Shelter length-of-stay benchmarks by city
Each page below turns one public shelter's open data into trends, seasonality and length-of-stay breakdowns. Pick the one most like your shelter, or compare them all.
Austin, TX
Dogs median 6 days · cats 8 days · 136,565 stays
Dallas, TX
Dogs median 4 days · cats 2 days · 213,683 stays
Long Beach, CA
Dogs median 6 days · cats 7 days · 43,072 stays
Louisville, KY
Dogs median 6 days · cats 3 days · 45,443 stays
Montgomery County, MD
Dogs median 4 days · cats 13 days · 31,598 stays
Norfolk, VA
Dogs median 4 days · cats 3 days · 52,234 stays
San Jose, CA
Dogs median 8 days · cats 6 days · 50,696 stays
Sonoma County, CA
Dogs median 8 days · cats 11 days · 26,896 stays