2026 Q3 · metro rank 37 of 263
Roof replacement cost in St. Louis
An architectural shingle roof in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro costs $538 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +9.8% against the Missouri figure of $490 and +7.6% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $31.20/hour (median $28.25, about 1,110 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 $13,536 to $24,338 here, typical $18,897.
This metro spans MO and IL. It is listed under Missouri; see also Illinois.
All materials in St. Louis
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $435 | $538 | $641 | $500 | +7.6% |
| 3-tab shingles | $303 | $384 | $465 | $355 | +8.2% |
| Standing seam metal | $958 | $1,326 | $1,693 | $1,250 | +6.0% |
| Metal panel | $547 | $970 | $1,393 | $900 | +7.8% |
| Tile | $758 | $1,928 | $3,098 | $1,800 | +7.1% |
| Slate | $1,047 | $2,105 | $3,163 | $2,000 | +5.2% |
| Flat membrane | $273 | $513 | $752 | $475 | +8.0% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "St. Louis, MO-IL" (area code 41180). State rank for Missouri: 23 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in St. Louis
Housing age. The median home in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro was built in 1973, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 58.3% of homes were built before 1980 and 19.4% 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 394 county hail reports across the metro's 15 counties from 2021 to 2025 (13 in 2021, 15 in 2022, 71 in 2023, 60 in 2024, 235 in 2025), rank 6 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 497 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 3.75 inches. Most reports came from St. Louis, Missouri (135), St. Charles, Missouri (70), Madison, Illinois (65). 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 Missouri metros
- Jefferson City $527/sq
- Kansas City $504/sq
- St. Joseph $480/sq
- Springfield $452/sq
- Columbia $449/sq
- Joplin $442/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $542/sq · rank 34
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $541/sq · rank 35
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $540/sq · rank 36
- Utica-Rome, NY $538/sq · rank 38
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $537/sq · rank 39
- Syracuse, NY $536/sq · rank 40
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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