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The average single-family home has more than doubled in size since 1950. Artazum / Shutterstock.com
American homes today are larger than in our past. After World War II, construction of a national system of highways allowed homebuyers to gravitate to the suburbs where the size of homes began to grow. The average single family American home grew from 909 square feet in 1949 to 2,480 square feet in 2021, according to research by American Home Shield, a home warranty company. Its American Home Size…