Cost to replace siding in Boston: 2023 spending

Boston owners paid a median $8,571 for siding work: $3,571 above the U.S. median, tied for second-highest of 7 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).

What Boston owners paid

$8,571

This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.

Margin of error ±$3,031: at 90% confidence the Boston median lies between $5,540 and $11,602.

How Boston compares

U.S. median, same work: $5,000
Rank, highest first: Tied at 2 of 7

Boston: $8,571. Between the lowest and highest big-metro medians.

8 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 7.

Cost to replace siding: median paid by metro, 2023 survey

No published figure: Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Riverside.

What it covers

New and replacement siding, every material and house size together.

The Census category is “Siding” within “Exterior Additions and Replacements”: what Boston-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.

Before you compare quotes

If your quote is well above $8,571, ask what is in it that the typical job is not. Does the quote identify cladding, trim, openings and any concealed-wall repair?

Then put the quotes in the matching quote worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.