2026 Q3 · metro rank 7 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Trenton-Princeton
An architectural shingle roof in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro costs $603 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +2.1% against the New Jersey figure of $591 and +20.7% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $36.84/hour (median $39.47, about 140 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 $15,025 to $26,075 here, typical $20,510.
All materials in Trenton-Princeton
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $495 | $603 | $711 | $500 | +20.7% |
| 3-tab shingles | $344 | $435 | $525 | $355 | +22.4% |
| Standing seam metal | $1,059 | $1,457 | $1,854 | $1,250 | +16.5% |
| Metal panel | $627 | $1,091 | $1,554 | $900 | +21.2% |
| Tile | $859 | $2,150 | $3,441 | $1,800 | +19.4% |
| Slate | $1,127 | $2,286 | $3,445 | $2,000 | +14.3% |
| Flat membrane | $314 | $578 | $843 | $475 | +21.8% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Trenton-Princeton, NJ" (area code 45940). State rank for New Jersey: 2 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Trenton-Princeton
Housing age. The median home in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro was built in 1969, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 64.2% of homes were built before 1980 and 14.7% 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 11 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (2 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 9 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 173 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 6 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1 inches. Most reports came from Mercer, New Jersey (11). 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 New Jersey metros
- New York-Newark-Jersey City $606/sq
- Atlantic City-Hammonton $591/sq
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington $516/sq
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton $511/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $613/sq · rank 4
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $605/sq · rank 6
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $599/sq · rank 8
- Springfield, MA $594/sq · rank 9
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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