Tiny Home Facts: Why Tiny Homes Can Make a Very Large Impact
- The average home in the United States is around 2,392 square feet, an increase from 1,645 square feet in 1975.
- The typical tiny home is about 200 square feet.
- The average small home costs only about $48,000.
- Americans make up just 5% of the world population, but we use more resources than any other country. Actually, if everyone on our planet lived like we do, we would need 4 planets to supply the resources and store the enormous amount of waste that would be produced.
- Residential and commercial homes and buildings consume about 42% of the energy used in the United States today.
- About 11% of the average home’s electric bill. Many tiny homes are able to run solely on battery power
- In America, each of us will purcahse an average of 7 washing machines, 5 refrigerators and 7 air conditioners in our lifetimes on average
- On average, it takes about 64 trees to provide the wood for a home in the United States.
By Chelsea Swanhart
