$6.21B a year in installed residential exterior wall systems demand across 35 metro and micropolitan areas — #2 of 52 (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).
The California exterior wall systems market is about $6.21B a year in installed residential demand (7.6% of the US total), ranking #2 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Los Angeles, CA at $1.88B of California demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 526,146 jobs a year: $5.26B replacement on existing homes and $951.82M new single-family construction.
Every modeled metro with homes in California. A metro that crosses a state line shows only the share of its demand inside California; firm counts, scores and saturation describe the whole metro. Each links to its full market file.
| # | Metro | Siding & Exterior | Windows & Doors | Total in CA | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | $885.31M | $996.19M | $1.88B | 30.3% |
| 2 | San Francisco, CA | $361.21M | $415.29M | $776.50M | 12.5% |
| 3 | Riverside, CA | $369.71M | $383.56M | $753.28M | 12.1% |
| 4 | Sacramento, CA | $240.25M | $245.91M | $486.16M | 7.8% |
| 5 | San Diego, CA | $222.83M | $246.89M | $469.72M | 7.6% |
| 6 | San Jose, CA | $138.87M | $153.84M | $292.71M | 4.7% |
| 7 | Fresno, CA | $94M | $95.86M | $189.87M | 3.1% |
| 8 | Stockton, CA | $79.06M | $77.20M | $156.26M | 2.5% |
| 9 | Bakersfield, CA | $75.36M | $76.65M | $152.01M | 2.4% |
| 10 | Oxnard, CA | $61.12M | $69.56M | $130.69M | 2.1% |
| 11 | Vallejo, CA | $51M | $48.19M | $99.19M | 1.6% |
| 12 | Santa Rosa, CA | $45.41M | $49.84M | $95.25M | 1.5% |
| 13 | Modesto, CA | $40.91M | $44.49M | $85.40M | 1.4% |
| 14 | Visalia, CA | $34.85M | $36.20M | $71.05M | 1.1% |
| 15 | Santa Maria, CA | $30.75M | $34.18M | $64.93M | 1.0% |
| 16 | Salinas, CA | $27.65M | $30.40M | $58.05M | 0.9% |
| 17 | San Luis Obispo, CA | $27.58M | $28.89M | $56.46M | 0.9% |
| 18 | Santa Cruz, CA | $22.01M | $25.16M | $47.18M | 0.8% |
| 19 | Chico, CA | $20.88M | $21.78M | $42.66M | 0.7% |
| 20 | Merced, CA | $18.02M | $18.95M | $36.97M | 0.6% |
| 21 | Yuba City, CA | $18.54M | $18.40M | $36.95M | 0.6% |
| 22 | Redding, CA | $16.40M | $18.17M | $34.57M | 0.6% |
| 23 | Napa, CA | $12.81M | $14.03M | $26.84M | 0.4% |
| 24 | Eureka, CA | $12.12M | $13.67M | $25.80M | 0.4% |
| 25 | Truckee, CA | $11.21M | $12.22M | $23.43M | 0.4% |
| 26 | Hanford, CA | $10.53M | $10.72M | $21.26M | 0.3% |
| 27 | El Centro, CA | $9.25M | $10.14M | $19.39M | 0.3% |
| 28 | Ukiah, CA | $9.31M | $9.42M | $18.74M | 0.3% |
| 29 | Clearlake, CA | $8.22M | $8.12M | $16.34M | 0.3% |
| 30 | Red Bluff, CA | $6.93M | $7.37M | $14.30M | 0.2% |
| 31 | Sonora, CA | $5.96M | $6.73M | $12.69M | 0.2% |
| 32 | Crescent City, CA | $2.99M | $2.96M | $5.96M | 0.1% |
| 33 | Susanville, CA | $2.14M | $2.49M | $4.63M | 0.1% |
| 34 | Bishop, CA | $1.95M | $2.25M | $4.20M | 0.1% |
| 35 | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV (5% in CA) | $399.02K | $394.44K | $793.46K | 0.0% |
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California's metro areas had 8,206,776 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 8,047,118 in 2014–18: the stock grew 2.0% over five years. Population changed +0.2% over the same years. Those homes are the base exterior wall systems replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.
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The California exterior wall systems market is about $6.21B a year in installed residential demand (7.6% of the US total), ranking #2 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Los Angeles, CA at $1.88B of California demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 526,146 jobs a year: $5.26B replacement on existing homes and $951.82M new single-family construction.
Los Angeles, CA $1.88B; San Francisco, CA $776.50M; Riverside, CA $753.28M; Sacramento, CA $486.16M; San Diego, CA $469.72M. 35 metro and micropolitan areas in California are modeled.
California's metro areas had 8,206,776 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 8,047,118 in 2014–18: the stock grew 2.0% over five years. Population changed +0.2% over the same years. Those homes are the base exterior wall systems replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.
Bottom-up, metro by metro: owner-occupied single-family homes divided by the line's service life, adjusted for housing age and hail exposure, priced at the model's average ticket, plus single-family permits at a builder price. Metros that cross a state line are split by single-family housing in each county. Rural counties outside a metro are not modeled.
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