{
  "meta": {
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Construction — Characteristics of New Housing",
    "surveyYear": 2025,
    "retrieved": "2026-08-23",
    "universe": "New single-family houses completed",
    "spatialCoverage": "United States, by Census region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West)",
    "tables": [
      {
        "name": "Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/squarefeet_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalMedAvgSqFt"
      },
      {
        "name": "Type of Foundation in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/foundation_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalFoundation"
      },
      {
        "name": "Number of Bedrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bedrooms_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalBeds"
      },
      {
        "name": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalBaths"
      },
      {
        "name": "Type of Heating System Used in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/heatsystem_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalHeatSystem"
      },
      {
        "name": "Presence of Air-Conditioning in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/aircond_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalAC"
      },
      {
        "name": "Primary Type of Exterior Wall Material of New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/exwallmat_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalExWallMat"
      },
      {
        "name": "Number of Stories in New Single-Family Houses Completed",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/stories_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SFTotalStories"
      },
      {
        "name": "Median and Average Contract Price per Square Foot of New Contractor-Built Single-Family Houses Started",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/contractpricesqft_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "ContractMedAvgPriceSqFt"
      },
      {
        "name": "Median and Average Sales Prices of New Single-Family Houses Sold",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/soldprice_cust.xls",
        "sheet": "SoldMedAvgPrice"
      }
    ]
  },
  "characteristics": {
    "medianSquareFeet": {
      "label": "Median square feet of floor area",
      "unit": "sq ft",
      "national": 2142,
      "byRegion": {
        "Northeast": 2459,
        "Midwest": 1969,
        "South": 2162,
        "West": 2090
      }
    },
    "averageSquareFeet": {
      "label": "Average square feet of floor area",
      "unit": "sq ft",
      "national": 2378,
      "byRegion": {
        "Northeast": 2644,
        "Midwest": 2240,
        "South": 2396,
        "West": 2336
      }
    },
    "foundationType": {
      "label": "Type of foundation",
      "unit": "percent",
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "Full or partial basement",
          "percent": 16,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 53,
            "Midwest": 50,
            "South": 4,
            "West": 16
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Slab or other types",
          "percent": 75,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 40,
            "Midwest": 43,
            "South": 88,
            "West": 70
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Crawl space",
          "percent": 9,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 7,
            "Midwest": 7,
            "South": 8,
            "West": 14
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "bedrooms": {
      "label": "Number of bedrooms",
      "unit": "percent",
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "2 bedrooms or less",
          "percent": 12,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 26,
            "Midwest": 19,
            "South": 8,
            "West": 13
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "3 bedrooms",
          "percent": 46,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 39,
            "Midwest": 48,
            "South": 48,
            "West": 43
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "4 bedrooms or more",
          "percent": 42,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 35,
            "Midwest": 33,
            "South": 44,
            "West": 43
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "bathrooms": {
      "label": "Number of bathrooms",
      "unit": "percent",
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "1.5 baths or less",
          "percent": 4,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 8,
            "Midwest": 9,
            "South": 3,
            "West": 5
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "2 baths",
          "percent": 33,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 22,
            "Midwest": 36,
            "South": 36,
            "West": 26
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "2.5 baths",
          "percent": 30,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 32,
            "Midwest": 31,
            "South": 29,
            "West": 34
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "3 baths or more",
          "percent": 32,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 37,
            "Midwest": 23,
            "South": 32,
            "West": 35
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "heatingSystem": {
      "label": "Type of heating system",
      "unit": "percent",
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "Forced-air furnace",
          "percent": 49,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 77,
            "Midwest": 88,
            "South": 36,
            "West": 51
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Heat pump (all types)",
          "percent": 48,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 14,
            "Midwest": 7,
            "South": 63,
            "West": 42
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Heat pump — air-source",
          "percent": 48,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 11,
            "Midwest": 6,
            "South": 63,
            "West": 42
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Heat pump — ground-source",
          "percent": 1,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 3,
            "Midwest": 1,
            "South": null,
            "West": null
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Hot water or steam",
          "percent": 1,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 4,
            "Midwest": 2,
            "South": null,
            "West": null
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Other types or none",
          "percent": 3,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 5,
            "Midwest": 3,
            "South": 1,
            "West": 6
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "airConditioning": {
      "label": "Presence of air-conditioning",
      "unit": "percent",
      "national": 98,
      "byRegion": {
        "Northeast": 92,
        "Midwest": 96,
        "South": 100,
        "West": 96
      },
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "With air-conditioning",
          "percent": 98,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 92,
            "Midwest": 96,
            "South": 100,
            "West": 96
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Without air-conditioning",
          "percent": 2,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 8,
            "Midwest": 4,
            "South": null,
            "West": 4
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "exteriorWallMaterial": {
      "label": "Primary exterior wall material",
      "unit": "percent",
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "Brick",
          "percent": 16,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 8,
            "Midwest": 4,
            "South": 26,
            "West": 1
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Wood",
          "percent": 6,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 11,
            "Midwest": 16,
            "South": 3,
            "West": 7
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Stucco",
          "percent": 26,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 1,
            "Midwest": null,
            "South": 23,
            "West": 55
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Vinyl siding",
          "percent": 26,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 70,
            "Midwest": 64,
            "South": 21,
            "West": 5
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Fiber cement",
          "percent": 23,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 8,
            "Midwest": 12,
            "South": 24,
            "West": 31
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "Other",
          "percent": 2,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 2,
            "Midwest": 3,
            "South": 3,
            "West": 1
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "stories": {
      "label": "Number of stories",
      "unit": "percent",
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "category": "1 story",
          "percent": 48,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 27,
            "Midwest": 54,
            "South": 51,
            "West": 46
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "2 stories",
          "percent": 46,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 58,
            "Midwest": 45,
            "South": 45,
            "West": 46
          }
        },
        {
          "category": "3 stories or more",
          "percent": 5,
          "byRegion": {
            "Northeast": 15,
            "Midwest": 2,
            "South": 4,
            "West": 8
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "contractPricePerSqFt": {
      "label": "Median contract price per square foot (contractor-built houses started; excludes land)",
      "unit": "USD per sq ft",
      "universe": "New contractor-built single-family houses started",
      "excludesLand": true,
      "national": 171.57,
      "byRegion": {
        "Northeast": 179.3,
        "Midwest": 194.09,
        "South": 157.3,
        "West": 176.87
      },
      "average": {
        "label": "Average contract price per square foot",
        "national": 198.33,
        "byRegion": {
          "Northeast": 246.26,
          "Midwest": 202.13,
          "South": 179.96,
          "West": 213.85
        }
      }
    },
    "salePrice": {
      "label": "Median sales price of new single-family houses sold (includes land)",
      "unit": "USD",
      "universe": "New single-family houses sold (built for sale)",
      "includesLand": true,
      "national": 417400,
      "byRegion": {
        "Northeast": 750800,
        "Midwest": 387400,
        "South": 372800,
        "West": 541900
      },
      "average": {
        "label": "Average sales price",
        "national": 523800,
        "byRegion": {
          "Northeast": 1061300,
          "Midwest": 449700,
          "South": 458800,
          "West": 649300
        }
      }
    }
  }
}