CLIPBOARD : New-Home Comparisons

Compared to the rest of the state, new homes sold in Orange County in 1990 were a little smaller. For example, while more than one in four new homes in Orange County had two bedrooms or fewer, the comparable proportion statewide was one in 10. Also, three-bedroom models were considerably more popular statewide than in Orange County. The differences for larger homes - those with four or more bedrooms - were much smaller.

ORANGE COUNTY Average number of bedrooms: 3.2 Fewer than 2 bedrooms: 3.0% 2 bedrooms: 24.5% 3 bedrooms: 29.7% 4 bedrooms: 34.4% 5 or more bedrooms: 8.4% STATEWIDE Average number of bedrooms: 3.4 Fewer than 2 bedrooms: 0.9% 2 bedrooms: 9.2% 3 bedrooms: 46.7% 4 bedrooms: 37.5% 5 or more bedrooms: 5.7% Source: Construction Industry Research Board