2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Atlantic City, NJ?
$14,700 – $25,700
Typical $20,200 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $591 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro costs $484 to $698 per square installed (typical $591) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: 0.0% against the New Jersey figure of $591 and +18.2% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 10 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $35.77/hour (median $37.50, about 90 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 Atlantic City, NJ
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $484 | $591 | $698 |
| 3-tab shingles | $336 | $425 | $514 |
| Standing seam metal | $1,040 | $1,432 | $1,824 |
| Metal panel | $612 | $1,068 | $1,524 |
| Tile | $840 | $2,108 | $3,376 |
| Slate | $1,112 | $2,252 | $3,392 |
| Flat membrane | $306 | $566 | $826 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ" (area code 12100). State rank for New Jersey: 2 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Atlantic City-Hammonton
Housing age. The median home in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro was built in 1979, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 51.3% of homes were built before 1980 and 22.2% in 2000 or later; 72% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 2 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (1 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 1 in 2025), rank 225 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 2 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.75 inches. Most reports came from Atlantic, New Jersey (1), Cape May, New Jersey (1). 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 New Jersey metros
- New York-Newark-Jersey City $606/sq
- Trenton-Princeton $603/sq
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington $516/sq
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton $511/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $599/sq · rank 8
- Springfield, MA $594/sq · rank 9
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $590/sq · rank 11
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $584/sq · rank 12
- Decatur, IL $581/sq · rank 13
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