Normally, we think "bigger is better." After all, who doesn't want a bigger house or a bigger yard? But bigger is not always better and sometimes homeowners want to worry less about the care (and cost) of large pristine carpets of green turf.
In a recent survery — 2024's Cities With the Biggest and Smallest Yards — LawnStarter compared 2,000 of the biggest U.S. cities based on the average yard size of single-family homes from data by the Federal Finance Housing Agency. The lower the score, the Lawn-liest your city is, translating to less maintenance, less watering, less fertilizer and fewer lawn care costs.
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25 lawn-liest cities in America
| City | Rank |
| Hoboken, NJ | 1 |
| Union City, NJ | 2 |
| San Francisco, CA | 3 |
| West New York, NJ | 4 (tie) |
| Camden, NJ | 4 (tie) |
| Philadelphia, PA | 6 |
| Boston, MA | 7 |
| New York, NY | 8 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 9 |
| Bayonne, NJ | 10 |
| Newark, NJ | 11 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 12 |
| Chester, PA | 13 |
| Washington, DC | 14 |
| Kearny, NJ | 15 |
| Chicago, IL | 16 |
| Cliffside Park, NJ | 17 |
| Newport Beach, CA | 18 |
| Somerville, MA | 19 |
| Long Beach, NY | 20 (tie) |
| Aliso Viejo, CA | 20 (tie) |
| Daly City, CA | 22 |
| Baltimore, MD | 23 |
| Central LA | 24 |
| Paterson, NJ | 25 |
Key insights from the study
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