Data Watch: How People Are Upgrading Their Yards, and the Costs

Standing out is on trend. When people do address their street-facing outdoor spaces, they’re unlikely to want to blend in with the rest of the neighborhood. Thirty-six percent of owners renovating outdoor spaces report that before their projects, their front yards were nearly identical to those of their neighbors. After the outdoor project, only 6 percent of front yards remained nearly identical to others in the neighborhood. Forty-one percent, by contrast, are very or extremely different from those of the neighbors.