2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Fresno, CA
Fresno, CA metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Fresno, CA?
$13,300 – $24,000
Typical $18,600 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $525 per square (100 sq ft of roof) installed, above the US typical of $500.
How we got this number
An architectural shingle roof in the Fresno, CA metro costs $424 to $627 per square installed (typical $525) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -4.8% against the California figure of $552 and +5.1% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 59 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $30.14/hour (median $30.00, about 640 employed), BLS May 2025. The whole-roof range is for a 2,000 sq ft single-story home (6/12 pitch, one layer torn off, permit and dumpster included). Full methodology.
All materials in Fresno, CA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $424 | $525 | $627 |
| 3-tab shingles | $296 | $375 | $454 |
| Standing seam metal | $939 | $1,301 | $1,663 |
| Metal panel | $531 | $947 | $1,363 |
| Tile | $739 | $1,886 | $3,033 |
| Slate | $1,031 | $2,071 | $3,110 |
| Flat membrane | $266 | $500 | $735 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Fresno, CA" (area code 23420). State rank for California: 10 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Fresno
Housing age. The median home in the Fresno, CA metro was built in 1983, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 46% of homes were built before 1980 and 26.4% in 2000 or later; 57% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 3 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 216 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 3 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1 inches. Most reports came from Madera, California (2), Fresno, California (1). 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 California metros
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara $605/sq
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont $590/sq
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma $566/sq
- Vallejo $551/sq
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim $549/sq
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom $547/sq
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura $541/sq
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad $540/sq
- Modesto $535/sq
- Stockton-Lodi $534/sq
- Salinas $533/sq
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles $530/sq
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville $529/sq
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario $529/sq
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara $526/sq
- Visalia $524/sq
- Redding $518/sq
- Bakersfield-Delano $516/sq
- Chico $516/sq
- Yuba City $512/sq
- Merced $499/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Janesville-Beloit, WI $527/sq · rank 56
- Manchester-Nashua, NH $526/sq · rank 57
- Bozeman, MT $522/sq · rank 61
- Longview-Kelso, WA $522/sq · rank 62
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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