Roof Replacement Cost in Akron, Ohio (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Akron runs $6,370 to $14,105. The median Akron household earns $48,544 a year, so that is 6.8 to 15.1 weeks of its pay. The median Akron home dates from 1954. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,250 for asphalt shingles in Akron, or 11.0 weeks of the median household's $48,544. Metal roofs in Akron cost $15,470 to $36,400; asphalt ranges from $6,370 to $14,105.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Akron
Compares your price per square foot with the Akron installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Akron roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Akron home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Akron or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Akron roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Akron house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Akron gets.
Price your own roof in Akron
Akron prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical Akron roof is 11.0 weeks of local pay, 26th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Akron
- Extra tear-off included
How we calculated this
One sum produces the asphalt shingle range at the top of this page. You can redo it with a calculator.
| Step | What goes in | Value |
|---|---|---|
| National base, low end | 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles, $3.50 per sq ft × 2,000 sq ft | $7,000 |
| National base, high end | Architectural Asphalt Shingles, $7.75 per sq ft × 2,000 sq ft | $15,500 |
| Akron cost index | Fixed for Akron, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| Akron low | $7,000 × Akron index 0.91 | $6,370, 6.8 weeks of Akron pay |
| Akron high | $15,500 × Akron index 0.91 | $14,105, 15.1 weeks of Akron pay |
| Akron typical | Midpoint of the Akron low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where Akron sits. The median index across the 209 cities we price is 0.89×. 186 of them are under 1.00× and 23 are over it.
- Roofer pay near Akron. Shown above beside the price, from the BLS source. The index is not calculated from it.
Prices compiled June 2026, BLS pay OEWS May 2025. This is an estimate, not a quote. Why the range has a low and a high end and how the other materials are priced: full method, inputs and limits.
Cost by roofing material in Akron
A typical asphalt roof in Akron costs $10,250, which is 11.0 weeks of local pay and puts Akron 26th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Akron | 9.0 | $8,400 | 7.6% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Akron | 11.9 | $11,150 | 10.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Akron | 22.9 | $21,400 | 19.2% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Akron | 31.2 | $29,100 | 26.2% |
| Concrete Tile in Akron | 20.5 | $19,100 | 17.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Akron* | 5.8 | $5,450 | 4.9% |
* Flat-roof prices are per 1,000 sq ft, not for a whole 2,000 sq ft house. Rated life: 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles 15–20 years; Architectural Asphalt Shingles 25–30 years; Metal (Steel/Aluminum) 40–70 years; Standing Seam Metal 50–70 years; Concrete Tile 40–50 years; TPO / EPDM (flat roofs) 15–25 years. How we calculated these prices · Sources
Repair or replace in Akron
The median Akron home was built in 1954, so an original roof would be 72 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 83.5% of Akron homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Akron | $600 | 0.64 |
| Larger repair in Akron | $2,750 | 2.9 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Akron | $5,100 | 5.5 |
| One year of roof life in Akron | $373 | 0.40 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Akron: a typical architectural roof divided by its rated 25–30 years. A repair is worth paying for when it buys at least as many years as its cost divided by that figure. The 50% rule is a common rule of thumb, not a law.
Akron roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Akron household earns $48,544 a year, or $934 a week. A Akron asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 11.0 weeks of that.
Canton ($10,250 typical, 21 miles away) takes 13.4 weeks of its own pay, 2.4 weeks more than Akron.
25 of 208 other cities ask for more, 183 for less.
Sum for Akron: $10,250 ÷ ($48,544 ÷ 52) = 11.0 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Akron city), 2019–2023What weather does to a Akron roof
- Freeze-thaw days. Water gets under shingles at night and expands as ice.
- Days at 90F or hotter. Heat bakes the oils out of asphalt and loosens sealant strips.
- Days with an inch of rain. Heavy rain tests flashing, valleys and gutters.
- Yearly precipitation. More water means more years of wet decking.
Rank 1 is the most days or inches among the cities we cover. Values are 2014–2023 averages of a 50 km grid cell around Akron. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Akron against nearby Ohio cities
6 neighbors share 0.91×, against Akron's 0.91×. Closest is Canton, about 21 mi out.
Distances are to scale. Dot size is weeks of local pay for a typical asphalt roof, so a bigger dot means a heavier bill for that city's households.
| City | Weeks of pay | Price vs here | Contractors (verified) | Hail events, since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron (this page) | 11.0 | — | 29 (0) | 40 |
| Canton roofers ≈21 mi from Akron |
13.4 | same | 27 (0) | 27 |
| Lorain roofers ≈43 mi from Akron |
11.6 | same | 28 (0) | 23 |
| Youngstown roofers ≈45 mi from Akron |
15.3 | same | 27 (0) | 22 |
| Mansfield roofers ≈56 mi from Akron |
12.5 | same | 27 (0) | 26 |
| Newark roofers ≈84 mi from Akron |
9.0 | same | 28 (0) | 40 |
| Toledo roofers ≈113 mi from Akron |
11.2 | same | 29 (0) | 29 |
On the cost index Akron sits at 0.91×, and a Akron roof takes 11.0 weeks of its pay, rank 26 of 209.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Akron's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Akron pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.54 weeks in Akron | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Akron | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.7 weeks in Akron | $2,500 |
What a re-roof costs against home values in Akron
Share of median home value
In Akron a typical re-roof takes 9.2% of the $111,200 median home value. Only 11 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Akron city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
83.5% of Akron homes predate 1980. The median Akron home was built in 1954, so a roof never replaced there is 72 years old. Oldest-first, Akron stands #10 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Akron city), 2019–2023Storms behind Akron roof bills
Public NOAA records for Akron's county.
- 14days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.5 inlargest hailstone reported
- 61days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 54 hail reports for Akron's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 16 of them, 30% of the total.
Busiest three: May 16, March 11, June 8.
No hail was reported in 2 of the 12 months (February to November, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was November 5, 2017, with $7,550,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $9,077,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 6 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Summit County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2026* | 8 |
40 recorded hail events across 6 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2019 had the most events among represented full years: 17.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Akron storm history · Hail risk lookup
The Akron roofing market
Akron counted 190,469 residents in the 2020 census. The economy has pivoted from rubber manufacturing to healthcare and polymer research, with Summa Health System employing 8,609 people, Akron Children's Hospital 5,773, and the University of Akron 5,933 among the largest institutional employers. FirstEnergy and Cleveland Clinic-Akron General round out the top five. This institutional density anchors stable middle-class homeownership and a roofing market driven heavily by seasonal storm repair and the ongoing need to replace aging housing stock.
Roofing companies in Akron's county
- 55roofing establishments with paid employees
- 443paid roofing employees
- 63.6%have fewer than 5 employees
- 8.1employees per firm on average
63.6% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, level with the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 8.1 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 29 roofing contractors listed in Akron. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Akron metro earns a median $54,660 a year, $5,270 above the $49,390 statewide median. 31 of 141 metros pay more than the Akron area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Akron
- Southwest Akron
- Northside
- Central Square
- Akron Summit Hill
- Riverside Park
ZIP codes: 44301, 44305, 44310, 44319, 44320.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.