Sunny California Leads the Way
In Los Angeles, homes with pools sell for $95-thousand more than comparable homes without them, according to a report from Redfin.
Swimming pools are worth more in Los Angeles than they are in any other major U.S. metro area.
Followed by Austin, Texas and Orange County, California, where a pool adds more than $50,000 to a typical home’s value.
How did Sacramento rank?? We have it for you… #13 on the list below.
Value of a Pool, Ranked by Average Premium per Square Foot | |||||
| Rank | Metro area | Average pool premium per square foot | Median sale price (Feb. 2019) | Value pool adds to a median-priced home | Percentage of homes sold in 2018 that have a pool |
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | $56.45 | $600,000 | $95,392.96 | 23% |
| 2 | Austin, TX | $28.67 | $296,000 | $52,228.18 | 4.7% |
| 3 | Orange County, CA | $26.47 | $679,000 | $55,885.37 | 18.3% |
| 4 | Riverside, CA | $24.74 | $366,000 | $44,750.31 | 21% |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $19.57 | $260,000 | $36,964.24 | 45.6% |
| 6 | Oakland, CA | $18.35 | $700,000 | $29,487.12 | 8.7% |
| 7 | Charlotte, NC | $17.33 | $235,000 | $34,917.17 | 2.2% |
| 8 | Tampa, FL | $17.21 | $225,000 | $29,611.08 | 29.6% |
| 9 | Houston, TX | $16.42 | $232,000 | $35,736.25 | 16.6% |
| 10 | Tucson, AZ | $15.56 | $215,000 | $27,285.26 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Las Vegas, NV | $15.47 | $275,000 | $30,169.53 | 25.3% |
| 12 | Cape Coral, FL | $15.02 | $227,000 | $26,115.47 | 6.7% |
| 13 | Sacramento, CA | $12.70 | $385,000 | $20,615.83 | 22.1% |
| 14 | Hampton Roads, VA | $12.28 | $220,000 | $23,570.55 | 8% |
| 15 | Atlanta, GA | $11.95 | $235,000 | $26,482.52 | 3.6% |
| 16 | Orlando, FL | $11.29 | $249,000 | $21,300.36 | 18.7% |
| 17 | San Diego, CA | $11.19 | $555,000 | $20,001.29 | 15.3% |
| 18 | San Antonio, TX | $10.04 | $218,000 | $18,540.88 | 11.6% |
| 19 | Phoenix, AZ | $5.87 | $267,000 | $11,590.71 | 32.1% |
