WASHINGTON – June 15, 2010 – The size of new single-family homes declined again in 2009, dropping to a nationwide average of 2,438 square feet, according to information about new home characteristics released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/const/www/charindex.html).
For nearly 30 years, the average size of new U.S. homes increased, peaking at 2,521 square feet in 2007. It was essentially flat in 2008 and then dropped, so that new single-family homes were almost 100 square feet smaller in 2009 than in 2007.