10 Cities With the Biggest Yards

Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on LawnStarter.

Where can you be a city dweller in a house with a nice big yard?

With mortgage interest rates decreasing — aka more financial bandwidth to buy a bigger property — LawnStarter ranked 2024’s Cities With the Biggest Yards.

We compared the 2,000 biggest U.S. cities based on the average yard sizes of single-family homes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Read on to plan your next move with our ranking. To learn how we ranked the cities, see our methodology at the end.

1. Carney, MD

• Population Size: 29,352
• Score: 100.00
• Average Yard Acreage: 1.140

2. Linton Hall, VA

• Population Size: 42,702
• Score: 91.69
• Average Yard Acreage: 1.046

3. Mequon, WI

• Population Size: 25,102
• Score: 84.61
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.966

4. Caledonia, WI

• Population Size: 25,277
• Score: 83.25
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.951

5. Fallbrook, CA

• Population Size: 33,710
• Score: 74.59
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.853

6. Derry, NH

• Population Size: 23,027
• Score: 72.45
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.829

7. Nacogdoches, TX

• Population Size: 32,148
• Score: 72.11
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.825

8. Weatherford, TX

• Population Size: 32,168
• Score: 71.11
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.814

9. Barnstable Town, MA

• Population Size: 48,922
• Score: 69.02
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.790

10. The Acreage, FL

• Population Size: 40,160
• Score: 68.90
• Average Yard Acreage: 0.789

Methodology

First, we determined the factors (metrics) that are most relevant to rank the Cities With the Biggest Yards.

We then gathered the average yard acreage for each of the 2,000 biggest U.S. cities from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Finally, we calculated scores (out of 100 points) for each city to determine its rank. The highest Overall Score ranked “Biggest” (No. 1).

Note: Population data was sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau for reference purposes only.