Midwest Roofing
- Roofing Contractor serving Decatur, Illinois — based at 656 Castle Dr, Charleston, IL 61920.
- Services: roof inspection, emergency repair, roof replacement, storm damage repair, roof repair.
- State license #104004968 (NOT RENEWED), expires 2023-12-31.
Services Offered
How to check Midwest Roofing on the Illinois record
roofing is a licensed trade in its own right in Illinois: the Roofing Industry Licensing Act puts it under the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), whose roofing contractor licenses are all a matter of public record Official lookup: IDFPR license lookup.
- Request a current certificate of insurance from the insurer; licenses and insurance are checked separately.
- Go to the registry and search by license number first, business name second.
- Compare the registry name with the name on the contract, and read the status line.
- Write down the expiry and make sure it outlasts the job.
Storm history for Decatur, Macon County
Add up the hail entries NOAA logged for Macon County since 2017 and you get 59. On 16 days at least one stone reached 1 inch or more. The rough part: 3 days with stones of 1.75 inches or more, topped by a 2.5-inch stone about the size of a tennis ball. The most recent golf-ball day in the record is in 2024.
The same record has 25 tornadoes, with EF2 the highest rating.
The fastest thunderstorm gust on file is 100 mph.
If a storm does come through, take dated photos of the roof first. Whoever you hire, Midwest Roofing included, should put the inspection findings in writing.
Reports cluster in March (47 percent of the total); April through July account for 44 percent. In 6 months of the year, hail is rare in the record.
0 hail reports fell within 25 miles of Decatur over the past 90 days.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Biggest stone, inches | 2.5 |
| Hail density rank in state | 16 of 46 |
| Tornadoes on file | 25 |
| Busiest month | March |
| Days at 1 inch or more | 16 |
| Days with hail at 1.75 inches or more | 3 |
The largest single day in the record is March 31, 2024: a 2.5-inch stone, about the size of a tennis ball, reported near Decatur.
| Calendar year | Entries | Top size, in |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 1.25 |
| 2024 | 25 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
Who lives under these roofs
The median home in Decatur was built in 1960, so the typical house is 66 years old. 80.5 percent of homes in Decatur were built before 1980. Asphalt roofs last roughly 25 years, so a home from 1960 is on roof number 3 or later if each was replaced on schedule. Set a typical $10,912 asphalt job beside the $97,300 median home value and the roof comes to 11 percent.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Typical household income | $50,809 |
| Median home value | $97,300 |
| Homes counted | 36,121 |
| Single-family share | 75.3% |
| Median year built | 1960 |
Replacement costs in Decatur
Decatur prices track our national basis closely, with asphalt shingles at $6,790 to $15,035 for 2,000 square feet. BLS puts the median annual roofer wage for the Decatur, IL Metro Area at $74,640. The county holds 7 roofing establishments with employees, per the Census. 71.4 percent of them have fewer than 5 employees.
| Material | Typical life | Cost per year | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standing Seam Metal | 50 to 70 years | $520 | $31,040 |
| Concrete Tile | 40 to 50 years | $450 | $20,370 |
| Cedar Shake | 20 to 30 years | $780 | $19,400 |
| Metal Shingles | 35 to 50 years | $430 | $18,430 |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles | 25 to 30 years | $430 | $11,882 |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) | 40 to 70 years | $410 | $22,795 |
Midwest Roofing by the numbers
2023-12-31 is the expiry on file and it is in the past, so look for a renewal in the registry first.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| License on file | 104004968 |
| License status on file | NOT RENEWED |
| Expires | 2023-12-31 (past) |
Decatur roofing questions
- How much is a roof replacement in Decatur?
- Count on $6,790 to $15,035 for a standard asphalt job in Decatur; the midpoint is $10,912.
- Has Macon County had large hail?
- NOAA's biggest since 2017 entry for the county is 2.5 inches, comparable to a tennis ball, with 3 golf-ball days.
- Is the license for Midwest Roofing on a state list?
- Look up the Illinois record by license number, compare the name and status, and note the expiry before you sign anything.
- Is hail common around Decatur?
- Since 2017 the county has 59 reports; hail of 1 inch or more came on 16 of those days, mostly in March.
- What time of year does Decatur get hail?
- Spring and early summer carry the bulk of it: 44 percent of entries come between April and July, March first at 47 percent.
- Is Decatur an older housing market?
- Census data puts the typical build year at 1960. Asphalt roofs wear out in 15 to 30 years, so many roofs here have been replaced at least once.
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