Vinyl Surpasses Stucco as Most Used Principal Exterior Wall Materials  – Eye On Housing

In 2024, vinyl siding was essentially the most used principal exterior wall materials for houses began. It holds simply over 1 / 4 share of houses, barely surpassing stucco for the primary time since 2018.

For houses began in 2024, 26% had vinyl siding (together with vinyl-covered aluminium) as their principal exterior wall materials, in line with the newest annual launch of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Development (SOC). Vinyl was adopted intently by stucco at 25%, and by fiber cement siding (comparable to Hardiplank or Hardiboard) at 23%. Every of those supplies holds a couple of quarter of the market, with one other 16% held by brick or brick veneer. Far smaller shares of single-family houses began final yr had wooden or wooden merchandise (6%), stone, rock or different stone supplies (1%), different (1%), or cement blocks (.2%) because the principal exterior wall materials. 

Whereas vinyl has traditionally held a a lot bigger share, at highs of virtually 40% in 2001, the share fell quickly between 2010 to 2015 by over 10 share factors. Nonetheless, since 2015, this share has remained pretty regular at round 26%. In the meantime, stucco rose quickly from 17% in 2010 till not too long ago peaking at 28% in 2021.   

Nonetheless, the strongest pattern has been the rising recognition in fiber cement siding. The share of exterior siding materials for fiber cement siding has elevated by 5.5 share factors within the final ten years and by greater than 15 share factors up to now 20 years. Additionally notable is the decline of brick siding, from virtually 1 / 4 of houses in 2012, to simply 16% in 2024.

Though vinyl siding is hottest in the complete U.S., there are substantial variations in using siding once you look throughout geographies. In 2024, vinyl siding was essentially the most used within the Midwest and Northeast areas. Extra particularly, vinyl siding was used on 73% of the brand new houses began in New England, 69% within the East North Central, 68% within the Center Atlantic, and 49% within the West North Central. 

In the meantime, stucco was essentially the most used major exterior wall materials within the Pacific, Mountain, and South Atlantic divisions in 2024 at 64%, 48% and 33%, respectively. Brick or brick veneer was the commonest exterior siding materials within the East South Central (39%) and West South Central (48%) divisions.  The West South Central division additionally had a considerably larger share of wooden principal exterior houses at 27%.