$46.54M a year in installed residential roofing demand across 1 metro and micropolitan areas — #52 of 52 (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).
The District of Columbia roofing market is about $46.54M a year in installed residential demand (0.1% of the US total), ranking #52 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Washington, DC at $46.54M of District of Columbia demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 2,834 jobs a year: $42.47M replacement on existing homes and $4.07M new single-family construction.
Every modeled metro with homes in District of Columbia. A metro that crosses a state line shows only the share of its demand inside District of Columbia; firm counts, scores and saturation describe the whole metro. Each links to its full market file.
| # | Metro | Annual demand | Share of state | Opportunity score | Demand / firm | Saturation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, DC (4% in DC) | $46.54M | 100.0% | 72.6 | $3.74M | Wide Open |
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District of Columbia's metro areas had 39,451 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 37,443 in 2014–18: the stock grew 5.4% over five years. Population changed −1.8% over the same years. Those homes are the base roofing replacement demand is sized on. The dollar market size itself has no measured history, so no growth rate is published for it.
Census Building Permits Survey, 1 metros whose primary state is District of Columbia and that report every year.
NOAA Storm Events, 1 metros, every year loaded. Hail pulls roofing replacement forward.
The District of Columbia roofing market is about $46.54M a year in installed residential demand (0.1% of the US total), ranking #52 of 52 states and jurisdictions (the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, where modeled). The largest metro is Washington, DC at $46.54M of District of Columbia demand. Statewide, the market is roughly 2,834 jobs a year: $42.47M replacement on existing homes and $4.07M new single-family construction.
Washington, DC $46.54M. 1 metro and micropolitan areas in District of Columbia are modeled.
By NextTerritory's opportunity score (0-100, a national percentile blend of seven components: market size, growth, affluence, storm exposure, climate, housing age and competition): Washington, DC 72.6. The score is the same national scale for every metro, so it compares across state lines.
Saturation compares each metro's annual roofing demand with its count of specialty contractor establishments (BLS QCEW). Across District of Columbia's metros: 1 Wide Open. Land Grab is the least crowded cohort nationally, Knife Fight the most.
District of Columbia's metro areas had 39,451 single-family detached homes in the 2019–23 Census survey, against 37,443 in 2014–18: the stock grew 5.4% over five years. Population changed −1.8% over the same years. Those homes are the base roofing 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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States ranked near District of Columbia, and the other exterior lines here.