Some of your Big Questions on Tiny House living – Answered by Researc


Tinyhouseliving decided to do a big research which I must applaud them for.  The results are out. Let’s go there – 





To Mortgage or not Mortgage a Tiny House? 

We’ll see what other tiny home owners are doing according to research. –
68% of tiny house owners have no mortgage compared to 29.3% of all U.S homeowners. Isn’t that amazing? I always wondered what was with it with getting a mortgage especially for a tiny house. It’s just not worth it is it?


Is Tiny House owners Richer? 


According to research, 55% of all Tiny house dwellers have more saving of about $10,000 than all the rest of the American population. I AM LIKE WOAH! We really are good with money aren’t we?


How Many Tiny House Dwellers Own Their Home? 




Well, its 78% compared to 65% of traditional home owners. This to me is a vanity metric. Why build a tiny house if you aren’t going to own the thing? It’s best to own all the way.


How Much Does It Cost To Build A Tiny House?

Well, according to our research, the median cost is a whopping $23,500. Oh. You thought it was going to be cheap? Well thing again. It’s kind of very cheap compared to building a normal house but it can get really costly everything is not kept under check. So be careful on the spending. I mean really careful. Tighten a noose on your expenditure as soon as you notice things hoping outta hand. This is recommended and can save your pocket.

Average Square Meters of Your Average Tiny House:

According to research it’s a tiny 186/sq/ft compared to the standard house which is 2100sq/ft. That’s a whopping 11.5 Tiny houses in one traditional house. I always imagine a dystopian Jetson future where space will be our problem. The only solution in my opinion that will save us all are not those long Jetson house poles but good ol’ tiny freaking house. But we will be sure to knock down those damn big houses to fulfill our tiny house dreams. So get your pitch forks and sledgehammers will ya!


Education - How educated are Tiny house people?

It’s easy to imagine that lots of tiny house builders are either Hobos or Wood dwellers (I have forgotten the word. Oh. Hermit). But this could not be farther from the truth.  It’s so far from the Truth that Tiny house builders are twice more likely to have a master’s degree than normal home dwellers.
You might have thought all those brain power to calculate spend, save up and have more money in the bank should mean more education or didn’t you think so? Well, now you know. However, if you haven’t gotten your master’s degree already, what are you waiting for? Don’t let your fellow dwellers outsmart you on the gardening patch. Go get one now!


Average Age of a Tiny House Dweller:

For everything under the sun, there is an End. So say the wise man King Solomon. This is also true in Tiny life too.
As people get older, they tend to rethink things. Things that would have made a lot of sense as young adult seem to have lost its meaning as we age. So is the irony of life. So my dear readers, it’s not much of a surprise (though it was to me) that the average age of a Tiny House dweller according to research is 50yrs old. Yes. I know most of those blog posts you read show lots of 30-40 year olds, but trust me. It’s closer to 50 yrs. actually. Oh Life!


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