2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Hartford, CT
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Hartford, CT?
$14,000 – $24,800
Typical $19,400 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $557 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro costs $453 to $661 per square installed (typical $557) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -0.2% against the Connecticut figure of $558 and +11.4% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 23 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $32.84/hour (median $31.59, about 350 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 Hartford, CT
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $453 | $557 | $661 |
| 3-tab shingles | $315 | $399 | $483 |
| Standing seam metal | $988 | $1,364 | $1,740 |
| Metal panel | $570 | $1,005 | $1,440 |
| Tile | $788 | $1,993 | $3,198 |
| Slate | $1,070 | $2,158 | $3,245 |
| Flat membrane | $285 | $532 | $779 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT" (area code 25540). State rank for Connecticut: 8 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford
Housing age. The median home in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro was built in 1967, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 67.4% of homes were built before 1980 and 11.6% 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 16 county hail reports across the metro's 3 counties from 2021 to 2025 (2 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 4 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 151 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 12 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.75 inches. Most reports came from Hartford, Connecticut (10), Tolland, Connecticut (4), Middlesex, 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
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury $613/sq
- New Haven $547/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Rockford, IL $560/sq · rank 20
- Anchorage, AK $558/sq · rank 21
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $557/sq · rank 22
- Vallejo, CA $551/sq · rank 24
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $549/sq · rank 25
- Ann Arbor, MI $549/sq · rank 26
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