2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Bellingham, WA
Bellingham, WA metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Bellingham, WA?
$13,400 – $24,100
Typical $18,700 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $531 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 Bellingham, WA metro costs $428 to $633 per square installed (typical $531) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -5.3% against the Washington figure of $560 and +6.1% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 46 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $30.58/hour (median $28.72, about 440 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 Bellingham, WA
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $428 | $531 | $633 |
| 3-tab shingles | $299 | $379 | $458 |
| Standing seam metal | $947 | $1,311 | $1,675 |
| Metal panel | $538 | $956 | $1,375 |
| Tile | $747 | $1,904 | $3,060 |
| Slate | $1,038 | $2,085 | $3,132 |
| Flat membrane | $269 | $506 | $742 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Bellingham, WA" (area code 13380). State rank for Washington: 6 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Bellingham
Housing age. The median home in the Bellingham, WA metro was built in 1989, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 39.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 32% in 2000 or later; 64% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged no county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025. It is one of 19 metros in the Index with none in that period.
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 Washington metros
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue $584/sq
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes $563/sq
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro $549/sq
- Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard $542/sq
- Spokane-Spokane Valley $542/sq
- Kennewick-Richland $536/sq
- Wenatchee-East Wenatchee $530/sq
- Longview-Kelso $522/sq
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater $521/sq
- Yakima $521/sq
- Walla Walla $472/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $534/sq · rank 43
- Stockton-Lodi, CA $534/sq · rank 44
- Salinas, CA $533/sq · rank 45
- Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $530/sq · rank 47
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $530/sq · rank 48
- Kahului-Wailuku, HI $530/sq · rank 49
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