2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Shreveport, LA
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Shreveport, LA?
$11,800 – $22,400
Typical $17,100 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $463 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro costs $366 to $561 per square installed (typical $463) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -1.4% against the Louisiana figure of $470 and -7.3% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 170 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $24.80/hour (median $23.34, about 100 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 Shreveport, LA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $366 | $463 | $561 |
| 3-tab shingles | $257 | $327 | $396 |
| Standing seam metal | $844 | $1,177 | $1,510 |
| Metal panel | $455 | $832 | $1,210 |
| Tile | $644 | $1,676 | $2,708 |
| Slate | $955 | $1,899 | $2,842 |
| Flat membrane | $227 | $438 | $649 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Shreveport-Bossier City, LA" (area code 43340). State rank for Louisiana: 31 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Shreveport-Bossier City
Housing age. The median home in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro was built in 1980, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 50.4% of homes were built before 1980 and 25.1% in 2000 or later; 63% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 96 county hail reports across the metro's 3 counties from 2021 to 2025 (14 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 29 in 2023, 25 in 2024, 27 in 2025), rank 45 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 96 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 3 inches. Most reports came from Caddo, Louisiana (56), Bossier, Louisiana (47), De Soto, Louisiana (10). 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 Louisiana metros
- Lafayette $469/sq
- Baton Rouge $468/sq
- Monroe $462/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Waco, TX $464/sq · rank 167
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $464/sq · rank 168
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $464/sq · rank 169
- Casper, WY $461/sq · rank 172
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $461/sq · rank 173
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