2026 Q3 · metro rank 9 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Springfield
An architectural shingle roof in the Springfield, MA metro costs $594 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +1.9% against the Massachusetts figure of $583 and +18.8% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $36.03/hour (median $36.68, 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 $14,811 to $25,825 here, typical $20,278.
All materials in Springfield
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $487 | $594 | $701 | $500 | +18.8% |
| 3-tab shingles | $338 | $427 | $517 | $355 | +20.4% |
| Standing seam metal | $1,045 | $1,438 | $1,831 | $1,250 | +15.0% |
| Metal panel | $616 | $1,073 | $1,531 | $900 | +19.3% |
| Tile | $845 | $2,118 | $3,391 | $1,800 | +17.7% |
| Slate | $1,116 | $2,260 | $3,405 | $2,000 | +13.0% |
| Flat membrane | $308 | $569 | $830 | $475 | +19.8% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Springfield, MA" (area code 44140). State rank for Massachusetts: 3 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Springfield
Housing age. The median home in the Springfield, MA metro was built in 1959, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 76.3% of homes were built before 1980 and 7.8% in 2000 or later; 62% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 10 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (1 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 2 in 2025), rank 175 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 6 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2 inches. Most reports came from Hampden, Massachusetts (10). 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 Massachusetts metros
- Worcester $652/sq
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton $568/sq
- Providence-Warwick $534/sq
- Pittsfield $502/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $605/sq · rank 6
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ $603/sq · rank 7
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $599/sq · rank 8
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $591/sq · rank 10
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $590/sq · rank 11
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $584/sq · rank 12
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