Siding cost calculator

Measure the walls, or start from the size of the home, pick the siding and add tear-off, house wrap and paint. See the low, typical and high price for your state, with the wall math shown.

$7.13Typical per sq ft, vinyl installed

$9.50Typical per sq ft, fiber cement

4 guidesFixr, HomeAdvisor, Modernize, Today's Homeowner

Siding cost

$10,800 to $37,500

Typical $23,800 (US average)

$8.50Per sq ft, all in, typical

$10,800Low

$37,500High

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How we got this

Siding area2 × (45 + 25) × 20 = 2,800 sq ftWall length all the way round times wall height, the way Modernize shows it. Windows and doors are not taken off, which covers gables, trim and waste.
Vinyl, installed$3.00 to $11.50 a sq ft (typical $7.13)Fixr $3 to $12, HomeAdvisor $3 to $12, Modernize $4.50 to $8.20, Today's Homeowner $2.50 to $11. Middle of the lows, highs and midpoints.
Remove the old siding$1,000 to $2,500 a job (typical $1,750)Fixr: $1,000 to $2,500 for removal and disposal, by weight and condition. One source.
House wrap2,800 sq ft × $0.50 to $1.00 a sq ft (typical $0.75)This Old House: $0.50 to $1 a sq ft. One source.
RegionUS average prices (no ZIP entered)Enter a ZIP to scale the labor part of the price to your state's wages.
Total$10,800 to $37,500, typical $23,800

Item	Qty	Low	Typical	High
Vinyl siding, supply and install	2,800 sq ft	$8,400	$19,950	$32,200
Remove and dispose of old siding	1 job	$1,000	$1,750	$2,500
House wrap and flashing	2,800 sq ft	$1,400	$2,100	$2,800
Total		$10,800	$23,800	$37,500

Sources: Fixr, siding replacement cost; HomeAdvisor, siding replacement cost; Modernize, siding cost calculator; Today's Homeowner, siding replacement cost; This Old House, siding replacement cost; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national files); US Census Bureau, 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. Checked 2026-10-08.

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Key takeaways

Vinyl siding usually costs $3 to $11.50 a square foot of wall installed, about $7.13 typical. Fiber cement runs $5 to $14.
A two-story home needs more siding than its floor area: a 45 × 25 ft house with 20 ft walls has 2,800 sq ft.
Tear-off of the old siding adds $1,000 to $2,500. House wrap adds $0.50 to $1 a sq ft and is worth it.
Old gray cement shingles may be asbestos. Test before anyone pries them off.

How much does siding cost per square foot

Siding is priced by the square foot of wall it covers, installed. We combined the per-square-foot ranges from Fixr, HomeAdvisor, Modernize and, for vinyl and aluminum, Today's Homeowner. Where three or four guides price a material, the low is the middle of their lows, the high is the middle of their highs, and the typical price is the middle of their midpoints. Where two do, we average them.

Siding	Installed per sq ft	2,000 sq ft of siding, typical
Engineered wood	$1.50 to $8	$9,500
Aluminum	$3 to $8.50	$11,250
Vinyl	$3 to $11.50	$14,250
Stone veneer	$5 to $11	$16,000
Wood	$2 to $15	$17,000
Fiber cement	$5 to $14	$19,000
Steel	$4 to $16	$20,000
Stucco	$7 to $16.90	$24,000

The 2,000 sq ft column is the siding alone, before tear-off and wrap. As whole jobs, Fixr's average siding replacement is $14,500 with most between $8,500 and $20,000, HomeAdvisor's is $11,589, and This Old House puts most homes at $8,000 to $30,000, with vinyl on a 2,000 sq ft home averaging $12,252.

Fixr labels its table as the material cost and puts labor at $1 to $4 a square foot, while its text gives $3 to $15 installed. HomeAdvisor, Modernize and Today's Homeowner give their figures as installed, and the ranges line up, so we read them all as installed prices. Stone is the one big disagreement: manufactured stone veneer is $5 to $11 in Fixr and HomeAdvisor, but This Old House quotes $28 to $51 and Modernize puts natural stone at $30 to $48. Ask which kind a quote means.

How much siding does a house need

Measure the walls, not the floor. Modernize's method is the one contractors use for a first number: add up the length of every outside wall and multiply by the wall height.

Wall length. A 45 × 25 ft house has 45 + 25 + 45 + 25 = 140 ft of wall.
Height. About 9 to 10 ft a story. Two stories is about 18 to 20 ft.
Area. 140 ft × 20 ft = 2,800 sq ft of siding.

Leaving windows and doors in the count roughly covers the gable ends, trim pieces and waste. A house with tall gables, dormers or bump-outs needs more.

No measurements yet? Fixr's table gives a rough guide by home size:

Home size	Siding needed (Fixr)	Vinyl, typical
1,000 sq ft	1,200 to 1,300 sq ft	$8,906
1,500 sq ft	1,600 to 1,800 sq ft	$12,113
2,000 sq ft	1,800 to 2,000 sq ft	$13,538
2,500 sq ft	2,000 to 2,200 sq ft	$14,963
3,000 sq ft	2,300 to 2,500 sq ft	$17,100

Vinyl prices use the middle of each row. A two-story home usually needs more siding than a ranch of the same floor area, as Modernize's example shows: its 2,250 sq ft two-story house needs 2,800 sq ft.

Vinyl vs fiber cement vs wood siding

Vinyl. The cheapest and most common. No painting, easy to clean, and This Old House gives a 20 to 40 year life. This Old House notes it can crack in extreme cold and fades over time.
Fiber cement. Cement, sand and wood fiber. Heavy, fire-resistant and stable; Modernize says it lasts 50 years or more. It costs more to install because it needs special cutting, and it usually needs painting every so often.
Engineered wood. Wood strands and resin. Looks like wood for less, lighter than fiber cement, and comes primed or prefinished.
Wood. Cedar and pine clapboard, shingles or board and batten. The classic look, but HomeAdvisor notes it is vulnerable to insects and moisture and needs regular paint or stain.
Aluminum and steel. Durable and fire-resistant. Aluminum dents; steel costs more but resists hail.
Stucco. Common in dry climates. Hard and long-lasting, but cracks need prompt repair to keep water out.
Stone veneer. Usually as an accent below the windows or on the front, because covering a whole house costs a lot.

Match the material to the weather where you live. Fiber cement and metal stand up to wildfire risk and coastal storms. Stucco suits dry, hot places and struggles where walls stay wet. Vinyl is fine almost everywhere but does not love hard freezes or hail. Wood wants a dry climate or a homeowner who does not mind repainting. When two materials cost about the same on your house, the one that needs less upkeep usually wins over the years you own it.

Tear-off, house wrap, trim and the other costs

Item	Typical price	Source
Remove old siding	$1,000 to $2,500 a job	Fixr
House wrap	$0.50 to $1 a sq ft	This Old House
Paint new siding	$1 to $6 a sq ft	Fixr
Asbestos siding	About $3,200 more	HomeAdvisor
Soffit replacement	$6 to $30 a linear foot	Fixr
Fascia replacement	$7 to $22 a linear foot	Fixr
Siding pros by the hour	$40 to $90 an hour	Fixr, HomeAdvisor

Rotten sheathing is the hidden cost of a siding job, like the subfloor under old flooring. Once the old siding is off, any soft wood around windows, doors and the bottom of walls has to be replaced before new siding goes on. HomeAdvisor and This Old House both note that more stories, an unusual shape, complex rooflines and many windows add labor.

Repair or replace siding

Not every tired wall needs new siding. If the damage is in one place, a repair costs a fraction of a full job. HomeAdvisor's average siding repair is $925, with most between $367 and $1,520. Bob Vila's is $884, with most between $354 and $1,442.

Siding	Repair per sq ft (HomeAdvisor, Bob Vila)
Vinyl	$2 to $4
Fiber cement	$3 to $11
Wood	$4 to $13
Aluminum	$5 to $7
Brick	$6 to $18
Stone	$10 to $30
Stucco	$9 to $50

HomeAdvisor also prices damage by type: holes $50 to $100, cracks $500 to $800 and rot $100 to $2,000, depending on how far it has spread.

Repair makes sense when the damage is limited to a few boards or one wall, the siding is otherwise sound, and you can still get a match. Replacement makes more sense when:

Damage shows up on several sides of the house, or keeps coming back.
The boards are warped, buckled or loose across large areas.
Paint will not stay on wood siding, or vinyl has faded and become brittle.
You find soft sheathing, mold or moisture behind the siding in more than one spot.
The color or profile is no longer made, so repairs stand out.
Energy bills are high and you want to add insulation under the new siding.

A good siding contractor will tell you honestly which you need. Getting a repair quote and a replacement quote at the same time is the easiest way to compare, and it shows you whether the contractor is selling or advising.

A worked example: a two-story home in vinyl

A 45 × 25 ft two-story house has 20 ft walls and old wood clapboard that is splitting. The owners want vinyl, the old siding off and new house wrap.

Area. 2 × (45 + 25) × 20 = 2,800 sq ft.
Vinyl, installed. 2,800 × $3 / $7.13 / $11.50 = $8,400 / $19,950 / $32,200.
Tear-off. $1,000 / $1,750 / $2,500.
House wrap. 2,800 × $0.50 / $0.75 / $1 = $1,400 / $2,100 / $2,800.
Total. $10,800 to $37,500, with $23,800 typical at the US average.

Switch the same house to fiber cement and the siding line becomes $14,000 / $26,600 / $39,200, or about $6,650 more at the typical price. Engineered wood would bring it down to $4,200 / $13,300 / $22,400 for the siding. If the boards need painting after they go up, as many fiber cement and wood products do unless bought prefinished, Fixr's $1 to $6 a square foot adds $2,800 to $16,800 on 2,800 sq ft.

Modernize's own worked example for a house of exactly this size, at $6 a square foot for vinyl plus $1,200 for removal and trim, comes to $18,000, inside our range. Enter a ZIP in the calculator to scale the labor share to your state.

How siding contractors should price a job

Measure in squares. Siding is ordered in squares of 100 sq ft. Measure every wall and gable, then add waste for cuts, more for houses with many corners.
Price trim separately. Corners, J-channel, window and door trim, soffit and fascia are linear-foot items. Put them on their own lines.
Allow for rot. Put a per-sheet price for replacing sheathing on the estimate up front, so the customer knows the number before the old siding comes off.
Test old siding. On older homes, test cement shingles before quoting tear-off. Asbestos changes the job and the price.
Mind the margin. Our profit margin calculator shows the price that keeps it.

The "Save as an estimate" button above turns the result into lines. Send it from Koira and the customer can sign and pay a deposit on their phone.

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FAQ

How much does it cost to side a 2,000 square foot house?

Fixr says a 2,000 sq ft home needs about 1,800 to 2,000 sq ft of siding. In vinyl that is about $13,538 typical, or roughly $5,700 to $21,850, before tear-off and wrap.

How much does vinyl siding cost per square foot installed?

About $3 to $11.50 a square foot, $7.13 typical, combining Fixr, HomeAdvisor, Modernize and Today's Homeowner.

Is fiber cement siding more expensive than vinyl?

Yes. Fiber cement runs about $5 to $14 a sq ft installed against $3 to $11.50 for vinyl, about a third more at the typical price.

How much does it cost to remove old siding?

Fixr puts removal and disposal at $1,000 to $2,500 for a house. Asbestos siding costs about $3,200 more, according to HomeAdvisor.

What is the cheapest siding?

Engineered wood and aluminum have the lowest typical prices in our table, followed by vinyl. Vinyl is the most common budget choice.

Do I need house wrap under new siding?

Most codes and siding makers call for a weather-resistive barrier. This Old House puts house wrap at $0.50 to $1 a square foot.

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