According to the data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction, stucco was the most common principal exterior material on new single-family homes started in 2019 (27 percent), followed by Vinyl siding (25 percent), fiber cement siding (such as Hardiplank or Hardiboard (21 percent), brick or brick veneer (20 percent). Far smaller shares of single-family homes started last year had wood or wood products (5 percent) or stone or rock or other stone materials (1 percent) as the principal exterior wall material. …Vinyl siding was the most widely used primary exterior material in 4 out of 9 census divisions. …Stucco was the most common in the Pacific, Mountain and South Atlantic divisions. …Brick or brick veneer was the top choice in East and West South Central divisions.