2026 Q3 · metro rank 243 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Jacksonville
An architectural shingle roof in the Jacksonville, NC metro costs $427 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -6.0% against the North Carolina figure of $455 and -14.5% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $21.71/hour (median $22.85, about 40 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 $11,030 to $21,414 here, typical $16,182.
All materials in Jacksonville
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $333 | $427 | $522 | $500 | -14.5% |
| 3-tab shingles | $235 | $299 | $363 | $355 | -15.7% |
| Standing seam metal | $788 | $1,105 | $1,421 | $1,250 | -11.6% |
| Metal panel | $411 | $766 | $1,121 | $900 | -14.9% |
| Tile | $588 | $1,554 | $2,520 | $1,800 | -13.6% |
| Slate | $911 | $1,799 | $2,687 | $2,000 | -10.0% |
| Flat membrane | $205 | $402 | $600 | $475 | -15.3% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Jacksonville, NC" (area code 27340). State rank for North Carolina: 39 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Jacksonville
Housing age. The median home in the Jacksonville, NC metro was built in 1998, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 25.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 47.7% in 2000 or later; 64% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 9 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 5 in 2025), rank 179 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 9 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.75 inches. Most reports came from Onslow, North Carolina (9). 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 North Carolina metros
- Raleigh-Cary $466/sq
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia $461/sq
- Asheville $461/sq
- Winston-Salem $458/sq
- Greensboro-High Point $456/sq
- Greenville $443/sq
- Wilmington $443/sq
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk $440/sq
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton $431/sq
- Rocky Mount $400/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Lynchburg, VA $430/sq · rank 240
- Columbia, SC $428/sq · rank 241
- Tyler, TX $428/sq · rank 242
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $427/sq · rank 244
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $427/sq · rank 245
- Spartanburg, SC $427/sq · rank 246
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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