2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Appleton, WI
Appleton, WI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Appleton, WI?
$12,900 – $23,600
Typical $18,200 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $510 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 Appleton, WI metro costs $410 to $611 per square installed (typical $510) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +2.2% against the Wisconsin figure of $500 and +2.1% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 82 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $28.84/hour (median $29.75, about 120 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 Appleton, WI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $410 | $510 | $611 |
| 3-tab shingles | $286 | $363 | $440 |
| Standing seam metal | $916 | $1,271 | $1,625 |
| Metal panel | $513 | $919 | $1,325 |
| Tile | $716 | $1,835 | $2,954 |
| Slate | $1,013 | $2,029 | $3,045 |
| Flat membrane | $256 | $485 | $714 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Appleton, WI" (area code 11540). State rank for Wisconsin: 19 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Appleton
Housing age. The median home in the Appleton, WI metro was built in 1981, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 48.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 26.7% in 2000 or later; 73% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 48 county hail reports across the metro's 2 counties from 2021 to 2025 (31 in 2021, 13 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 0 in 2025), rank 80 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 37 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 4.5 inches. Most reports came from Outagamie, Wisconsin (39), Calumet, Wisconsin (13). 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 Wisconsin metros
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington $599/sq
- Duluth $574/sq
- Racine-Mount Pleasant $530/sq
- Janesville-Beloit $527/sq
- Green Bay $510/sq
- Madison $509/sq
- Sheboygan $505/sq
- Milwaukee-Waukesha $502/sq
- Oshkosh-Neenah $496/sq
- Eau Claire $471/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Jackson, MI $511/sq · rank 79
- Glens Falls, NY $510/sq · rank 80
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $509/sq · rank 83
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $509/sq · rank 85
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