Housing Data and Statistics: Introduction & General Sources

An annual report that provides an overview of the U.S. housing market.

Find additional housing reports at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Original research on housing and community development.

Urban Institute researchers monitor and assess housing market trends to provide timely, impartial data and analysis on the housing finance system, access to homeownership, rental housing affordability, and homelessness.

The United Nations Statistics Division is responsible for collecting official national statistics on housing stock and housing conditions generated from population and housing censuses.

HUD USER offers an in-depth view of housing in the United States through research, data, and reports. Offers free downloads of more than 1,000 of the publications and data sets published by HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research.

Start here for housing data from the Census including the American Housing Survey, American Community Survey, Decennial Census, Housing Vacancy Survey, and more.

Premier social science data archive. Relevant subject terms include: housing, housing conditions, home ownership, homeless persons, mortgages, etc.

The survey is conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).The American Housing Survey (AHS) collects data on the Nation's housing, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. National data are collected in odd numbered years, and data for each of 47 selected Metropolitan Areas are collected currently about every six years. The national sample covers an average 55,000 housing units. Each metropolitan area sample covers 4,100 or more housing units.

Data files housed through ICPSR.