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What percentage of American homes were built in the 1950s?

9.3% of American homes were built in the 1950s — about 9 in every 100, or 1 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

0 in 100100 in 100
9.3

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT → Total housing units → Built 1950 to 1959”.
Population
U.S. housing units
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
9.2% to 9.4%

Work of the U.S. federal government - public domain. See the source data

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