2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Saginaw, MI
Saginaw, MI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Saginaw, MI?
$12,400 – $23,000
Typical $17,600 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $486 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 Saginaw, MI metro costs $387 to $585 per square installed (typical $486) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -6.2% against the Michigan figure of $518 and -2.7% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 126 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $26.78/hour (median $27.55, 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 Saginaw, MI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $387 | $486 | $585 |
| 3-tab shingles | $272 | $345 | $417 |
| Standing seam metal | $879 | $1,223 | $1,566 |
| Metal panel | $483 | $875 | $1,266 |
| Tile | $679 | $1,754 | $2,829 |
| Slate | $983 | $1,962 | $2,941 |
| Flat membrane | $242 | $461 | $681 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Saginaw, MI" (area code 40980). State rank for Michigan: 15 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Saginaw
Housing age. The median home in the Saginaw, MI metro was built in 1968, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 71% of homes were built before 1980 and 12.5% in 2000 or later; 74% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 6 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (5 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 196 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 9 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2 inches. Most reports came from Saginaw, Michigan (9). 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
- Traverse City $473/sq
- Bay City $465/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- York-Hanover, PA $488/sq · rank 123
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $488/sq · rank 124
- Toledo, OH $487/sq · rank 125
- Evansville, IN $485/sq · rank 127
- Columbus, OH $484/sq · rank 128
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $483/sq · rank 129
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