2026 Q3 · metro rank 86 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Cleveland
An architectural shingle roof in the Cleveland, OH metro costs $507 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +4.2% against the Ohio figure of $486 and +1.3% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $28.51/hour (median $26.77, about 780 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 $12,826 to $23,509 here, typical $18,127.
All materials in Cleveland
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $406 | $507 | $607 | $500 | +1.3% |
| 3-tab shingles | $284 | $360 | $436 | $355 | +1.4% |
| Standing seam metal | $910 | $1,263 | $1,616 | $1,250 | +1.0% |
| Metal panel | $508 | $912 | $1,316 | $900 | +1.3% |
| Tile | $710 | $1,822 | $2,934 | $1,800 | +1.2% |
| Slate | $1,008 | $2,018 | $3,028 | $2,000 | +0.9% |
| Flat membrane | $254 | $482 | $709 | $475 | +1.4% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Cleveland, OH" (area code 17410). State rank for Ohio: 26 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Cleveland
Housing age. The median home in the Cleveland, OH metro was built in 1963, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 72% of homes were built before 1980 and 12.4% in 2000 or later; 67% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 68 county hail reports across the metro's 6 counties from 2021 to 2025 (3 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 21 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 21 in 2025), rank 64 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 74 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2.25 inches. Most reports came from Cuyahoga, Ohio (39), Geauga, Ohio (18), Lorain, Ohio (16). 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 Ohio metros
- Akron $501/sq
- Canton-Massillon $498/sq
- Wheeling $496/sq
- Cincinnati $489/sq
- Toledo $487/sq
- Columbus $484/sq
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek $482/sq
- Lima $479/sq
- Youngstown-Warren $474/sq
- Huntington-Ashland $456/sq
- Mansfield $455/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $509/sq · rank 83
- Madison, WI $509/sq · rank 84
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $509/sq · rank 85
- Grants Pass, OR $506/sq · rank 87
- Grand Forks, ND-MN $505/sq · rank 88
- Sheboygan, WI $505/sq · rank 89
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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