2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Bridgeport, CT
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Bridgeport, CT?
$15,200 – $26,300
Typical $20,700 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $613 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro costs $504 to $721 per square installed (typical $613) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +9.8% against the Connecticut figure of $558 and +22.6% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 4 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $37.65/hour (median $39.09, about 130 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 Bridgeport, CT
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $504 | $613 | $721 |
| 3-tab shingles | $349 | $442 | $534 |
| Standing seam metal | $1,074 | $1,476 | $1,878 |
| Metal panel | $639 | $1,108 | $1,578 |
| Tile | $874 | $2,182 | $3,490 |
| Slate | $1,139 | $2,312 | $3,486 |
| Flat membrane | $319 | $588 | $856 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT" (area code 14860). State rank for Connecticut: 8 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury
Housing age. The median home in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro was built in 1967, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 67.4% of homes were built before 1980 and 14.6% in 2000 or later; 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 1 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 232 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 2 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1 inches. Most reports came from Fairfield, Connecticut (2). After a hail storm, read the roof insurance claim guide and how hail damages a roof.
CT planning regions replaced by legacy counties from the March 2020 delineation (NOAA reports CT by legacy county)
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 Connecticut metros
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford $557/sq
- New Haven $547/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Worcester, MA $652/sq · rank 1
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $628/sq · rank 2
- Springfield, IL $614/sq · rank 3
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $606/sq · rank 5
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $605/sq · rank 6
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ $603/sq · rank 7
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