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Do you own your home or pay rent?
Asked of: All respondents (years in which the item was asked)
Own or rent home · Asked in 18 waves, 2006–2025 · 673,757 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Harmonized across years by the Cumulative CES Common Content (Kuriwaki); response options are collapsed where years differ. See docs/sources/ces.md.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Own | Rent | Other | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 67% | 30% | 3% | 59956 | ±0.7 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Election Study 2025 | 2025-11-05 to 2025-12-12 | web | 17,000 | 16,998 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2024 | 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09 | web | 60,000 | 59,956 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2023 | 2023-11-08 to 2023-12-11 | web | 24,500 | 24,476 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2022 | 2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15 | web | 60,000 | 59,944 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2021 | 2021-11-03 to 2021-12-07 | web | 25,700 | 25,670 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 60,935 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2019 | 2019-11-06 to 2019-12-05 | web | 18,000 | 17,964 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 | 2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05 | web | 60,000 | 59,794 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2017 | 2017-11-08 to 2017-12-12 | web | 18,200 | 18,139 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2016 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| AK † | 53% | 45% | 2% | 128 | ±15 |
| AL | 70% | 27% | 3% | 901 | ±6 |
| AR | 64% | 31% | 5% | 531 | ±7 |
| AZ | 67% | 30% | 3% | 1494 | ±5 |
| CA | 63% | 35% | 2% | 4896 | ±2 |
| CO | 68% | 30% | 2% | 1054 | ±5 |
| CT | 64% | 34% | 2% | 594 | ±6 |
| DC | 41% | 57% | 2% | 170 | ±10 |
| DE | 75% | 22% | 3% | 219 | ±9 |
| FL | 68% | 30% | 2% | 4401 | ±3 |
| GA | 67% | 29% | 4% | 2055 | ±4 |
| HI | 64% | 33% | 3% | 182 | ±10 |
| IA | 71% | 26% | 4% | 615 | ±8 |
| ID | 72% | 24% | 4% | 313 | ±11 |
| IL | 70% | 28% | 2% | 2319 | ±4 |
| IN | 71% | 27% | 2% | 1265 | ±5 |
| KS | 68% | 30% | 2% | 502 | ±7 |
| KY | 72% | 26% | 2% | 885 | ±5 |
| LA | 70% | 28% | 2% | 708 | ±6 |
| MA | 58% | 39% | 3% | 1119 | ±5 |
| MD | 63% | 34% | 3% | 1066 | ±5 |
| ME | 77% | 20% | 3% | 286 | ±7 |
| MI | 74% | 24% | 3% | 1950 | ±4 |
| MN | 72% | 23% | 5% | 1015 | ±5 |
| MO | 71% | 25% | 3% | 1322 | ±5 |
| MS | 71% | 27% | 2% | 503 | ±7 |
| MT | 79% | 20% | 2% | 231 | ±9 |
| NC | 71% | 27% | 3% | 1911 | ±4 |
| ND | 80% | 19% | 0% | 113 | ±11 |
| NE | 61% | 36% | 4% | 353 | ±9 |
| NH | 69% | 29% | 2% | 298 | ±7 |
| NJ | 68% | 30% | 2% | 1601 | ±4 |
| NM | 68% | 27% | 4% | 421 | ±8 |
| NV | 58% | 39% | 3% | 738 | ±7 |
| NY | 58% | 39% | 4% | 3451 | ±3 |
| OH | 67% | 30% | 3% | 2563 | ±3 |
| OK | 71% | 26% | 3% | 701 | ±6 |
| OR | 62% | 35% | 3% | 1007 | ±5 |
| PA | 73% | 25% | 2% | 3038 | ±3 |
| RI | 61% | 35% | 4% | 212 | ±8 |
| SC | 74% | 21% | 5% | 992 | ±6 |
| SD | 76% | 21% | 3% | 173 | ±9 |
| TN | 67% | 29% | 4% | 1370 | ±5 |
| TX | 68% | 30% | 2% | 4813 | ±2 |
| UT | 61% | 35% | 4% | 507 | ±7 |
| VA | 68% | 30% | 2% | 1609 | ±4 |
| VT | 74% | 22% | 4% | 124 | ±12 |
| WA | 69% | 29% | 2% | 1382 | ±4 |
| WI | 64% | 32% | 4% | 1332 | ±5 |
| WV | 73% | 24% | 2% | 428 | ±10 |
| WY † | 79% | 20% | 1% | 95 | ±14 |
Cooperative Election Study 2024 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2016-09-28 to 2016-11-07 |
| web |
| 64,600 |
| 64,522 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2015 | 2015-11-06 to 2015-12-03 | web | 14,250 | 14,198 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-11-03 | web | 56,200 | 55,970 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2013 | 2013-11-06 to 2013-12-03 | web | 16,400 | 16,340 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2012 | 2012-10-01 to 2012-11-05 | web | 54,535 | 53,925 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2011 | 2011-11-09 to 2012-01-07 | web | 20,150 | 20,067 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2010 | 2010-10-01 to 2010-11-01 | web | 55,400 | 54,932 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2009 | 2009-11-05 to 2009-12-14 | web | 13,800 | 13,765 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2006 | 2006-10-07 to 2006-11-08 | web | 36,421 | 36,162 |