2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT metro area
How much does a new roof cost in New Haven, CT?
$13,800 – $24,600
Typical $19,100 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $547 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 New Haven, CT metro costs $444 to $651 per square installed (typical $547) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -1.9% against the Connecticut figure of $558 and +9.5% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 29 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $32.03/hour (median $29.23, about 180 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 New Haven, CT
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $444 | $547 | $651 |
| 3-tab shingles | $309 | $392 | $474 |
| Standing seam metal | $973 | $1,345 | $1,717 |
| Metal panel | $558 | $988 | $1,417 |
| Tile | $773 | $1,961 | $3,148 |
| Slate | $1,058 | $2,131 | $3,204 |
| Flat membrane | $279 | $522 | $766 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "New Haven, CT" (area code 35300). State rank for Connecticut: 8 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in New Haven
Housing age. The median home in the New Haven, CT metro was built in 1964, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 70.3% of homes were built before 1980 and 9.7% in 2000 or later; 61% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 7 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (1 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 190 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 7 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.5 inches. Most reports came from New Haven, Connecticut (7). 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
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford $557/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Ann Arbor, MI $549/sq · rank 26
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $549/sq · rank 27
- Rochester, MN $548/sq · rank 28
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $547/sq · rank 30
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $545/sq · rank 31
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $544/sq · rank 32
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