The share of new homes with patios dipped below 61% for the first time since 2019, according to NAHB tabulation of data from the Survey of Construction (conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau with partial funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development). Of the roughly 940,00 single-family homes started during 2025, 60.5% came with patios. This is down from 61.8% in 2024 and marks the lowest percentage since the 59.6% recorded in 2019.

Historically, the share of homes with patios was increasing every year from the end of the Great Recession through 2023 (except in 2015, when it was unchanged). Over the past two years, however, the trend reversed itself, and the share of new homes with patios has started to decline.

Historically, the share of homes with patios was increasing every year from the end of the Great Recession through 2023 (except in 2015, when it was unchanged). Over the past two years, however, the trend reversed itself, and the share of new homes with patios has started to decline. During that time, the geographic pattern of patios on new homes has remained stable for the most part, but in 2025 the share of new homes with patios increased substantially—from 14% in 2024 to 26%—in New England. New England has traditionally been the Census division where patios on new homes are least common, but in 2025 New England edged ahead of the Middle Atlantic, where the percentage held steady at 23%.  At the high end, the top three divisions for new-home patios remained the same in 2025 as they had been the previous year: the West South Central (77%), Mountain Division (74%), and South Atlantic (66%).

Additional detail on the characteristics of new-home patios is available from the Annual Builder Practices Survey (BPS) conducted by Home Innovation Research Labs.

For the U.S. as a whole, the 2026 BPS report (based on homes built in 2025 like the SOC-based statistics cited above) shows that the average size of a new-home patio is about 320 square feet, but with considerable geographic variation. The average is well over 400 square feet in the adjacent East North Central and East South Central divisions. New home patios are considerably smaller on the other side of the Mississippi River, with an average of under 200 square feet in the West South Central, and only a little over 200 square feet in the West North Central division.

In most parts of the country, builders use more poured concrete than any other material in new home patios. Across all nine Census divisions, poured concrete accounts for over 60% of new home patios on a square-foot basis. The only real counterexample continues to be the New England division, where concrete pavers and natural stone each account for more patio square footage than poured concrete, and brick pavers account for almost as much.