Analysis
NAICS 721310 is the 2022 national industry for rooming and boarding houses, dormitories, and workers' camps, part of 72131 (Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps). Census lists 13 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,589 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,503 people at an average annual payroll of $33,178 per employee (6th percentile of national industries). 73% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 17% and employment fell 22%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include boarding houses, clubs, residential, corporate rooming and boarding houses and dormitories, off campus, among 13 in all.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating rooming and boarding houses and similar facilities, such as fraternity houses, sorority houses, off campus dormitories, residential clubs, and workers' camps. These establishments provide temporary or longer-term accommodations, which, for the period of occupancy, may serve as a principal residence. These establishments also may provide complementary services, such as housekeeping, meals, and laundry services.
Illustrative Examples:
Dormitories (off campus) Sorority houses Fraternity houses Workers' camps Rooming houses
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (13)
- Boarding houses
- Clubs, residential
- Corporate rooming and boarding houses
- Dormitories, off campus
- Fraternity houses
- Migrant workers' camps
- Off campus dormitories
- Residence clubs, organizational
- Residential clubs
- Rooming and boarding houses
- Sorority houses
- Workers' camps
- Workers' dormitories