2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Chicago, IL
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Chicago, IL?
$15,600 – $26,700
Typical $21,100 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $628 per square (100 sq ft of roof) installed, above the US typical of $500.
How we got this number
An architectural shingle roof in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro costs $518 to $738 per square installed (typical $628) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +3.1% against the Illinois figure of $609 and +25.6% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 2 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $38.95/hour (median $39.47, about 3,900 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.
This metro spans IL and IN. It is listed under Illinois; see also Indiana.
All materials in Chicago, IL
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $518 | $628 | $738 |
| 3-tab shingles | $359 | $453 | $548 |
| Standing seam metal | $1,097 | $1,506 | $1,915 |
| Metal panel | $657 | $1,136 | $1,615 |
| Tile | $897 | $2,233 | $3,569 |
| Slate | $1,157 | $2,354 | $3,551 |
| Flat membrane | $329 | $603 | $877 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN" (area code 16980). State rank for Illinois: 1 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Housing age. The median home in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro was built in 1971, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 62.7% of homes were built before 1980 and 17.5% in 2000 or later; 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 320 county hail reports across the metro's 13 counties from 2021 to 2025 (15 in 2021, 31 in 2022, 138 in 2023, 90 in 2024, 46 in 2025), rank 11 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 402 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 4.8 inches. Most reports came from Cook, Illinois (112), Kane, Illinois (56), Will, Illinois (48). 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 Illinois metros
- Springfield $614/sq
- Decatur $581/sq
- Peoria $574/sq
- Rockford $560/sq
- St. Louis $538/sq
- Champaign-Urbana $518/sq
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island $483/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Worcester, MA $652/sq · rank 1
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $613/sq · rank 4
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $606/sq · rank 5
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