American Single Family Homes - Statistics & Facts
Interesting statistics
In the following 4 chapters, you will quickly find the 21 most important statistics relating to "Single family homes in the U.S.".
Statistics on the topic
There is an upward trend in the average size of floor area in new single-family homes. In 1975, a new home had an average floor area of about 1,660 square feet. By 2017, this figure had increased by about 1,000 square feet. The number of single family building permits in the United States has fluctuated considerably since 2000. Between 2005 and 2009, the number of building permits for single family homes decreased fourfold, and amounted to about 817 thousand permits in 2017. In that year, the average construction costs for a single-family home in the U.S. was 237,760 U.S. dollars.
The average sales price of existing single-family homes in the United States has increased from about 181.11 thousand dollars in 2011 to 248.8 thousand dollars in 2017. New single-family homes are substantially more expensive, at around 323.1 thousand U.S. dollars on average in 2017. As of the last couple years, the most expensive region to buy an existing house is the Western United States, while the South and Midwest are the two least expensive regions. For new houses, the Northeast is the most expensive region.
Outdoor features such as porches, patios, and decks are a popular addition to new single family homes in the United States. In 2017, about 241,000 new houses came with a patio and porch, making it the leading outdoor feature in the United States. Only about 67,000 new homes were built with no outdoor features at all in the United States in that year.
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Construction
Home sales
Outdoor features
Important key figures
The most important key figures provide you with a compact summary of the topic of "Single family homes in the U.S." and take you straight to the corresponding statistics.
