Siding replacement cost in Chicago: what owners paid (2023 survey)
Chicago owners paid a median $8,000 for new or replacement siding: $3,000 above the U.S. median, fourth-highest of 7 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What Chicago owners paid
$8,000
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
Margin of error ±$3,943: at 90% confidence the Chicago median lies between $4,057 and $11,943.
How Chicago compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $5,000
- Rank, highest first
- 4 of 7
Chicago: $8,000. The big-metro medians run from $3,000 to $10,000.
8 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 7.
- San Francisco$10,000
- Boston$8,571
- Seattle$8,571
- Chicago$8,000
- Washington DC$6,000
- Houston$3,700
- Dallas$3,000
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 Chicago-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
Ask every contractor to price the same scope, in writing. 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.