2026 Q3 · metro rank 80 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Glens Falls
An architectural shingle roof in the Glens Falls, NY metro costs $510 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -9.3% against the New York figure of $563 and +2.1% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $28.85/hour (median $29.18, about 30 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 $12,916 to $23,614 here, typical $18,225.
All materials in Glens Falls
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $410 | $510 | $611 | $500 | +2.1% |
| 3-tab shingles | $286 | $363 | $440 | $355 | +2.3% |
| Standing seam metal | $916 | $1,271 | $1,626 | $1,250 | +1.7% |
| Metal panel | $513 | $919 | $1,326 | $900 | +2.1% |
| Tile | $716 | $1,835 | $2,955 | $1,800 | +2.0% |
| Slate | $1,013 | $2,029 | $3,045 | $2,000 | +1.4% |
| Flat membrane | $256 | $485 | $714 | $475 | +2.2% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Glens Falls, NY" (area code 24020). State rank for New York: 5 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Glens Falls
Housing age. The median home in the Glens Falls, NY metro was built in 1970, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 61% of homes were built before 1980 and 15.9% in 2000 or later; 74% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 7 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 190 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 7 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.75 inches. Most reports came from Warren, New York (4), Washington, New York (3). 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 York metros
- New York-Newark-Jersey City $606/sq
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy $557/sq
- Utica-Rome $538/sq
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga $537/sq
- Syracuse $536/sq
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh $530/sq
- Binghamton $504/sq
- Rochester $504/sq
- Elmira $489/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $511/sq · rank 77
- Reno, NV $511/sq · rank 78
- Jackson, MI $511/sq · rank 79
- Green Bay, WI $510/sq · rank 81
- Appleton, WI $510/sq · rank 82
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $509/sq · rank 83
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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