How much does it cost to replace a roof?

United States: homeowner survey

Households in the American Housing Survey that hired out a roof replacement reported a median of $10,000; the typical range (middle half of 1,820 American Housing Survey data points, the United States, 2021-2023) was $5,800 to $16,000.

When the household did the roofing itself: a median (260 American Housing Survey data points, the United States, 2021-2023) of $5,600.

How measured: hired-out finished jobs, survey-weighted, not adjusted for inflation; do-it-yourself jobs the same way. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey 2023, data read 16 October 2026.

These figures are estimates from U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey 2023, data years 2021-2023, read 16 October 2026, for the United States. They are not a quote, and they are not a promise of what any contractor on InstaBids will charge. Your price depends on your home, the materials and the contractor. Get written bids before you decide.

Researched by the InstaBids editorial team. Last checked: 16 October 2026 Updated 2026-10-16

How much is a new roof?

The answer above is built from one Census Bureau survey question about home jobs. Households listed the work done on their home over the previous few years, said what each job cost and said whether they did it themselves. The roofing item reads "Added or replaced roofing", so a full tear-off and a smaller partial replacement are counted in the same range.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, AHS 2023 Value Labels Package, read 16 October 2026.

Most households hand this job to a roofer: 87 percent of the roofing jobs in the survey with a reported cost were hired out.

How much does roof replacement cost in Florida?

For a reading from inside the state, Miami-Dade County publishes the building permits it issued over roughly the past two years. Each re-roof permit can carry the value the applicant declared, and 71 percent of the matched re-roof permits had one.

Source: Miami-Dade County building permits, read 16 October 2026.

Miami-Dade County, FL: declared value on building permits

Residential re-roof permits issued in Miami-Dade County declared a median declared value on building permits of $21,000; the typical range (middle half of 11,127 Miami-Dade County permit data points, Miami-Dade County, FL, 2024-2026) was $13,500 to $31,168.

By roof area: a median declared value on building permits of $10.00 per square foot; the typical range (middle half of 10,588 Miami-Dade County permit data points, Miami-Dade County, FL, 2024-2026) was $7.23 per square foot to $12.40 per square foot.

Declared permit values are what applicants reported to the county; final contract prices can differ.

How measured: residential permits with a declared value, untrimmed; declared value divided by the roof area on the permit. Source: Miami-Dade County building permits, data read 16 October 2026.

These figures are estimates from Miami-Dade County building permits, data years 2024-2026, read 16 October 2026, for Miami-Dade County, FL. They are not a quote, and they are not a promise of what any contractor on InstaBids will charge. Your price depends on your home, the materials and the contractor. Get written bids before you decide.

Roof size is recorded well on these permits: 95 percent of the valued re-roofs also gave a usable roof area, which is what makes the by-area line in the county block possible.

The 2023 Florida Building Code names Broward and Miami-Dade counties as the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (section 202) and gives that zone its own wind-load section (section 1620). Every Miami-Dade re-roof counted here was permitted inside that zone.

Source: 2023 Florida Building Code, Building (8th edition), section 202, read 14 October 2026.

What changes the cost to replace a roof?

Hiring out or doing it yourself: households that did their own roofing reported a lower median than households that hired a roofer. Both medians are in the answer block at the top.
Roof area: the county block gives the declared value by roof area as well as by job, so a large roof and a small one can be read on the same footing.
Location and wind rules: the county figures come from a hurricane-zone county, and their median sits above the national survey median.
Source: 2023 Florida Building Code, Building (8th edition), section 202, read 14 October 2026.
The kind of record: a survey answer is what a household remembers paying, while a permit value is what an applicant wrote down before the work began. This page keeps the two apart and never blends them into one number.
The year: the survey answers describe roofs finished in 2021 to 2023 and are not adjusted for later changes, while the permits run from 2024 to 2026.

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Sources for the figures on this page

U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey 2023, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/data/2023/ahs-2023-public-use-file--puf-.html, read 16 October 2026. U.S. government work; no endorsement implied.
Miami-Dade County building permits, https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6db5f56e886446df88313ca279e59120, read 16 October 2026. County open data, as is; no endorsement implied.
U.S. Census Bureau, AHS 2023 Value Labels Package, www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Value%20Labels%20Package.zip, read 16 October 2026.
2023 Florida Building Code, Building (8th edition), section 202, up.codes/viewer/florida/fl-building-code-2023/chapter/2/definitions, read 14 October 2026.