Siding replacement cost in Houston: what owners paid (2023 survey)
Houston owners paid a median $3,700 for new or replacement siding: $1,300 below the U.S. median, sixth-highest of 7 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What Houston owners paid
$3,700
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
Margin of error ±$891: at 90% confidence the Houston median lies between $2,809 and $4,591.
How Houston compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $5,000
- Rank, highest first
- 6 of 7
Houston: $3,700. 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 Houston-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.