2026 Q3 · metro rank 3 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Springfield
An architectural shingle roof in the Springfield, IL metro costs $614 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +0.8% against the Illinois figure of $609 and +22.8% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $37.74/hour (median $37.45, about 270 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 $15,263 to $26,352 here, typical $20,767.
All materials in Springfield
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $505 | $614 | $723 | $500 | +22.8% |
| 3-tab shingles | $350 | $443 | $535 | $355 | +24.7% |
| Standing seam metal | $1,075 | $1,478 | $1,880 | $1,250 | +18.2% |
| Metal panel | $640 | $1,110 | $1,580 | $900 | +23.4% |
| Tile | $875 | $2,185 | $3,496 | $1,800 | +21.4% |
| Slate | $1,140 | $2,315 | $3,490 | $2,000 | +15.8% |
| Flat membrane | $320 | $589 | $858 | $475 | +24.0% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Springfield, IL" (area code 44100). State rank for Illinois: 1 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Springfield
Housing age. The median home in the Springfield, IL metro was built in 1974, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 61.5% of homes were built before 1980 and 15.9% in 2000 or later; 72% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 90 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (4 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 49 in 2023, 5 in 2024, 28 in 2025), rank 47 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 73 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 3.25 inches. Most reports came from Sangamon, Illinois (88), Menard, Illinois (12). 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 Illinois metros
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin $628/sq
- Decatur $581/sq
- Peoria $574/sq
- Rockford $560/sq
- St. Louis $538/sq
- Champaign-Urbana $518/sq
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island $483/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Worcester, MA $652/sq · rank 1
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $613/sq · rank 4
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $606/sq · rank 5
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $605/sq · rank 6
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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