2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Ocala, FL
Ocala, FL metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Ocala, FL?
$11,100 – $21,500
Typical $16,300 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $432 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 Ocala, FL metro costs $337 to $526 per square installed (typical $432) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -3.7% against the Florida figure of $448 and -13.7% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 237 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $22.06/hour (median $21.70, about 480 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 Ocala, FL
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $337 | $432 | $526 |
| 3-tab shingles | $238 | $302 | $367 |
| Standing seam metal | $795 | $1,113 | $1,431 |
| Metal panel | $416 | $774 | $1,131 |
| Tile | $595 | $1,568 | $2,542 |
| Slate | $916 | $1,810 | $2,705 |
| Flat membrane | $208 | $407 | $605 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Ocala, FL" (area code 36100). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Ocala
Housing age. The median home in the Ocala, FL metro was built in 1993, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 24.2% of homes were built before 1980 and 37.5% in 2000 or later; 77% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 8 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 2 in 2024, 1 in 2025), rank 186 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 5 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 3 inches. Most reports came from Marion, Florida (8). 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
- Gainesville $436/sq
- Panama City-Panama City Beach $433/sq
- Sebring $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Roanoke, VA $432/sq · rank 234
- Harrisonburg, VA $432/sq · rank 236
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $431/sq · rank 238
- Tucson, AZ $430/sq · rank 239
- Lynchburg, VA $430/sq · rank 240
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