Recreation room addition cost in New York City: 2023 spending
New York City owners paid a median $6,000 for recreation room work: $4,000 below the U.S. median, second-highest of 4 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What New York City owners paid
$6,000
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
How New York City compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $10,000
- Rank, highest first
- 2 of 4
New York City: $6,000. Between the lowest and highest big-metro medians.
11 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 4.
- Dallas$20,000
- New York City$6,000
- Los Angeles$4,998
- Atlanta$3,000
No published figure: Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC.
What it covers
Adding or renovating a recreation or family room.
The Census category is “Recreation Room” within “Room Additions and Renovations”: what New York City-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
If your quote is well above $6,000, ask what is in it that the typical job is not. What room area, access, systems and finish level are included?
Measure your job with the material calculator. Then put the quotes in your project budget worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.