 There were 8,035 housing units at an average density of 759.4 per square mile (293.2/km²), of which 3,190 (39.7) were owner-occupied, 2,780 (34.6%) were occupied by renters and 2065 (25.7%) were vacant.The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 12.1%.7,595 people (49.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 7,195 people (47.2%) lived in rental housing units.