2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Kalamazoo, MI?
$12,900 – $23,600
Typical $18,200 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $509 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro costs $408 to $609 per square installed (typical $509) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -1.9% against the Michigan figure of $518 and +1.7% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 85 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $28.69/hour (median $28.50, about 110 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 Kalamazoo, MI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $408 | $509 | $609 |
| 3-tab shingles | $285 | $362 | $438 |
| Standing seam metal | $913 | $1,267 | $1,621 |
| Metal panel | $511 | $916 | $1,321 |
| Tile | $713 | $1,829 | $2,945 |
| Slate | $1,011 | $2,024 | $3,037 |
| Flat membrane | $255 | $484 | $712 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Kalamazoo-Portage, MI" (area code 28020). State rank for Michigan: 15 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Kalamazoo-Portage
Housing age. The median home in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro was built in 1975, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 57.8% of homes were built before 1980 and 19.6% in 2000 or later; 65% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 8 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (0 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 2 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 186 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 6 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2 inches. Most reports came from Kalamazoo, Michigan (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 Michigan metros
- Ann Arbor $549/sq
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn $545/sq
- South Bend-Mishawaka $530/sq
- Flint $519/sq
- Jackson $511/sq
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood $497/sq
- Lansing-East Lansing $495/sq
- Saginaw $486/sq
- Traverse City $473/sq
- Bay City $465/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Appleton, WI $510/sq · rank 82
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $509/sq · rank 83
- Madison, WI $509/sq · rank 84
- Cleveland, OH $507/sq · rank 86
- Grants Pass, OR $506/sq · rank 87
- Grand Forks, ND-MN $505/sq · rank 88
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