2026 Q3 · metro rank 66 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Flint
An architectural shingle roof in the Flint, MI metro costs $519 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +0.1% against the Michigan figure of $518 and +3.8% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $29.57/hour (median $34.02, about 120 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 $13,106 to $23,836 here, typical $18,431.
All materials in Flint
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $417 | $519 | $620 | $500 | +3.8% |
| 3-tab shingles | $292 | $370 | $447 | $355 | +4.1% |
| Standing seam metal | $929 | $1,288 | $1,646 | $1,250 | +3.0% |
| Metal panel | $523 | $935 | $1,346 | $900 | +3.9% |
| Tile | $729 | $1,864 | $2,999 | $1,800 | +3.5% |
| Slate | $1,023 | $2,052 | $3,081 | $2,000 | +2.6% |
| Flat membrane | $262 | $494 | $726 | $475 | +4.0% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Flint, MI" (area code 22420). State rank for Michigan: 15 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Flint
Housing age. The median home in the Flint, MI metro was built in 1969, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 68.4% of homes were built before 1980 and 13.7% in 2000 or later; 71% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 12 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (1 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 7 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 2 in 2025), rank 165 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 9 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2.75 inches. Most reports came from Genesee, Michigan (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 Michigan metros
- Ann Arbor $549/sq
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn $545/sq
- South Bend-Mishawaka $530/sq
- Jackson $511/sq
- Kalamazoo-Portage $509/sq
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood $497/sq
- Lansing-East Lansing $495/sq
- Saginaw $486/sq
- Traverse City $473/sq
- Bay City $465/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $521/sq · rank 63
- Yakima, WA $521/sq · rank 64
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $521/sq · rank 65
- Redding, CA $518/sq · rank 67
- Champaign-Urbana, IL $518/sq · rank 68
- Bend, OR $518/sq · rank 69
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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