2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Pensacola, FL
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Pensacola, FL?
$11,300 – $21,700
Typical $16,400 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $438 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro costs $342 to $533 per square installed (typical $438) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -2.4% against the Florida figure of $448 and -12.5% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 224 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $22.58/hour (median $22.11, about 300 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 Pensacola, FL
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $342 | $438 | $533 |
| 3-tab shingles | $242 | $307 | $372 |
| Standing seam metal | $804 | $1,125 | $1,446 |
| Metal panel | $423 | $785 | $1,146 |
| Tile | $604 | $1,589 | $2,573 |
| Slate | $923 | $1,827 | $2,731 |
| Flat membrane | $212 | $413 | $614 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL" (area code 37860). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
Housing age. The median home in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro was built in 1989, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 35.5% of homes were built before 1980 and 33.1% in 2000 or later; 70% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 20 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (3 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 5 in 2025), rank 132 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 22 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.75 inches. Most reports came from Escambia, Florida (14), Santa Rosa, 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
- Gainesville $436/sq
- Panama City-Panama City Beach $433/sq
- Sebring $432/sq
- Ocala $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $440/sq · rank 221
- Rapid City, SD $438/sq · rank 223
- Savannah, GA $437/sq · rank 225
- Altoona, PA $437/sq · rank 226
- Sioux Falls, SD-MN $436/sq · rank 227
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