2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO-KS metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Kansas City, MO?
$12,800 – $23,500
Typical $18,100 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $504 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 Kansas City, MO-KS metro costs $404 to $605 per square installed (typical $504) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +2.9% against the Missouri figure of $490 and +0.9% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 92 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $28.32/hour (median $28.09, about 880 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.
This metro spans MO and KS. It is listed under Missouri; see also Kansas.
All materials in Kansas City, MO
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $404 | $504 | $605 |
| 3-tab shingles | $283 | $358 | $434 |
| Standing seam metal | $907 | $1,259 | $1,611 |
| Metal panel | $505 | $908 | $1,311 |
| Tile | $707 | $1,815 | $2,922 |
| Slate | $1,005 | $2,012 | $3,018 |
| Flat membrane | $253 | $479 | $706 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Kansas City, MO-KS" (area code 28140). State rank for Missouri: 23 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Kansas City
Housing age. The median home in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro was built in 1980, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 50.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 24.8% in 2000 or later; 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 324 county hail reports across the metro's 14 counties from 2021 to 2025 (59 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 73 in 2023, 98 in 2024, 70 in 2025), rank 10 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 377 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 5 inches. Most reports came from Johnson, Kansas (111), Jackson, Missouri (46), Clay, Missouri (41). 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 Missouri metros
- St. Louis $538/sq
- Jefferson City $527/sq
- St. Joseph $480/sq
- Springfield $452/sq
- Columbia $449/sq
- Joplin $442/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Sheboygan, WI $505/sq · rank 89
- Binghamton, NY $504/sq · rank 90
- Rochester, NY $504/sq · rank 91
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $502/sq · rank 93
- Salem, OR $502/sq · rank 94
- Pittsfield, MA $502/sq · rank 95
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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