diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-area-card.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-area-card.ts
index 7fe1749099..eff790b5fe 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-area-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-area-card.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ import {
   mdiLightbulbMultiple,
   mdiLightbulbMultipleOff,
   mdiRun,
-  mdiThermometer,
   mdiToggleSwitch,
   mdiToggleSwitchOff,
   mdiWaterAlert,
-  mdiWaterPercent,
 } from "@mdi/js";
 import type { HassEntity, UnsubscribeFunc } from "home-assistant-js-websocket";
 import {
@@ -23,13 +21,16 @@ import { customElement, property, state } from "lit/decorators";
 import { classMap } from "lit/directives/class-map";
 import { styleMap } from "lit/directives/style-map";
 import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
-import { STATES_OFF } from "../../../common/const";
+import { STATES_OFF, FIXED_DEVICE_CLASS_ICONS } from "../../../common/const";
 import { applyThemesOnElement } from "../../../common/dom/apply_themes_on_element";
 import { computeDomain } from "../../../common/entity/compute_domain";
 import { binarySensorIcon } from "../../../common/entity/binary_sensor_icon";
 import { domainIcon } from "../../../common/entity/domain_icon";
 import { navigate } from "../../../common/navigate";
-import { formatNumber } from "../../../common/number/format_number";
+import {
+  formatNumber,
+  isNumericState,
+} from "../../../common/number/format_number";
 import { subscribeOne } from "../../../common/util/subscribe-one";
 import parseAspectRatio from "../../../common/util/parse-aspect-ratio";
 import "../../../components/entity/state-badge";
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ import "../components/hui-image";
 import "../components/hui-warning";
 import { LovelaceCard, LovelaceCardEditor } from "../types";
 import { AreaCardConfig } from "./types";
+import { blankBeforeUnit } from "../../../common/translations/blank_before_unit";
 
 export const DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO = "16:9";
 
@@ -77,10 +79,6 @@ const DOMAIN_ICONS = {
   light: { on: mdiLightbulbMultiple, off: mdiLightbulbMultipleOff },
   switch: { on: mdiToggleSwitch, off: mdiToggleSwitchOff },
   fan: { on: domainIcon("fan"), off: domainIcon("fan") },
-  sensor: {
-    temperature: mdiThermometer,
-    humidity: mdiWaterPercent,
-  },
   binary_sensor: {
     motion: mdiRun,
     moisture: mdiWaterAlert,
@@ -215,10 +213,7 @@ export class HuiAreaCard
     }
     let uom;
     const values = entities.filter((entity) => {
-      if (
-        !entity.attributes.unit_of_measurement ||
-        isNaN(Number(entity.state))
-      ) {
+      if (!isNumericState(entity) || isNaN(Number(entity.state))) {
         return false;
       }
       if (!uom) {
@@ -236,7 +231,7 @@ export class HuiAreaCard
     );
     return `${formatNumber(sum / values.length, this.hass!.locale, {
       maximumFractionDigits: 1,
-    })} ${uom}`;
+    })}${uom ? blankBeforeUnit(uom, this.hass!.locale) : ""}${uom || ""}`;
   }
 
   private _area = memoizeOne(
@@ -281,6 +276,9 @@ export class HuiAreaCard
     this._config = config;
 
     this._deviceClasses = { ...DEVICE_CLASSES };
+    if (config.sensor_classes) {
+      this._deviceClasses.sensor = config.sensor_classes;
+    }
     if (config.alert_classes) {
       this._deviceClasses.binary_sensor = config.alert_classes;
     }
@@ -385,20 +383,19 @@ export class HuiAreaCard
       if (!(domain in entitiesByDomain)) {
         return;
       }
-      DEVICE_CLASSES[domain].forEach((deviceClass) => {
+      this._deviceClasses[domain].forEach((deviceClass) => {
         if (
           entitiesByDomain[domain].some(
             (entity) => entity.attributes.device_class === deviceClass
           )
         ) {
-          sensors.push(html`
-            ${DOMAIN_ICONS[domain][deviceClass]
-              ? html`<ha-svg-icon
-                  .path=${DOMAIN_ICONS[domain][deviceClass]}
-                ></ha-svg-icon>`
-              : ""}
-            ${this._average(domain, deviceClass)}
-          `);
+          const icon = FIXED_DEVICE_CLASS_ICONS[deviceClass];
+          sensors.push(
+            html`<div class="sensor">
+              ${icon ? html`<ha-svg-icon .path=${icon}></ha-svg-icon>` : ""}
+              ${this._average(domain, deviceClass)}
+            </div> `
+          );
         }
       });
     });
@@ -566,6 +563,12 @@ export class HuiAreaCard
         margin-top: 8px;
       }
 
+      .sensor {
+        white-space: nowrap;
+        float: left;
+        margin-right: 4px;
+      }
+
       .alerts {
         padding: 16px;
       }
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-area-card-editor.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-area-card-editor.ts
index c49e9bf99e..f46f279b45 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-area-card-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-area-card-editor.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { baseLovelaceCardConfig } from "../structs/base-card-struct";
 import { computeDomain } from "../../../../common/entity/compute_domain";
 import { caseInsensitiveStringCompare } from "../../../../common/string/compare";
 import { SelectOption } from "../../../../data/selector";
+import { getSensorNumericDeviceClasses } from "../../../../data/sensor";
 
 const cardConfigStruct = assign(
   baseLovelaceCardConfig,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const cardConfigStruct = assign(
     camera_view: optional(string()),
     aspect_ratio: optional(string()),
     alert_classes: optional(array(string())),
+    sensor_classes: optional(array(string())),
   })
 );
 
@@ -47,8 +49,14 @@ export class HuiAreaCardEditor
 
   @state() private _config?: AreaCardConfig;
 
+  @state() private _numericDeviceClasses?: string[];
+
   private _schema = memoizeOne(
-    (showCamera: boolean, binaryClasses: SelectOption[]) =>
+    (
+      showCamera: boolean,
+      binaryClasses: SelectOption[],
+      sensorClasses: SelectOption[]
+    ) =>
       [
         { name: "area", selector: { area: {} } },
         { name: "show_camera", required: false, selector: { boolean: {} } },
@@ -88,13 +96,37 @@ export class HuiAreaCardEditor
             },
           },
         },
+        {
+          name: "sensor_classes",
+          selector: {
+            select: {
+              reorder: true,
+              multiple: true,
+              custom_value: true,
+              options: sensorClasses,
+            },
+          },
+        },
       ] as const
   );
 
-  private _binaryClassesForArea = memoizeOne((area: string): string[] => {
+  private _binaryClassesForArea = memoizeOne((area: string): string[] =>
+    this._classesForArea(area, "binary_sensor")
+  );
+
+  private _sensorClassesForArea = memoizeOne(
+    (area: string, numericDeviceClasses?: string[]): string[] =>
+      this._classesForArea(area, "sensor", numericDeviceClasses)
+  );
+
+  private _classesForArea(
+    area: string,
+    domain: "sensor" | "binary_sensor",
+    numericDeviceClasses?: string[] | undefined
+  ): string[] {
     const entities = Object.values(this.hass!.entities).filter(
       (e) =>
-        computeDomain(e.entity_id) === "binary_sensor" &&
+        computeDomain(e.entity_id) === domain &&
         !e.entity_category &&
         !e.hidden &&
         (e.area_id === area ||
@@ -103,58 +135,92 @@ export class HuiAreaCardEditor
 
     const classes = entities
       .map((e) => this.hass!.states[e.entity_id]?.attributes.device_class || "")
-      .filter((c) => c);
+      .filter(
+        (c) =>
+          c &&
+          (domain !== "sensor" ||
+            !numericDeviceClasses ||
+            numericDeviceClasses.includes(c))
+      );
 
     return [...new Set(classes)];
-  });
+  }
 
-  private _buildOptions = memoizeOne(
-    (possibleClasses: string[], currentClasses: string[]): SelectOption[] => {
-      const options = [...new Set([...possibleClasses, ...currentClasses])].map(
-        (deviceClass) => ({
-          value: deviceClass,
-          label:
-            this.hass!.localize(
-              `component.binary_sensor.entity_component.${deviceClass}.name`
-            ) || deviceClass,
-        })
-      );
-      options.sort((a, b) =>
-        caseInsensitiveStringCompare(
-          a.label,
-          b.label,
-          this.hass!.locale.language
-        )
-      );
-
-      return options;
-    }
+  private _buildBinaryOptions = memoizeOne(
+    (possibleClasses: string[], currentClasses: string[]): SelectOption[] =>
+      this._buildOptions("binary_sensor", possibleClasses, currentClasses)
   );
 
+  private _buildSensorOptions = memoizeOne(
+    (possibleClasses: string[], currentClasses: string[]): SelectOption[] =>
+      this._buildOptions("sensor", possibleClasses, currentClasses)
+  );
+
+  private _buildOptions(
+    domain: "sensor" | "binary_sensor",
+    possibleClasses: string[],
+    currentClasses: string[]
+  ): SelectOption[] {
+    const options = [...new Set([...possibleClasses, ...currentClasses])].map(
+      (deviceClass) => ({
+        value: deviceClass,
+        label:
+          this.hass!.localize(
+            `component.${domain}.entity_component.${deviceClass}.name`
+          ) || deviceClass,
+      })
+    );
+    options.sort((a, b) =>
+      caseInsensitiveStringCompare(a.label, b.label, this.hass!.locale.language)
+    );
+
+    return options;
+  }
+
   public setConfig(config: AreaCardConfig): void {
     assert(config, cardConfigStruct);
     this._config = config;
   }
 
+  protected async updated() {
+    if (this.hass && !this._numericDeviceClasses) {
+      const { numeric_device_classes: sensorNumericDeviceClasses } =
+        await getSensorNumericDeviceClasses(this.hass);
+      this._numericDeviceClasses = sensorNumericDeviceClasses;
+    }
+  }
+
   protected render() {
     if (!this.hass || !this._config) {
       return nothing;
     }
 
-    const possibleClasses = this._binaryClassesForArea(this._config.area || "");
-    const selectOptions = this._buildOptions(
-      possibleClasses,
+    const possibleBinaryClasses = this._binaryClassesForArea(
+      this._config.area || ""
+    );
+    const possibleSensorClasses = this._sensorClassesForArea(
+      this._config.area || "",
+      this._numericDeviceClasses
+    );
+    const binarySelectOptions = this._buildBinaryOptions(
+      possibleBinaryClasses,
       this._config.alert_classes || DEVICE_CLASSES.binary_sensor
     );
+    const sensorSelectOptions = this._buildSensorOptions(
+      possibleSensorClasses,
+      this._config.sensor_classes || DEVICE_CLASSES.sensor
+    );
 
     const schema = this._schema(
       this._config.show_camera || false,
-      selectOptions
+      binarySelectOptions,
+      sensorSelectOptions
     );
 
     const data = {
       camera_view: "auto",
       alert_classes: DEVICE_CLASSES.binary_sensor,
+      sensor_classes: DEVICE_CLASSES.sensor,
       ...this._config,
     };
 
@@ -201,10 +267,6 @@ export class HuiAreaCardEditor
         return this.hass!.localize(
           "ui.panel.lovelace.editor.card.generic.camera_view"
         );
-      case "alert_classes":
-        return this.hass!.localize(
-          "ui.panel.lovelace.editor.card.area.alert_classes"
-        );
     }
     return this.hass!.localize(
       `ui.panel.lovelace.editor.card.area.${schema.name}`
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index c7254e73c9..df0409ca76 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -5133,6 +5133,7 @@
             "area": {
               "name": "Area",
               "alert_classes": "Alert Classes",
+              "sensor_classes": "Sensor Classes",
               "description": "The Area card automatically displays entities of a specific area.",
               "show_camera": "Show camera feed instead of area picture"
             },