About a quarter of offices in major Texas metros are vacant
Office vacancy rates in Austin and San Antonio are well above where they stood before the COVID-19 pandemic. Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth saw their longstanding office vacancies grow even more with the rise of remote work.
Four bar charts showing the office vacancies of four different Texas metro areas. In Austin, the office vacancies went from 10.7% in 2019 to 24% in 2024. In San Antonio, the office vacancies went from 13.5% in 2019 to 24% in 2024. In Houston, the office vacancies went from 19.3% in 2019 to 26% in 2024. In Dallas, the office vacancies went from 19.3% in 2019 to 26.8% in 2024.