2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Austin, TX
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Austin, TX?
$11,700 – $22,100
Typical $16,900 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $455 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro costs $358 to $552 per square installed (typical $455) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +3.7% against the Texas figure of $439 and -9.0% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 185 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $24.08/hour (median $22.76, about 480 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 Austin, TX
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $358 | $455 | $552 |
| 3-tab shingles | $252 | $320 | $388 |
| Standing seam metal | $831 | $1,160 | $1,489 |
| Metal panel | $445 | $817 | $1,189 |
| Tile | $631 | $1,648 | $2,665 |
| Slate | $945 | $1,875 | $2,806 |
| Flat membrane | $222 | $430 | $638 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX" (area code 12420). State rank for Texas: 47 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
Housing age. The median home in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro was built in 2002, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 19.2% of homes were built before 1980 and 53.8% in 2000 or later; 58% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 366 county hail reports across the metro's 5 counties from 2021 to 2025 (52 in 2021, 20 in 2022, 117 in 2023, 70 in 2024, 107 in 2025), rank 7 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 320 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 4 inches. Most reports came from Williamson, Texas (172), Travis, Texas (125), Hays, Texas (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 Texas metros
- Waco $464/sq
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington $452/sq
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands $433/sq
- Tyler $428/sq
- San Antonio-New Braunfels $427/sq
- Longview $416/sq
- Corpus Christi $407/sq
- Lubbock $405/sq
- El Paso $389/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $456/sq · rank 182
- Greensboro-High Point, NC $456/sq · rank 183
- Mansfield, OH $455/sq · rank 184
- Richmond, VA $455/sq · rank 186
- Cedar Rapids, IA $455/sq · rank 187
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $454/sq · rank 188
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