2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Bay City, MI
Bay City, MI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Bay City, MI?
$11,900 – $22,400
Typical $17,100 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $465 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 Bay City, MI metro costs $368 to $562 per square installed (typical $465) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -10.3% against the Michigan figure of $518 and -7.0% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 165 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $24.94/hour (median $23.08, about 50 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 Bay City, MI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $368 | $465 | $562 |
| 3-tab shingles | $258 | $328 | $398 |
| Standing seam metal | $846 | $1,180 | $1,514 |
| Metal panel | $457 | $835 | $1,214 |
| Tile | $646 | $1,682 | $2,717 |
| Slate | $957 | $1,903 | $2,849 |
| Flat membrane | $228 | $440 | $652 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Bay City, MI" (area code 13020). State rank for Michigan: 15 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Bay City
Housing age. The median home in the Bay City, MI metro was built in 1963, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 74.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 10.4% 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 1 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 232 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 3 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1 inches. Most reports came from Bay, Michigan (3). 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 Michigan metros
- Ann Arbor $549/sq
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn $545/sq
- South Bend-Mishawaka $530/sq
- Flint $519/sq
- Jackson $511/sq
- Kalamazoo-Portage $509/sq
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood $497/sq
- Lansing-East Lansing $495/sq
- Saginaw $486/sq
- Traverse City $473/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Bangor, ME $466/sq · rank 162
- Ogden, UT $466/sq · rank 163
- Raleigh-Cary, NC $466/sq · rank 164
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $465/sq · rank 166
- Waco, TX $464/sq · rank 167
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $464/sq · rank 168
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