2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Evansville, IN
Evansville, IN metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Evansville, IN?
$12,300 – $22,900
Typical $17,600 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $485 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 Evansville, IN metro costs $386 to $584 per square installed (typical $485) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -4.8% against the Indiana figure of $509 and -3.0% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 127 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $26.65/hour (median $28.84, about 70 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 Evansville, IN
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $386 | $485 | $584 |
| 3-tab shingles | $271 | $343 | $416 |
| Standing seam metal | $877 | $1,220 | $1,563 |
| Metal panel | $481 | $872 | $1,263 |
| Tile | $677 | $1,749 | $2,821 |
| Slate | $981 | $1,958 | $2,935 |
| Flat membrane | $241 | $460 | $679 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Evansville, IN" (area code 21780). State rank for Indiana: 18 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Evansville
Housing age. The median home in the Evansville, IN metro was built in 1974, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 58.4% of homes were built before 1980 and 19.9% 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 19 county hail reports across the metro's 3 counties from 2021 to 2025 (1 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 6 in 2025), rank 138 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 14 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2.75 inches. Most reports came from Warrick, Indiana (10), Posey, Indiana (7), Vanderburgh, Indiana (7). 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 Indiana metros
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin $628/sq
- South Bend-Mishawaka $530/sq
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood $498/sq
- Elkhart-Goshen $497/sq
- Columbus $494/sq
- Cincinnati $489/sq
- Louisville/Jefferson County $483/sq
- Bloomington $482/sq
- Fort Wayne $480/sq
- Terre Haute $467/sq
- Lafayette-West Lafayette $448/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $488/sq · rank 124
- Toledo, OH $487/sq · rank 125
- Saginaw, MI $486/sq · rank 126
- Columbus, OH $484/sq · rank 128
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $483/sq · rank 129
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