2026 Q3 · metro rank 42 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Modesto
An architectural shingle roof in the Modesto, CA metro costs $535 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -3.1% against the California figure of $552 and +6.9% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $30.92/hour (median $30.26, about 290 employed), BLS May 2025. For a whole roof: an architectural shingle roof on a 2,000 sq ft single-story home (6/12 pitch, one layer torn off, permit and dumpster included) costs $13,462 to $24,251 here, typical $18,817.
All materials in Modesto
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $432 | $535 | $637 | $500 | +6.9% |
| 3-tab shingles | $301 | $382 | $462 | $355 | +7.5% |
| Standing seam metal | $953 | $1,319 | $1,685 | $1,250 | +5.5% |
| Metal panel | $543 | $964 | $1,385 | $900 | +7.1% |
| Tile | $753 | $1,917 | $3,081 | $1,800 | +6.5% |
| Slate | $1,043 | $2,096 | $3,149 | $2,000 | +4.8% |
| Flat membrane | $271 | $510 | $748 | $475 | +7.3% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Modesto, CA" (area code 33700). State rank for California: 10 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Modesto
Housing age. The median home in the Modesto, CA metro was built in 1981, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 47.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 21% in 2000 or later; 61% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged no county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025. It is one of 19 metros in the Index with none in that period.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county hail reports 2021 to June 30, 2026); U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates 2020-2024, tables B25035, B25034 and B25003; counties per OMB July 2023 metro definitions.
Other California metros
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara $605/sq
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont $590/sq
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma $566/sq
- Vallejo $551/sq
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim $549/sq
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom $547/sq
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura $541/sq
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad $540/sq
- Stockton-Lodi $534/sq
- Salinas $533/sq
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles $530/sq
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville $529/sq
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario $529/sq
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara $526/sq
- Fresno $525/sq
- Visalia $524/sq
- Redding $518/sq
- Bakersfield-Delano $516/sq
- Chico $516/sq
- Yuba City $512/sq
- Merced $499/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $537/sq · rank 39
- Syracuse, NY $536/sq · rank 40
- Kennewick-Richland, WA $536/sq · rank 41
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $534/sq · rank 43
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