2026 Q3 · metro rank 111 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Columbus
An architectural shingle roof in the Columbus, IN metro costs $494 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -3.1% against the Indiana figure of $509 and -1.3% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $27.41/hour (median $28.56, about 50 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 $12,536 to $23,170 here, typical $17,813.
All materials in Columbus
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $394 | $494 | $593 | $500 | -1.3% |
| 3-tab shingles | $276 | $350 | $424 | $355 | -1.4% |
| Standing seam metal | $890 | $1,237 | $1,585 | $1,250 | -1.0% |
| Metal panel | $492 | $888 | $1,285 | $900 | -1.3% |
| Tile | $690 | $1,779 | $2,867 | $1,800 | -1.2% |
| Slate | $992 | $1,983 | $2,973 | $2,000 | -0.9% |
| Flat membrane | $246 | $469 | $691 | $475 | -1.3% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Columbus, IN" (area code 18020). State rank for Indiana: 18 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Columbus
Housing age. The median home in the Columbus, IN metro was built in 1979, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 52.2% of homes were built before 1980 and 24.4% in 2000 or later; 69% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 5 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025), rank 201 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 5 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.25 inches. Most reports came from Bartholomew, Indiana (6). 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 Indiana metros
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin $628/sq
- South Bend-Mishawaka $530/sq
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood $498/sq
- Elkhart-Goshen $497/sq
- Cincinnati $489/sq
- Evansville $485/sq
- Louisville/Jefferson County $483/sq
- Bloomington $482/sq
- Fort Wayne $480/sq
- Terre Haute $467/sq
- Lafayette-West Lafayette $448/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC $495/sq · rank 108
- Missoula, MT $495/sq · rank 109
- Minot, ND $494/sq · rank 110
- Boulder, CO $493/sq · rank 112
- Billings, MT $491/sq · rank 113
- Lewiston-Auburn, ME $491/sq · rank 114
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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