How Big Is a Quarter Acre?
10,890 square feet: a typical suburban house lot. Drop it on a map of your neighborhood below.
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1/4 acre in numbers
- As a square: 104.4 ft by 104.4 ft (31.8 m per side)
- In other units: 10,890 sq ft · 1,011.7 m² · 0.25 acres
- Common layouts: 66 × 165 ft, 90 × 121 ft, 104.4 × 104.4 ft
- King beds (6.3 × 6.7 ft): 258.1 by area
- Parking spaces (9 × 18 ft): 67.2 by area
- Tennis courts (36 × 78 ft doubles): 3.88 by area
"By area" compares total area. How many actually fit depends on shape, which the drawing above shows.
A quarter acre is 10,890 square feet. As a square it is about 104 feet on each side. Lots are rarely square, and a long rectangle such as 66 × 165 feet is common in older neighborhoods.
It is close to four doubles tennis courts by area, or about a fifth of an American football field with end zones. A house, a driveway and a decent backyard fit on a quarter acre with room left over.
Where you see it: suburban house lots, small parks and playgrounds, community gardens.