DVC owner statistics - Where do DVC owners come from?

[havoc315]

Considering that DVC is a long term purchase designed for frequent trips (on average, once per year), I'm sure you would find that not only are the vast majority of owners from the USA, a large majority are from the Eastern half of the USA. (Expect more New Yorkers to make annual trips to Disney World than Californians).
I know there are a significant number of UK numbers in raw terms, but they still make up a tiny overall percentage. Suspect same is true for South America.

And I've definitely noticed a lot of international owners selling their DVC on the resale market in this pandemic.

 

[CarolynFH]

If you or anyone has access to such information, I would personally like to take a look at it.

Sorry, I don't have access to it, and I don't keep my old Disney Files. If you're a DVC owner, you could look on the member website to see if the Disney Files archives have issues back to =/- 2016, when we were celebrating the 25th anniversary of DVC.

 

[Noodlez]

Found it... the poll is linked here: Where is everyone from (poll) | The DIS Disney Discussion Forums - DISboards.com. According to this poll, about 11% are foreign owners, but I think it's skewed towards the high end, since a lot of US owners aren't on this board, and I think foreign owners are probably more apt to research DVC since they live so far away, it's hard to make it "worth it" to travel to USA often.

I'm an international owner myself and would have actually assumed this was skewed the other way! I would think that many international owners favour boards from their own country, and that the majority of people who post on here are from the US. I'm in the UK and I know that although some of the owners from there also post on here, a lot just stick to UK forums. I would still assume that the vast majority of owners are in the US, but I would have guessed it was closer to 80%.

 

[Great3]

I'm an international owner myself and would have actually assumed this was skewed the other way! I would think that many international owners favour boards from their own country, and that the majority of people who post on here are from the US. I'm in the UK and I know that although some of the owners from there also post on here, a lot just stick to UK forums. I would still assume that the vast majority of owners are in the US, but I would have guessed it was closer to 80%.

Good point, I am pulling numbers of of my behind, so I don't know either . That was my guess and reasoning, but I like your reasoning as well, makes sense to me too. Thanks for your thoughts as well, not something that crossed by mind before.

Great3

 

[we"reofftoneverland]

It seems like most people are from the northeast US and a lot of Canadians and Brits. Also a lot of folks from nearby states like Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These are just observations on my part from talking to people and seeing license plates. I am amazed at all the New York plates as it seems like such a world away, but I guess it isn’t actually that far of a drive. Every time I talk to a dvc owner at Disney, I swear they are either from NY, UK, or FL.