What a New Manufactured Home Costs by Configuration
Census Manufactured Housing Survey data, tracked via the Federal Reserve’s FRED database, put the average price of a new manufactured home at $131,500 in October 2025, the most recent month available given the Census Bureau’s normal reporting lag on this series. That single average blends two very different products: single-wide and double-wide units, which the Census data tracks separately and which carry meaningfully different price tags.
New double-wide manufactured homes averaged $162,100 in October 2025, while new single-wide homes averaged $88,800, an 83% price gap between the two configurations. A double-wide is effectively a larger, more house-like footprint; a single-wide is the more compact, more affordable end of the category, and the price data reflects that split clearly.
Why the Price Gap Matters More Than the Average
An $131,500 blended average is a useful anchor, but it can mislead anyone pricing an actual deal, since the underlying unit could be worth anywhere from roughly $89,000 to well over $160,000 depending on configuration alone, before condition, land, or age enters the picture. Knowing whether a specific home is a single-wide or double-wide changes the comp range before a wholesaler ever runs numbers on repairs or resale.
That price spread also explains part of why this niche behaves differently from single-family wholesaling: a chattel-titled home financed the way a vehicle is financed sits at a lower price point with a smaller, more specialized buyer pool than a site-built comp. Working that pool effectively still starts the same way every other niche does, with a caller who can find the seller and get them on the phone, which is where VA Horizon’s trained VAs come in, dialing the list while an in-house SDR qualifies whoever calls back, regardless of the property type behind it.
The Numbers
New manufactured homes of all sizes averaged $131,500 in October 2025, the most recent month available given the Census Bureau’s reporting lag.
Census Manufactured Housing Survey data, series SPTNSAUS via FRED
New double-wide manufactured homes averaged $162,100 in October 2025, versus $88,800 for new single-wide homes, an 83% price gap.
Census Manufactured Housing Survey data, series SPDNSAUS and SPSNSAUS via FRED
Sources
The external data in this article draws on the sources below. Figures described in the text as estimates or industry triangulations are directional and are not attributed to a single dataset.
- Census Manufactured Housing Survey data, series SPTNSAUS via FRED
- Census Manufactured Housing Survey data, series SPDNSAUS and SPSNSAUS via FRED