Odessa American - January 11, 2023 COLLEGE STATION Texas’ manufactured-housing industry ended the year on a low note, according to the latest Texas Manufactured Housing Survey.

Manufactured housing, sometimes called mobile homes, are homes made in a factory rather than constructed on site, and they have been surging in popularity this year amid America’s housing crisis.

Modern manufactured homes can be as resilient as traditional houses in the face of floods, hurricanes and wildfires.

A: Manufactured homes, or mobile homes, can indeed be moved to new locations, with the average cost to move a mobile home being around $9,000. However, it’s not as easy as one may hope.

KELLY: Well, a number of cities around America are taking a new look at manufactured homes as a solution to the nation's housing shortage. Adele Peters wrote about it for Fast Company.

FILE: Katherine Morgan drinks water in front of a box fan while trying to stay cool in her downtown apartment without air conditioning on Aug. 12, 2021, in Portland.

The average price of a manufactured home in the U.S. stands at $124,300, far less than the price of a site-built home in 2023 ($409,872, or $285,572 more than a manufactured home).

Manufactured homes are one of the lowest-priced home types on the market. In December 2024, the median listing price for a manufactured home was $159,500, compared to $420,000 for an existing ...

The term “manufactured housing” often comes with negative connotations: poorly maintained homes, sub-par quality, and aesthetically unappealing. This unfavorable stereotyping belies the fact ...

That was on Dec. 17, 2021, the delivery date for their brand new, $210,000 home the couple bought from Titan Factory Direct Homes in Candler. But their battle with the company goes back even ...