{
  "id": "price-per-square-foot",
  "version": "79277e9fb97e",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Price Per Square Foot Calculator",
  "question": "What is the price per square foot?",
  "summary": "Divides a home or space’s price by its area to give the price per square foot and per square metre, or finds the price from a price per square foot.",
  "category": "finance",
  "subcategory": "mortgage-and-real-estate",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/finance/price-per-square-foot-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/finance/price-per-square-foot-calculator.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "Price per square foot = price ÷ square feet; price per square metre = price ÷ (square feet × 0.09290304); total price = price per square foot × square feet.",
  "assumptions": [
    "The area is the floor area you want to compare, measured the same way for every home you compare.",
    "The price is one figure for the whole space (sale price, cost to build, or rent for one period)."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "find": {
        "title": "Find",
        "description": "Work out the price per square foot from a price, or the price from a price per square foot.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "rate",
          "price"
        ]
      },
      "price": {
        "title": "Price",
        "description": "The sale price, cost or rent of the home or space.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000000000
      },
      "ppsf": {
        "title": "Price per square foot",
        "description": "The price of one square foot.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000000
      },
      "sqft": {
        "title": "Area (square feet)",
        "description": "The floor area in square feet.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0.01,
        "maximum": 1000000000
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "perSqFt": {
      "label": "Price per square foot",
      "description": "Price ÷ area in square feet.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "perSqM": {
      "label": "Price per square metre",
      "description": "Price ÷ area in square metres (1 sq ft = 0.09290304 m²).",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "total": {
      "label": "Total price",
      "description": "Price per square foot × area.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "areaM2": {
      "label": "Area in square metres",
      "description": "Square feet × 0.09290304.",
      "format": "number"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "find": "rate",
      "price": 417400,
      "ppsf": 190,
      "sqft": 2194
    },
    "outputs": {
      "perSqFt": 190.2461257976299,
      "perSqM": 2047.7922552117766,
      "total": 417400,
      "areaM2": 203.82926976
    },
    "text": "Price per square foot: $190.25 ($2,047.79 per square metre) for a total of $417,400.00."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "find": "rate",
        "price": 417400,
        "sqft": 2194
      },
      "expect": {
        "perSqFt": 190.2461257976299,
        "total": 417400
      },
      "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, Characteristics of New Housing, 2025 highlights (median sales price $417,400; median floor area 2,194 sq ft). https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/highlights.html; Python 3: 417400/2194 = 190.2461257976299"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "find": "rate",
        "price": 300000,
        "sqft": 1500
      },
      "expect": {
        "perSqFt": 200,
        "perSqM": 2152.782083341944,
        "areaM2": 139.35456
      },
      "source": "Hand calculation in content.mdx: 300,000 ÷ 1,500 = 200; 1,500 × 0.09290304 = 139.35456 m² (NIST: 1 ft = 0.3048 m exactly)"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "find": "price",
        "ppsf": 190,
        "sqft": 2194
      },
      "expect": {
        "total": 416860,
        "perSqFt": 190
      },
      "source": "Hand calculation in content.mdx: 190 × 2,194 = 416,860"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau, Characteristics of New Housing, Highlights of annual 2025 characteristics (median sales price $417,400; median square floor area 2,194 square feet). https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/highlights.html (retrieved 2026-10-05)",
    "National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Survey Foot (1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly, the international foot). https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot (retrieved 2026-10-05)"
  ],
  "related": [
    "square-footage",
    "home-affordability",
    "mortgage",
    "cap-rate"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}