2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Trenton, NJ
Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Trenton, NJ?
$15,000 – $26,100
Typical $20,500 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $603 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 Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro costs $495 to $711 per square installed (typical $603) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +2.1% against the New Jersey figure of $591 and +20.7% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 7 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $36.84/hour (median $39.47, about 140 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 Trenton, NJ
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $495 | $603 | $711 |
| 3-tab shingles | $344 | $435 | $525 |
| Standing seam metal | $1,059 | $1,457 | $1,854 |
| Metal panel | $627 | $1,091 | $1,554 |
| Tile | $859 | $2,150 | $3,441 |
| Slate | $1,127 | $2,286 | $3,445 |
| Flat membrane | $314 | $578 | $843 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Trenton-Princeton, NJ" (area code 45940). State rank for New Jersey: 2 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Trenton-Princeton
Housing age. The median home in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro was built in 1969, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 64.2% of homes were built before 1980 and 14.7% in 2000 or later; 62% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 11 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (2 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 9 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 173 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 6 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1 inches. Most reports came from Mercer, New Jersey (11). 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
- Atlantic City-Hammonton $591/sq
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington $516/sq
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton $511/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $613/sq · rank 4
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $605/sq · rank 6
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $599/sq · rank 8
- Springfield, MA $594/sq · rank 9
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