Cost to replace siding in Chicago: 2023 spending

Chicago owners paid a median $8,000 for siding work: $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. 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 Chicago-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.

Before you compare quotes

If your quote is well above $8,000, 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.