This statistic shows the size of smallest residence people have ever had in the United States as of 2016. About two-fifths (39 percent) of the respondents had lived in a 500 square feet or smaller residence.
What's the smallest place you've ever lived?
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Statistics on Housing market in the United States
Residential housing market
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- Premium Statistic Number of U.S. housing units 1975-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of owner occupied homes in the U.S. 1975-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of renter occupied homes in the U.S. 1975-2021
- Premium Statistic Homeownership rate in the U.S. 1990-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. homeownership rate for householders over 65 years old 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Homeowner vacancy rates in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Rental vacancy rates in the U.S. 2000-2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of new housing units sold in the U.S. 1995-2022
Home building
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- Basic Statistic Leading home builders in the U.S. 2021, by revenue
- Premium Statistic Value of new private residential construction in the U.S. 1964-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of single family building permits in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of multifamily building permits in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Single-family housing starts in the U.S. 1980-2021, with 2022 and 2023 forecasts
- Premium Statistic New housing construction starts in the U.S. 1968-2022, per month
Home financing
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- Basic Statistic U.S. housing units for sale 1975-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. housing: Case Shiller National Home Price Index 2000-2022
- Basic Statistic Average sales price of new homes sold in the U.S. 1965-2022
- Premium Statistic Mortgage down payment for home purchase in the U.S. 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Median and average down payment of different types of homes in the U.S. in 2021
- Premium Statistic Median down payment of in the U.S. in 2022, by state
- Basic Statistic Number of new home sales in the U.S. 2000-2022, by financing type
Affordability
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- Premium Statistic Composite housing affordability index in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic FMHPI house price index change 2010-2023
- Premium Statistic Main reasons for buying a home U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Main reasons non-owners don't currently own a home U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Attitude towards home buying in 2022, by generation
- Premium Statistic Annual home price appreciation in the 50 U.S. states as of Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic Home buyers who struggle finding a home due to affordability U.S. 2022, by generation
- Premium Statistic Buyers able to afford less than half of homes for sale U.S. 2020-2022, by generation
Home flipping
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- DINKs in Germany in 2020, by living situation
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- Average size of homes in the biggest U.S. cities 2021
- Average and newly built houses: floor space in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011
- Number of rooms per person for dwellings in Europe 2021, by country
- Number of multi-family home starts in San Francisco, California 2015-2019
- Number of single-family home starts in San Diego, California 2015-2019
- Number of multi-family home starts in San Diego, California 2017-2019
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- Average size of homes in selected countries worldwide 2017
- Activities performed when cleaning your home/living space 2011, by gender
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USA Today. (May 1, 2016). What's the smallest place you've ever lived? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today. "What's the smallest place you've ever lived?." Chart. May 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today. (2016). What's the smallest place you've ever lived?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today. "What's The Smallest Place You've Ever Lived?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today, What's the smallest place you've ever lived? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
What's the smallest place you've ever lived? [Graph], USA Today, May 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/