The median size of a new home is 2,467 square feet, 61% bigger than 40 years ago
By Jeffrey Sparshott | The Wall Street Journal
Americans want bigger houses. Or at least that’s what they’re getting.
The median size of a new single-family house was 2,467 square feet last year, the biggest on record, according to Census Bureau data out this week.
With all that floor space, homes are 61% larger than the median from 40 years earlier and 11% larger than a decade earlier.