Cost comparisons per square foot in select metro markets
| Auditorium | Fire station | Gymnasium | Library | |||||||||
| '01 | '00 | % chg. | '01 | '00 | % chg. | '01 | '00 | % chg. | '01 | '00 | % chg. | |
| Atlanta | 98.53 | 96.78 | 1.8 | 93.76 | 87.07 | 7.7 | 90.60 | 88.24 | 2.7 | 94.54 | 90.75 | 4.2 |
| Baltimore | 100.57 | 98.82 | 1.8 | 95.71 | 88.91 | 7.6 | 92.48 | 90.10 | 2.6 | 96.50 | 92.67 | 4.1 |
| Boston | 126.47 | 125.95 | 0.4 | 120.35 | 113.31 | 6.2 | 116.29 | 114.84 | 1.3 | 121.35 | 118.11 | 2.7 |
| Chicago | 123.14 | 119.49 | 3.1 | 117.18 | 107.50 | 9.0 | 113.22 | 108.95 | 3.9 | 118.15 | 112.05 | 5.4 |
| Cleveland | 112.93 | 111.31 | 1.5 | 107.46 | 100.14 | 7.3 | 103.84 | 101.49 | 2.3 | 108.36 | 104.38 | 3.8 |
| Dallas | 94.34 | 93.87 | 0.5 | 89.78 | 84.45 | 6.3 | 86.75 | 85.59 | 1.4 | 90.52 | 88.03 | 2.8 |
| Denver | 104.76 | 102.59 | 2.1 | 99.69 | 92.30 | 8.0 | 96.33 | 93.54 | 3.0 | 100.52 | 96.21 | 4.5 |
| Detroit | 117.12 | 114.11 | 2.6 | 111.45 | 102.66 | 8.6 | 107.69 | 104.04 | 3.5 | 112.38 | 107.01 | 5.0 |
| Houston | 97.13 | 96.78 | 0.4 | 92.43 | 87.07 | 6.2 | 89.32 | 88.24 | 1.2 | 93.20 | 90.75 | 2.7 |
| Kansas City | 110.78 | 107.54 | 3.0 | 105.42 | 96.75 | 9.0 | 101.86 | 98.05 | 3.9 | 106.30 | 100.85 | 5.4 |
| Los Angeles | 119.05 | 118.42 | 0.5 | 113.29 | 106.54 | 6.3 | 109.47 | 107.97 | 1.4 | 114.23 | 111.05 | 2.9 |
| Miami | 93.91 | 93.76 | 0.2 | 89.37 | 84.36 | 5.9 | 86.35 | 85.49 | 1.0 | 90.11 | 87.93 | 2.5 |
| Minneapolis | 120.34 | 119.92 | 0.4 | 114.52 | 107.89 | 6.1 | 110.66 | 109.34 | 1.2 | 115.47 | 112.46 | 2.7 |
| New Orleans | 94.02 | 93.44 | 0.6 | 89.47 | 84.07 | 6.4 | 86.45 | 85.19 | 1.5 | 90.21 | 87.62 | 3.0 |
| New York City | 147.96 | 145.87 | 1.4 | 140.80 | 131.23 | 7.3 | 136.05 | 132.99 | 2.3 | 141.97 | 136.79 | 3.8 |
| Philadelphia | 122.28 | 120.78 | 1.2 | 116.36 | 108.67 | 7.1 | 112.43 | 110.12 | 2.1 | 117.33 | 113.27 | 3.6 |
| Phoenix | 98.32 | 97.21 | 1.1 | 93.56 | 87.46 | 7.0 | 90.40 | 88.63 | 2.0 | 94.34 | 91.16 | 3.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 111.86 | 110.99 | 0.8 | 106.44 | 99.85 | 6.6 | 102.85 | 101.19 | 1.6 | 107.33 | 104.08 | 3.1 |
| Portland | 116.37 | 116.37 | 0.0 | 110.74 | 104.69 | 5.8 | 107.00 | 106.10 | 0.8 | 111.66 | 109.13 | 2.3 |
| St. Louis | 113.25 | 111.53 | 1.5 | 107.77 | 100.34 | 7.4 | 104.14 | 101.68 | 2.4 | 108.67 | 104.58 | 3.9 |
| San Diego | 116.37 | 115.51 | 0.7 | 110.74 | 103.92 | 6.6 | 107.00 | 105.31 | 1.6 | 111.66 | 108.32 | 3.1 |
| San Francisco | 136.78 | 133.49 | 2.5 | 130.16 | 120.09 | 8.4 | 125.77 | 121.71 | 3.3 | 131.25 | 125.18 | 4.8 |
| Seattle | 115.83 | 114.32 | 1.3 | 110.23 | 102.85 | 7.2 | 106.51 | 104.24 | 2.2 | 111.14 | 107.21 | 3.7 |
| Washington, D.C. | 103.90 | 103.67 | 0.2 | 98.88 | 93.27 | 6.0 | 95.54 | 94.52 | 1.1 | 99.70 | 97.21 | 2.6 |
| Winston/Salem | 82.95 | 82.89 | 0.1 | 78.94 | 74.57 | 5.8 | 76.27 | 75.58 | 0.9 | 79.59 | 77.73 | 2.4 |
