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There are more than two million households in El Salvador, according to the results of the 2024 Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (EHPM) conducted by the Banco Central de Reserva (BCR) through the Oficina Nacional de Estadística y Censos (ONEC). Of the 2,006,110 households in the country, the vast majority, 1,915,537, live in private or detached houses, reflecting the predominance of this type of housing among salvadoran families.
The study also details the distribution of households according to tenure. The most representative category corresponds to homeowners, with 1,104,539 households owning their homes.
Meanwhile, 240,022 households live in rented properties, while 405,098 live rent-free, including 44,270 who occupy a room in a house and 2,829 in a ranch. In addition, 87,777 households are acquiring their homes through scheduled payments, and there are owners on public land (45,049) and private land (101,651), as well as settlers and guardians of the home.
In terms of housing types, in addition to private homes, there are apartments, condominiums, rooms in houses, rooms in inns, makeshift dwellings, and shacks, reflecting the diversity of living spaces in the country.
Although most salvadoran households live in their own or independent properties, a significant number of families continue to live in smaller or temporary spaces, reflecting the varied housing conditions that exist in El Salvador.
