$945.35M a year in installed residential exterior wall systems demand across 24 metro and micropolitan areas — #28 of 52 (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).
The Iowa exterior wall systems market is about $945.35M a year in installed residential demand (1.2% of the US total), ranking #28 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Des Moines, IA at $285.37M of Iowa demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 76,190 jobs a year: $838.28M replacement on existing homes and $107.07M new single-family construction.
Every modeled metro with homes in Iowa. A metro that crosses a state line shows only the share of its demand inside Iowa; firm counts, scores and saturation describe the whole metro. Each links to its full market file.
| # | Metro | Siding & Exterior | Windows & Doors | Total in IA | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Moines, IA | $157.56M | $127.81M | $285.37M | 30.2% |
| 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $59.39M | $49.70M | $109.08M | 11.5% |
| 3 | Davenport, IA (42% in IA) | $36.99M | $31.34M | $68.34M | 7.2% |
| 4 | Waterloo, IA | $34.49M | $29.69M | $64.19M | 6.8% |
| 5 | Omaha, NE (14% in IA) | $28.75M | $23.33M | $52.08M | 5.5% |
| 6 | Iowa City, IA | $26.82M | $22.36M | $49.18M | 5.2% |
| 7 | Ames, IA | $22.57M | $18.49M | $41.06M | 4.3% |
| 8 | Dubuque, IA | $20.22M | $17.65M | $37.87M | 4.0% |
| 9 | Sioux City, IA (74% in IA) | $19.10M | $17.07M | $36.17M | 3.8% |
| 10 | Mason City, IA | $12.55M | $10.93M | $23.49M | 2.5% |
| 11 | Clinton, IA | $9.90M | $8.96M | $18.86M | 2.0% |
| 12 | Muscatine, IA | $9.94M | $8.39M | $18.33M | 1.9% |
| 13 | Burlington, IA (84% in IA) | $8.62M | $7.75M | $16.38M | 1.7% |
| 14 | Marshalltown, IA | $8.59M | $7.55M | $16.13M | 1.7% |
| 15 | Fort Dodge, IA | $8.64M | $7.50M | $16.13M | 1.7% |
| 16 | Fort Madison, IA | $8.47M | $7.30M | $15.77M | 1.7% |
| 17 | Pella, IA | $8.18M | $6.74M | $14.92M | 1.6% |
| 18 | Ottumwa, IA | $6.48M | $6M | $12.48M | 1.3% |
| 19 | Spirit Lake, IA | $6.60M | $5.29M | $11.89M | 1.3% |
| 20 | Le Mars, IA | $5.30M | $4.58M | $9.88M | 1.0% |
| 21 | Storm Lake, IA | $4.14M | $3.72M | $7.86M | 0.8% |
| 22 | Spencer, IA | $3.87M | $3.34M | $7.21M | 0.8% |
| 23 | Carroll, IA | $3.34M | $3.46M | $6.80M | 0.7% |
| 24 | Oskaloosa, IA | $2.84M | $3.05M | $5.89M | 0.6% |
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Iowa's metro areas had 743,008 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 718,649 in 2014–18: the stock grew 3.4% over five years. Population changed +3.0% 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 Iowa exterior wall systems market is about $945.35M a year in installed residential demand (1.2% of the US total), ranking #28 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Des Moines, IA at $285.37M of Iowa demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 76,190 jobs a year: $838.28M replacement on existing homes and $107.07M new single-family construction.
Des Moines, IA $285.37M; Cedar Rapids, IA $109.08M; Davenport, IA $68.34M; Waterloo, IA $64.19M; Omaha, NE $52.08M. 24 metro and micropolitan areas in Iowa are modeled.
Iowa's metro areas had 743,008 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 718,649 in 2014–18: the stock grew 3.4% over five years. Population changed +3.0% 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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