1,525 sq ft (new construction)
median square feet of floor area, new single-family houses completed
No current source auditAll sources · source collection
Characteristics of New Single-Family Houses Completed (Census C-25 / Series H-150)
U.S. Census Bureau · 2024
Population measured
New single-family houses completed in the United States
Source notes & limitations
Annual data on median square feet of floor area in new single-family houses completed, from the Census Bureau's Survey of Construction (SOC). Data available 1973-present. The C-25 annual reports (c25ann2003.pdf through c25ann2017.pdf) and H-150 reports (h150-73A.pdf through h150-89.pdf) are archived in vitrine-research/20-census-construction/. They contain the historical table 'Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed.' Pre-1999 reports use Series H-150 designation. Note: this measures NEW construction only, not the existing housing stock — the AHS measures the entire stock and yields lower medians because older, smaller homes remain in the inventory.
Where this source appears
7 records across 6 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
0 of 7 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1970s
US · 1980s
1,595 sq ft (new construction)
median square feet of floor area, new single-family houses completed
No current source auditUS · 1990s
1,905 sq ft (new construction)
median square feet of floor area, new single-family houses completed
No current source audit56% of new single-family homes had AC (up from 40% in 1973, 52% in 1980)
% of new single-family houses completed with air conditioning
No current source auditUS · 2000s
2,057 sq ft (new construction)
median square feet of floor area, new single-family houses completed
No current source auditUS · 2010s
2,169 sq ft (new construction)
median square feet of floor area, new single-family houses completed
No current source auditUS · 2020s
2,146 sq ft (new construction)
median square feet of floor area, new single-family houses completed
No current source audit