2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Gainesville, FL?
$11,200 – $21,600
Typical $16,400 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $436 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 Gainesville, FL metro costs $341 to $531 per square installed (typical $436) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -2.8% against the Florida figure of $448 and -12.9% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 228 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $22.42/hour (median $22.43, about 340 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 Gainesville, FL
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $341 | $436 | $531 |
| 3-tab shingles | $240 | $306 | $371 |
| Standing seam metal | $801 | $1,121 | $1,442 |
| Metal panel | $421 | $781 | $1,142 |
| Tile | $601 | $1,582 | $2,564 |
| Slate | $921 | $1,822 | $2,723 |
| Flat membrane | $210 | $411 | $611 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Gainesville, FL" (area code 23540). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Gainesville
Housing age. The median home in the Gainesville, FL metro was built in 1989, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 32.9% of homes were built before 1980 and 31.5% in 2000 or later; 59% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 22 county hail reports across the metro's 3 counties from 2021 to 2025 (2 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 9 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 7 in 2025), rank 124 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 14 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2.5 inches. Most reports came from Alachua, Florida (19), Gilchrist, Florida (2), Levy, Florida (2). 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
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers $440/sq
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent $438/sq
- Panama City-Panama City Beach $433/sq
- Sebring $432/sq
- Ocala $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Savannah, GA $437/sq · rank 225
- Altoona, PA $437/sq · rank 226
- Sioux Falls, SD-MN $436/sq · rank 227
- Macon-Bibb County, GA $435/sq · rank 229
- Mobile, AL $434/sq · rank 230
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $433/sq · rank 231
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