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What a $1 million home looks like in 17 major cities across America

Written by Tanza Loudenback

2017-10-07T16:00:00Z

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Riverside — $1 million in New York City only buys 822 square feet. From listing on Trulia

A million dollars will buy you a lot more house in Texas than in California.

In fact, a million-dollar home in Dallas is more than twice the size of a similarly priced house in Los Angeles, according to real estate listing site Trulia.

To find out how home sizes compare across America, we asked Trulia to gather million dollar listings — homes priced between $995,000 and $1,100,000 — for the largest metro areas in the US.

Below, check out how much square footage homebuyers get for $1 million in 17 major US housing markets.

New York City

Listing price: $995,000

Square feet: 822

Price per square foot: $1,210

Los Angeles

Listing price: $999,000

Square feet: 1,407

Price per square foot: $710

Chicago

Listing price: $1,000,000

Square feet: 2,300

Price per square foot: $435

Dallas

Listing price: $999,000

Square feet: 3,469

Price per square foot: $288

Houston

Listing price: $995,000

Square feet: 4,424

Price per square foot: $225

Washington, DC

Listing price: $999,000

Square feet: 1,300

Price per square foot: $768

Philadelphia

Listing price: $1,100,000

Square feet: 2,400

Price per square foot: $458

Miami

Listing price: $995,000

Square feet: 2,898

Price per square foot: $343

Atlanta

Listing price: $999,000

Square feet: 6,854

Price per square foot: $146

Boston

Listing price: $1,050,000

Square feet: 1,285

Price per square foot: $817

San Francisco

Listing price: $995,000

Square feet: 1,100

Price per square foot: $905

Phoenix

Listing price: $995,000

Square feet: 3,173

Price per square foot: $314

Riverside/San Bernardino

Listing price: $999,890

Square feet: 4,078

Price per square foot: $245

Detroit

Listing price: $999,000

Square feet: 5,023

Price per square foot: $199

Seattle

Listing price: $995,000

Square feet: 2,140

Price per square foot: $465

Minneapolis

Listing price: $1,000,000

Square feet: 2,060

Price per square foot: $485

San Diego

Listing price: $1,050,000

Square feet: 1,850

Price per square foot: $568

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.