2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Mankato, MN
Mankato, MN metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Mankato, MN?
$12,400 – $23,100
Typical $17,700 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $490 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 Mankato, MN metro costs $390 to $589 per square installed (typical $490) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -16.0% against the Minnesota figure of $583 and -2.1% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 115 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $27.06/hour (median $24.16, about 40 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 Mankato, MN
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $390 | $490 | $589 |
| 3-tab shingles | $274 | $347 | $420 |
| Standing seam metal | $884 | $1,229 | $1,575 |
| Metal panel | $487 | $881 | $1,275 |
| Tile | $684 | $1,765 | $2,846 |
| Slate | $987 | $1,971 | $2,955 |
| Flat membrane | $244 | $465 | $686 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Mankato, MN" (area code 31860). State rank for Minnesota: 4 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Mankato
Housing age. The median home in the Mankato, MN metro was built in 1978, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 52% of homes were built before 1980 and 28.9% 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 39 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (8 in 2021, 14 in 2022, 6 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 10 in 2025), rank 94 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 46 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 3.5 inches. Most reports came from Blue Earth, Minnesota (35), Nicollet, Minnesota (16). 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 Minnesota metros
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington $599/sq
- St. Cloud $576/sq
- Duluth $574/sq
- Rochester $548/sq
- Fargo $514/sq
- Grand Forks $505/sq
- Sioux Falls $436/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Boulder, CO $493/sq · rank 112
- Billings, MT $491/sq · rank 113
- Lewiston-Auburn, ME $491/sq · rank 114
- Reading, PA $489/sq · rank 116
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $489/sq · rank 117
- Elmira, NY $489/sq · rank 118
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