2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Cape Coral, FL
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Cape Coral, FL?
$11,300 – $21,700
Typical $16,500 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $440 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro costs $345 to $535 per square installed (typical $440) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -1.8% against the Florida figure of $448 and -12.0% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 222 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $22.79/hour (median $22.54, about 1,900 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 Cape Coral, FL
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $345 | $440 | $535 |
| 3-tab shingles | $243 | $309 | $375 |
| Standing seam metal | $808 | $1,130 | $1,452 |
| Metal panel | $426 | $789 | $1,152 |
| Tile | $608 | $1,597 | $2,586 |
| Slate | $926 | $1,834 | $2,742 |
| Flat membrane | $213 | $415 | $617 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL" (area code 15980). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Cape Coral-Fort Myers
Housing age. The median home in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro was built in 1997, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 19.7% of homes were built before 1980 and 45% in 2000 or later; 74% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 5 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 3 in 2025), rank 201 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 5 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1 inches. Most reports came from Lee, Florida (5). 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 Florida metros
- Naples-Marco Island $468/sq
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota $464/sq
- Port St. Lucie $459/sq
- Lakeland-Winter Haven $452/sq
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor $450/sq
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach $450/sq
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville $450/sq
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford $449/sq
- Jacksonville $448/sq
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin $448/sq
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater $447/sq
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach $445/sq
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent $438/sq
- Gainesville $436/sq
- Panama City-Panama City Beach $433/sq
- Sebring $432/sq
- Ocala $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Bowling Green, KY $442/sq · rank 219
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $442/sq · rank 220
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $440/sq · rank 221
- Rapid City, SD $438/sq · rank 223
- Savannah, GA $437/sq · rank 225
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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