By the Numbers: Maryland Loves Big Townhomes

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HOMES IN MARYLAND are big and getting bigger, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data reported in today's Baltimore Sun. As real estate prices continue to climb, developers are using the classic townhouse design to get maximum space out of a minimal footprint.

The trend seems to represent the American lust for more living space and an aim by realtors to get the most profit out of their properties with a style of home that has recently become more fashionable. Here's the story by the numbers ...

» 2nd: Maryland's rank in the proportion of occupied homes with more than four bedrooms. Only Utah has more.
» 28 percent: The proportion of occupied homes in Maryland that have more than four bedrooms.

» 20 percent: The proportion of occupied homes nationwide that have more than four bedrooms, compared with 17.7 percent in 2000.

» 50 percent: How much larger the average house built today in the United States is than the average house built in 1973.
» $160,000: The cost of a 1,700-square foot 3-bedroom townhouse in Chambersburg, 25 miles north of Hagerstown. Chambersburg is in Pennsylvania.

Only $160,000? In Chambersburg? That's only 1.5 hours into Rockville with minimal traffic on I-81, I-70 and I-270! Pehaps the Red Line can be exteded to Gettysburg while they're at it. What a glorious commute.

» "Maryland McMansions Growing Even Larger" [Sun]