A new report from the NAHB’s Eye on Housing found that vinyl siding is now the most common principal siding material for new single-family homes started in 2024 at 26%. This was was followed by stucco at 25%, fiber cement siding (such as Hardiplank or Hardiboard) at 23% and by brick or brick veneer at 16%. Their data came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC).
However, the strongest trend has been the growing popularity in fiber cement siding. The share of exterior siding material for fiber cement siding has increased by 5.5 percentage points in the last ten years and by more than 15 percentage points in the past 20 years. Also notable is the decline of brick siding, from almost a quarter of homes in 2012, to just 16% in 2024.
Click here to read the full report at the NAHB’s Eye on Housing.
