2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Palm Bay, FL
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Palm Bay, FL?
$11,500 – $22,000
Typical $16,700 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $450 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro costs $354 to $546 per square installed (typical $450) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +0.3% against the Florida figure of $448 and -10.1% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 200 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $23.62/hour (median $22.97, about 540 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 Palm Bay, FL
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $354 | $450 | $546 |
| 3-tab shingles | $249 | $316 | $384 |
| Standing seam metal | $823 | $1,149 | $1,476 |
| Metal panel | $438 | $807 | $1,176 |
| Tile | $623 | $1,630 | $2,637 |
| Slate | $938 | $1,861 | $2,783 |
| Flat membrane | $219 | $425 | $630 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL" (area code 37340). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
Housing age. The median home in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro was built in 1988, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 32.1% of homes were built before 1980 and 29.6% 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 24 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 14 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 6 in 2025), rank 117 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 28 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2 inches. Most reports came from Brevard, Florida (28). 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
- 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
- Ocala $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Wichita, KS $451/sq · rank 197
- Decatur, AL $449/sq · rank 201
- Columbia, MO $449/sq · rank 203
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