2026 Q3 · metro rank 195 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Lakeland-Winter Haven
An architectural shingle roof in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro costs $452 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +0.8% against the Florida figure of $448 and -9.7% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $23.78/hour (median $22.47, about 810 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 $11,577 to $22,052 here, typical $16,775.
All materials in Lakeland-Winter Haven
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $355 | $452 | $548 | $500 | -9.7% |
| 3-tab shingles | $250 | $318 | $385 | $355 | -10.5% |
| Standing seam metal | $825 | $1,153 | $1,481 | $1,250 | -7.8% |
| Metal panel | $440 | $810 | $1,181 | $900 | -9.9% |
| Tile | $625 | $1,636 | $2,646 | $1,800 | -9.1% |
| Slate | $940 | $1,866 | $2,791 | $2,000 | -6.7% |
| Flat membrane | $220 | $427 | $633 | $475 | -10.2% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL" (area code 29460). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Lakeland-Winter Haven
Housing age. The median home in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro was built in 1992, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 30% of homes were built before 1980 and 38.8% in 2000 or later; 70% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 11 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 2 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 173 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 11 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2 inches. Most reports came from Polk, Florida (11). After a hail storm, read the roof insurance claim guide and how hail damages a roof.
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 Florida metros
- Naples-Marco Island $468/sq
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota $464/sq
- Port St. Lucie $459/sq
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor $450/sq
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach $450/sq
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville $450/sq
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford $449/sq
- Jacksonville $448/sq
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin $448/sq
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater $447/sq
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach $445/sq
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers $440/sq
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent $438/sq
- Gainesville $436/sq
- Panama City-Panama City Beach $433/sq
- Sebring $432/sq
- Ocala $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $452/sq · rank 192
- Springfield, MO $452/sq · rank 193
- Birmingham, AL $452/sq · rank 194
- Albuquerque, NM $451/sq · rank 196
- Wichita, KS $451/sq · rank 197
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Estimate a roof in Lakeland-Winter Haven
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