2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Philadelphia, PA?
$13,000 – $23,700
Typical $18,400 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $516 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro costs $414 to $617 per square installed (typical $516) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +5.1% against the Pennsylvania figure of $491 and +3.1% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 72 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $29.29/hour (median $28.72, about 1,530 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 PA and NJ and DE and MD. It is listed under Pennsylvania; see also New JerseyDelawareMaryland.
All materials in Philadelphia, PA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $414 | $516 | $617 |
| 3-tab shingles | $290 | $367 | $444 |
| Standing seam metal | $924 | $1,281 | $1,638 |
| Metal panel | $519 | $929 | $1,338 |
| Tile | $724 | $1,853 | $2,981 |
| Slate | $1,019 | $2,043 | $3,067 |
| Flat membrane | $260 | $491 | $722 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD" (area code 37980). State rank for Pennsylvania: 22 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
Housing age. The median home in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro was built in 1966, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 66.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 14.9% in 2000 or later; 67% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 168 county hail reports across the metro's 11 counties from 2021 to 2025 (40 in 2021, 54 in 2022, 45 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 19 in 2025), rank 22 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 107 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2.5 inches. Most reports came from Burlington, New Jersey (43), Montgomery, Pennsylvania (32), Camden, New Jersey (21). 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 Pennsylvania metros
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton $511/sq
- Chambersburg $500/sq
- Reading $489/sq
- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre $489/sq
- Pittsburgh $488/sq
- York-Hanover $488/sq
- Lancaster $481/sq
- Harrisburg-Carlisle $473/sq
- Erie $468/sq
- Altoona $437/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Bend, OR $518/sq · rank 69
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA $516/sq · rank 70
- Chico, CA $516/sq · rank 71
- Urban Honolulu, HI $514/sq · rank 73
- Fargo, ND-MN $514/sq · rank 74
- Bismarck, ND $513/sq · rank 75
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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