Kitchen addition cost in Houston: what owners paid (2023 survey)
Houston owners paid a median $57,140 for a kitchen addition: $32,140 above the U.S. median, tied for second-highest of 4 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What Houston owners paid
$57,140
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
How Houston compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $25,000
- Rank, highest first
- Tied at 2 of 4
Houston: $57,140. The big-metro medians run from $5,098 to $70,000.
11 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 4.
- New York City$70,000
- Dallas$57,140
- Houston$57,140
- Boston$5,098
No published figure: Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC.
What it covers
Adding a kitchen or enlarging one, counted apart from remodeling.
The Census category is “Kitchen” within “Room Additions and Renovations”: what Houston-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
Ask every contractor to price the same scope, in writing. Does the quote change room area, layout, systems or finishes, and which changes are included?
Measure your job with the material calculator. Then put the quotes in the matching quote worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.