2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Merced, CA
Merced, CA metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Merced, CA?
$12,600 – $23,300
Typical $17,900 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $499 per square (100 sq ft of roof) installed, below the US typical of $500.
How we got this number
An architectural shingle roof in the Merced, CA metro costs $399 to $599 per square installed (typical $499) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -9.6% against the California figure of $552 and -0.3% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 99 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $27.84/hour (median $29.23, about 60 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 Merced, CA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $399 | $499 | $599 |
| 3-tab shingles | $279 | $354 | $429 |
| Standing seam metal | $898 | $1,247 | $1,597 |
| Metal panel | $498 | $898 | $1,297 |
| Tile | $698 | $1,796 | $2,893 |
| Slate | $998 | $1,996 | $2,995 |
| Flat membrane | $249 | $474 | $698 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Merced, CA" (area code 32900). State rank for California: 10 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Merced
Housing age. The median home in the Merced, CA metro was built in 1986, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 41.2% of homes were built before 1980 and 30% in 2000 or later; 54% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged no county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025. It is one of 19 metros in the Index with none in that period.
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
- Fresno $525/sq
- Visalia $524/sq
- Redding $518/sq
- Bakersfield-Delano $516/sq
- Chico $516/sq
- Yuba City $512/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Akron, OH $501/sq · rank 96
- Chambersburg, PA $500/sq · rank 97
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $499/sq · rank 98
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $498/sq · rank 100
- Canton-Massillon, OH $498/sq · rank 101
- Tulsa, OK $498/sq · rank 102
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