Burbia Facts

Burbia's "everything you always wanted to know about suburbia but wanted somebody else to do the research on" collection of suburban factoids.

Number of houses with 2 or more living rooms or rec rooms: 30,254,000

[US Census]

added on 03/31/2009

Number of acres of "mowable" lawn in the U.S.: 30,000,000

[MMMag]

added on 01/26/2009

Percentage of U.S. families that own a BBQ grill: 85%

[hpba.org]

added on 10/30/2008

Number of leaves on the average large tree: 200,000-400,000

[UofIA]

added on 09/04/2008

Number of houses with at least 5 color TVs: 4,500,000

[US Census]

added on 08/06/2008