Roof Replacement Cost in Amarillo, Texas (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Amarillo runs $5,600 to $12,400. The median Amarillo household earns $62,469 a year, so that is 4.7 to 10.3 weeks of its pay. NOAA counts 62 days of 1-inch hail in Amarillo's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $9,000 for asphalt shingles in Amarillo, or 7.5 weeks of the median household's $62,469. Metal roofs in Amarillo cost $13,600 to $32,000; asphalt ranges from $5,600 to $12,400.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Amarillo installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Amarillo roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Amarillo home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Amarillo or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Amarillo roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Amarillo house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Amarillo gets.
Price your own roof in Amarillo
Amarillo prices sit 20% under the national base. A typical Amarillo roof is 7.5 weeks of local pay, 170th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Amarillo
- 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 |
| Amarillo cost index | Fixed for Amarillo, not recalculated from wages | 0.80× |
| Amarillo low | $7,000 × Amarillo index 0.80 | $5,600, 4.7 weeks of Amarillo pay |
| Amarillo high | $15,500 × Amarillo index 0.80 | $12,400, 10.3 weeks of Amarillo pay |
| Amarillo typical | Midpoint of the Amarillo low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,000 |
- Where Amarillo 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.
Prices compiled June 2026. 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 Amarillo
A typical asphalt roof in Amarillo costs $9,000, which is 7.5 weeks of local pay and puts Amarillo 170th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Amarillo | 6.2 | $7,400 | 4.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Amarillo | 8.2 | $9,800 | 5.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Amarillo | 15.6 | $18,800 | 10.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Amarillo | 21.3 | $25,600 | 13.7% |
| Concrete Tile in Amarillo | 14.0 | $16,800 | 9.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Amarillo* | 4.0 | $4,800 | 2.6% |
* 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
Storms behind Amarillo roof bills
Public NOAA records for Amarillo's county.
- 62days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 74days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 226 hail reports for Amarillo's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 87 of them, 38% of the total.
Busiest three: May 87, June 49, August 29.
No hail was reported in 2 of the 12 months (January to February, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was June 19, 2020, with $18,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $18,249,600. 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, Potter County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 55 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 22 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2026* | 4 |
158 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 17.1 per represented full year. 2019 had the most events among represented full years: 55.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Amarillo storm history · Hail risk lookup
What weather does to a Amarillo 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 Amarillo. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Amarillo's $5,600–$12,400 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Amarillo pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.42 weeks in Amarillo | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.83 weeks in Amarillo | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in Amarillo | $2,500 |
Repair or replace in Amarillo
The median Amarillo home was built in 1972, so an original roof would be 54 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 61% of Amarillo homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Amarillo | $500 | 0.42 |
| Larger repair in Amarillo | $2,400 | 2.0 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Amarillo | $4,500 | 3.7 |
| One year of roof life in Amarillo | $327 | 0.27 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Amarillo: 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.
Amarillo against nearby Texas cities
Neighbors run from 0.81× to 0.93× against Amarillo's 0.80×. Closest: Lubbock, about 113 mi, at $5,670 to $12,555.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo (this page) | 7.5 | — | 21 (10) | 158 |
| Lubbock roofers ≈113 mi from Amarillo |
7.8 | +1% | 18 (5) | 106 |
| Midland roofers ≈223 mi from Amarillo |
5.4 | +6% | 27 (1) | 140 |
| Abilene roofers ≈225 mi from Amarillo |
7.6 | +2% | 28 (5) | 104 |
| Odessa roofers ≈235 mi from Amarillo |
6.6 | +2% | 24 (1) | 146 |
| San Angelo roofers ≈271 mi from Amarillo |
8.5 | +16% | 26 (2) | 183 |
| Fort Worth roofers ≈304 mi from Amarillo |
7.1 | +16% | 24 (1) | 475 |
On the cost index Amarillo sits at 0.80×, and a Amarillo roof takes 7.5 weeks of its pay, rank 170 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Amarillo
Share of median home value
In Amarillo a typical re-roof takes 4.8% of the $186,800 median home value. 106 cities carry a heavier ratio and 102 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Amarillo city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
61% of Amarillo homes predate 1980. The median Amarillo home was built in 1972, so a roof never replaced there is 54 years old. Oldest-first, Amarillo stands #59 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Amarillo city), 2019–2023The Amarillo roofing market
The Amarillo market is dominated by storm-chasing contractors who follow hail events, so homeowners should check references and proof of insurance before signing, because Texas has no statewide roofing license. Many insurers apply a separate wind-and-hail deductible of 1-2% of dwelling value here rather than a flat dollar amount.
Roofing companies in Amarillo's county
- 15roofing establishments with paid employees
- 111paid roofing employees
- 53.3%have fewer than 5 employees
- 7.4employees per firm on average
53.3% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 10 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 7.4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 21 roofing contractors listed in Amarillo, 10 verified against a public registry. See them
License and permit in Texas
Amarillo roofers: No state roofing license — voluntary RCAT program.
Check a Amarillo roofer in the Texas registry
10 contractors listed in Amarillo carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Amarillo's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAmarillo roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Amarillo household earns $62,469 a year, or $1,201 a week. A Amarillo asphalt re-roof, typically $9,000, takes 7.5 weeks of that.
Lubbock ($9,100 typical, 113 miles away) takes 7.8 weeks of its own pay, 0.33 weeks more than Amarillo.
169 of 208 other cities ask for more, 39 for less.
Sum for Amarillo: $9,000 ÷ ($62,469 ÷ 52) = 7.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Amarillo city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Amarillo
- Wolflin
- English Village
- Sleepy Hollow
- Tascosa Hills
- Puckett
- Medical Center
ZIP codes: 79101, 79102, 79106, 79109, 79119.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.