Housing expectations are purely local. You can also buy 30 acres of farmland and a 4 bedroom house for the same price in a small-town 60 miles west of Washington, DC 🙂 Several hundred acres even in central Michigan.

You don’t need a 2000 sf 4/3 house to raise a family of four. I know plenty of people who grew up in a 3/1 apartment or small house and turned out just fine.

Modify your criteria to grab anything that’s 3/1+ and > 1000 sf, and you get quite a few more listings in your area.