Data
Residential Remodeling

Fences & Landscape Walls

These reports use incidence rates, household purchase rates for homeowners and renters, and housing stock to produce market demand data and a five-year forecast for residential repair and remodeling purchases. The Fences and Landscape Walls report contains a summary of purchase volume in square feet for a wide variety of fencing, by type and material, and type of landscape and retaining wall in each State, Metro Area, and County. Market data are reported separately for owner-occupied dwellings and renter-occupied dwellings. Product categories include:

HOUSEHOLDS THAT SPENT MONEY ON: OUTDOOR STRUCTURES

TYPE OF PURCHASE
Households that Spent Money on Outdoor Structures

  • Covered porch or gazebo
  • Deck
  • Stoop
  • Patio
  • Walkway/Sidewalk
  • Dock or pier
  • Driveway
  • Fence or privacy wall
  • Landscape or retaining wall
  • Other

FENCES

  • Average height of fence
  • Average length of fence

TYPE OF FENCE
(Square Feet)

  • Wood – vertical boards on alternating sides
  • Wood – vertical boards on one side
  • Wood with horizontal rails/boards
  • Chain link or wire w/ steel post
  • Wire or wire mesh w/ wood post
  • Wrought iron
  • Ornamental steel
  • Aluminum
  • Composite
  • Vinyl, PVC, or other plastic
  • Pre-cast concrete
  • Poured concrete
  • Concrete retaining wall blocks
  • Mortared concrete block
  • Stone
  • Brick
  • Treated lumber or timbers
  • Other

SPECIES OF WOOD FENCE
(Square Feet)

  • Treated wood
  • Cedar
  • Redwood
  • Tropical hardwood
  • Other untreated wood
  • Other
  

LANDSCAPE/RETAINING WALL

  • Average height of wall
  • Average length of wall

TYPE OF LANDSCAPE/RETAINING WALL (Square Feet)

  • Poured concrete
  • Concrete retaining wall blocks
  • Mortared concrete blocks
  • Stone
  • Brick
  • Treated lumber or timbers
  • Other

PURCHASED BY A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTOR (Square Feet)

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure

INSTALLED BY A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTOR (Square Feet)

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure

PLACE OF PURCHASE
(Square Feet)

  • Home improvement warehouse or big box store
  • Hardware store
  • Specialty Store
  • Lumber yard
  • Discount store
  • Other
  • Not sure

PLACE OF PURCHASE – HOME IMPROVEMENT WAREHOUSE OR BIG BOX STORE BREAKOUT
(Square Feet)

  • Home Depot
  • Kent
  • Lowe’s
  • Menards
  • RONA
  • Other