What a $500,000 home looks like in 25 major cities across America
- The cost per square foot for homes can vary drastically from city to city.
- You can get a lot more space in Dallas or Chicago than in New York or the Bay Area.
- To compare home size across housing markets, real estate listing site Trulia pulled listings in the $500,000 range for the 25 biggest US metros.
Space is hard to come by in some of America's most popular housing markets.
Homebuyers in New York, for instance, are paying over $1,000 per square foot right now, while buyers in Detroit and Chicago are paying closer to $400 per square foot.
To find out how home sizes compare across America, we asked Trulia to gather listings in the $500,000 range for the country's largest metro areas by population.
Below, check out how much square footage buyers get for homes priced between $499,000 and $525,000 in 25 popular cities, ordered from lowest to highest cost per square foot.
Orlando, Florida
Listing price: $500,000
Square feet: 3,609
Price per square foot: $139
Fort Worth, Texas
Listing price: $499,999
Square feet: 2,975
Price per square foot: $168
Phoenix, Arizona
Listing price: $495,000
Square feet: 2,748
Price per square foot: $180
Baltimore, Maryland
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 2,740
Price per square foot: $182
Riverside, California
Listing price: $509,900
Square feet: 2,631
Price per square foot: $194
Houston, Texas
Listing price: $525,000
Square feet: 2,619
Price per square foot: $200
Suffolk County, New York
Listing price: $519,900
Square feet: 2,600
Price per square foot: $200
St. Louis, Missouri
Listing price: $499,900
Square feet: 2,352
Price per square foot: $213
Newark, New Jersey
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 2,188
Price per square foot: $228
Tampa, Florida
Listing price: $514,900
Square feet: 2,240
Price per square foot: $230
Dallas, Texas
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 2,060
Price per square foot: $242
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 2,018
Price per square foot: $248
Charlotte, North Carolina
Listing price: $499,900
Square feet: 1,904
Price per square foot: $263
Denver, Colorado
Listing price: $520,000
Square feet: 1,854
Price per square foot: $280
Seattle, Washington
Listing price: $499,950
Square feet: 1,760
Price per square foot: $284
Atlanta, Georgia
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 1,722
Price per square foot: $290
Anaheim, California
Listing price: $520,000
Square feet: 1,311
Price per square foot: $397
Detroit, Michigan
Listing price: $515,000
Square feet: 1,221
Price per square foot: $422
Chicago, Illinois
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 1,146
Price per square foot: $435
San Diego, California
Listing price: $505,000
Square feet: 1,115
Price per square foot: $453
Miami, Florida
Listing price: $520,000
Square feet: 1,142
Price per square foot: $455
Washington, DC
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 775
Price per square foot: $645
Los Angeles, California
Listing price: $515,000
Square feet: 740
Price per square foot: $696
Oakland, California
Listing price: $518,000
Square feet: 640
Price per square foot: $809
New York, New York
Listing price: $499,000
Square feet: 450
Price per square foot: $1,109
Tanza Loudenback Tanza is a CFP® professional and former correspondent for Personal Finance Insider. She broke down personal finance news and wrote about taxes, investing, retirement, wealth building, and debt management. She helmed a biweekly newsletter and a column answering reader questions about money. Tanza is the author of two ebooks, A Guide to Financial Planners and "The One-Month Plan to Master your Money." In 2020, Tanza was the editorial lead on Master Your Money, a yearlong original series providing financial tools, advice, and inspiration to millennials. Tanza joined Business Insider in June 2015 and is an alumna of Elon University, where she studied journalism and Italian. She is based in Los Angeles. Read more Read less Matthew Michaels Former InternncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufonyprcufZKahnKG2sLqMnaalpJGneqm7zJ6qZqGeYrqits6rZJyhpJ6ytHnLqKpmmZ6csq2x0malnq9drryzt4ypn6isn6h6c3yQcWRu