Apartment Sizes Shrinking Across Texas, New Report Finds

Apartment Size Trends in Texas

• 📉 A recent report from Rent Cafe indicates a significant trend of apartment sizes decreasing across Texas over the past decade.
• 📊 With a single exception, every analyzed Texas market has seen a downsizing of new apartments.

Specific Market Reductions

• 🏙️ Austin experienced a reduction of 53 square feet, a 6% decrease in average apartment size.
• 🏙️ Houston and Dallas both saw their average new apartments shrink by 4%, losing 39 and 35 square feet, respectively.
• ⚠️ Arlington showed the most dramatic shrinkage nationwide, with new apartments becoming 215 square feet smaller, a 19% reduction.

The Lone Exception

• 📈 The only Texas market to see an increase in apartment size was Lewisville, which grew by 13 square feet, a modest 1% increase.
• 💡 This small gain in Lewisville is highlighted as potentially providing space for an extra reach-in closet or a vertical main bedroom.