How do I find the size of my lot?

Enter your address at LotSite for free measurement, check your county assessor's website, or look at your property survey. Zillow and Redfin also list approximate lot sizes from public records.

What's the difference between lot size and living area?

Lot size is the total area of your entire property, including the house footprint, yard, and driveway. Living area (or square footage) usually refers only to the interior heated space of the house itself.

One acre is 43,560 square feet, or roughly the size of a football field without the end zones. A quarter-acre lot is 10,890 sq ft.

Why do assessor records and Zillow disagree on lot size?

Assessor records reflect the last official survey, which may be decades old. Zillow uses public data plus algorithms that sometimes estimate. Actual measurement from satellite imagery (like LotSite) can differ from both.

What's a typical lot size for a house?

Suburban lots typically range from 5,000 to 15,000 sq ft (about 0.1 to 0.35 acres). Rural lots are often 1+ acres. Urban lots can be as small as 2,000-3,000 sq ft.

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The Basics

What is lot size?

Lot size is the total area of a property, measured in square feet or acres (1 acre = 43,560 sq ft). It covers everything inside your property lines — the house footprint, driveway, yard, garden beds, and landscaping. Easements and public right-of-ways typically aren't counted as usable lot area, even when they fall inside the boundary.

Lot size is one number; it says nothing about shape. That's what lot dimensions (width x depth) are for — two lots can both be 7,200 sq ft while one is a wide, shallow corner lot and the other a narrow, deep infill lot.

Lot size is also different from living area — the interior square footage of the home itself, which is what most real estate listings lead with. A "2,000 sq ft house" can easily sit on an 8,000 sq ft lot.

Quick Reference

Square feet to acres

Common lot sizes and their acreage equivalents. One acre is 43,560 square feet.

Square Feet	Acres
5,000 sq ft	0.11
7,500 sq ft	0.17
10,000 sq ft	0.23
15,000 sq ft	0.34
21,780 sq ft	0.50
43,560 sq ft	1.00
87,120 sq ft	2.00

Methods Compared

Property size lookup: how to find any lot's size

County assessor / GIS parcel viewer. Free and authoritative, but every county's portal is different, and finding the parcel record can take 30+ minutes of navigating tax lookup screens.

Zillow or Redfin. Convenient for listings, but lot sizes come from public records plus estimation — figures are often approximate or missing for off-market homes.

Property survey or plat map. The definitive legal answer, drawn by a licensed surveyor. Accurate to the inch, but costs $300–$800 if you don't already have one.

Free satellite tools like LotSite. Enter an address and see the parcel with its area calculated in seconds — the fastest free option, accurate enough for landscaping, fencing, and buying decisions. Also see our guide on how to measure your property for every method compared, or the property line map to see where your boundaries fall. Just need your grass area? Try the lawn size calculator.

City Data

Average lot sizes across major U.S. cities

Median residential lot size in 50 U.S. metros, largest to smallest. Click any city to see its property line map.

City	Avg. Lot Size	USDA Zone
Huntsville, AL	12,000 sq ft	Zone 7b
Nashville, TN	11,000 sq ft	Zone 7a
Greenville, SC	11,000 sq ft	Zone 7b
Knoxville, TN	10,800 sq ft	Zone 7a
Raleigh, NC	10,500 sq ft	Zone 7b
Birmingham, AL	10,500 sq ft	Zone 7b
Kansas City, MO	10,500 sq ft	Zone 6a
Oklahoma City, OK	10,500 sq ft	Zone 7a
Virginia Beach, VA	10,500 sq ft	Zone 8a
Indianapolis, IN	10,200 sq ft	Zone 5b
Charlotte, NC	10,000 sq ft	Zone 7b
Little Rock, AR	10,000 sq ft	Zone 7b
Columbus, OH	9,800 sq ft	Zone 6a
Memphis, TN	9,800 sq ft	Zone 7b
Atlanta, GA	9,500 sq ft	Zone 7b
Louisville, KY	9,500 sq ft	Zone 6b
Boise, ID	9,500 sq ft	Zone 6b
Colorado Springs, CO	9,200 sq ft	Zone 5b
Jacksonville, FL	9,100 sq ft	Zone 9a
Richmond, VA	9,000 sq ft	Zone 7a
Hartford, CT	9,000 sq ft	Zone 6b
San Antonio, TX	8,800 sq ft	Zone 8b
Albuquerque, NM	8,800 sq ft	Zone 7a
Fort Worth, TX	8,600 sq ft	Zone 8a
Houston, TX	8,500 sq ft	Zone 9a
Charleston, SC	8,500 sq ft	Zone 8b
Cincinnati, OH	8,500 sq ft	Zone 6a
Salt Lake City, UT	8,500 sq ft	Zone 6b
Riverside, CA	8,500 sq ft	Zone 9b
Orlando, FL	8,200 sq ft	Zone 9b
Savannah, GA	8,200 sq ft	Zone 8b
Tucson, AZ	8,200 sq ft	Zone 9a
Dallas, TX	8,000 sq ft	Zone 8a
St. Louis, MO	8,000 sq ft	Zone 6b
Phoenix, AZ	8,000 sq ft	Zone 9b
Fresno, CA	8,000 sq ft	Zone 9a
Austin, TX	7,800 sq ft	Zone 8b
Tampa, FL	7,500 sq ft	Zone 9b
Denver, CO	7,500 sq ft	Zone 5b
Minneapolis, MN	7,200 sq ft	Zone 4b
Las Vegas, NV	7,200 sq ft	Zone 9a
San Diego, CA	7,200 sq ft	Zone 10a
Sacramento, CA	7,000 sq ft	Zone 9b
Milwaukee, WI	6,800 sq ft	Zone 5b
Miami, FL	6,500 sq ft	Zone 10b
Portland, OR	6,500 sq ft	Zone 8b
Pittsburgh, PA	6,500 sq ft	Zone 6b
Seattle, WA	5,500 sq ft	Zone 8b
New Orleans, LA	5,500 sq ft	Zone 9a
Providence, RI	5,500 sq ft	Zone 6b

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