But there are benefits to living in a smaller home — and you don’t have to take your square footage to extremes to enjoy them. Proof: Consider the 1,000-square-foot home. It’s smaller than ...

(In 2017, the average size of a newly built house in the United States was 2,571 square feet, according to the National Association of Home Builders.) "Homes between 1,000 and 2,000 square feet ...