024
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The rental vacancy rate in the Town of Wappinger, NY is 0.4% (±0.6 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

The homeowner vacancy rate is 1.0% (±0.9 points).

259 (±146) homes, 2.2% of all housing units, were vacant, a count that includes seasonal homes and homes being sold or rented.

In the Town of Wappinger, the rental vacancy rate went from 4.2% in 2015–2019 to 0.4% in 2020–2024 (−3.8 percentage points), a measurable decrease.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Rental vacancy rate: 0.4% (±0.6 points)
Homeowner vacancy rate: 1.0% (±0.9 points)
Vacant homes: 259 (±146)

Vacancy in the Town of Wappinger against Dutchess County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Wappinger	Dutchess County	New York	United States
Rental vacancy rate	0.4% (±0.6 points)	3.6% (±0.7 points)	3.8% (±0.1 points)	5.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate	1.0% (±0.9 points)	0.4% (±0.1 points)	1.1% (±0.1 points)	0.9%
Vacant housing units	259 (±146)	6,894 (±499)	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 Wappinger, the rental vacancy rate is lower than in Dutchess County (3.6%).

It is also lower than in New York (3.8%).

It is lower than the national figure (5.5%).

Rental vacancy rate in places near the Town of Wappinger

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Wappinger
Place	Distance	Rental vacancy rate	Compared with this place
Town of Wappinger	—	0.4% (±0.6 points)	—
Village of Wappingers Falls	1.5 mi	0.0% (±2.4 points)	Not measurably different
Brinckerhoff	2.8 mi	0.0% (±23.9 points)	Not measurably different
Merritt Park	3.5 mi	0.0% (±48.4 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Fishkill	3.7 mi	6.0% (±6.3 points)	Not measurably different
Hopewell Junction	4.1 mi	0.0% (±27.3 points)	Not measurably different
Crown Heights	4.2 mi	0.0% (±24.9 points)	Not measurably different
Red Oaks Mill	4.5 mi	0.0% (±90.6 points)	Not measurably different
Marlboro	4.6 mi	0.0% (±11.5 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 Dutchess County, place by place

Rank	Place	Rental vacancy rate
12	Poughkeepsie	3.7% (±2.0 points)
13	Town of Fishkill	3.6% (±2.4 points)
14 (tie)	Town of East Fishkill	2.9% (±4.6 points)
14 (tie)	Town of Pleasant Valley	2.9% (±4.4 points)
16	Town of Pawling	2.7% (±4.4 points)
17	Town of Poughkeepsie	0.9% (±0.9 points)
18	Town of Wappinger	0.4% (±0.6 points)
19 (tie)	Town of Amenia	0.0% (±8.7 points)
19 (tie)	Town of Clinton (Dutchess County)	0.0% (±33.6 points)
19 (tie)	Town of LaGrange	0.0% (±5.0 points)
19 (tie)	Town of Rhinebeck	0.0% (±4.0 points)

Showing 11 of 22 places in Dutchess County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

The figures for the Town of Wappinger include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Myers Corner.

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 Wappinger

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

The rental vacancy rate in the Town of Wappinger, NY is 0.4% (±0.6 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 Wappinger tighter than it was?

In the Town of Wappinger, the rental vacancy rate went from 4.2% in 2015–2019 to 0.4% in 2020–2024 (−3.8 percentage points), a measurable decrease.

How many homes are vacant in the Town of Wappinger?

An estimated 259 (±146) housing units, 2.2% 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 Wappinger town, Dutchess County, New York (county subdivision:78157, in state:36 county:027).

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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