Roof Replacement Cost in Anderson, Indiana (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Anderson runs $6,230 to $13,795. The median Anderson household earns $47,221 a year, so that is 6.9 to 15.2 weeks of its pay. The median Anderson home dates from 1961. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,000 for asphalt shingles in Anderson, or 11.0 weeks of the median household's $47,221. Metal roofs in Anderson cost $15,130 to $35,600; asphalt ranges from $6,230 to $13,795.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Anderson
Compares your price per square foot with the Anderson installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Anderson roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Anderson home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Anderson or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Anderson roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Anderson house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Anderson gets.
Price your own roof in Anderson
Anderson prices sit 11% under the national base. A typical Anderson roof is 11.0 weeks of local pay, 25th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Anderson
- 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 |
| Anderson cost index | Fixed for Anderson, not recalculated from wages | 0.89× |
| Anderson low | $7,000 × Anderson index 0.89 | $6,230, 6.9 weeks of Anderson pay |
| Anderson high | $15,500 × Anderson index 0.89 | $13,795, 15.2 weeks of Anderson pay |
| Anderson typical | Midpoint of the Anderson low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,000 |
- Where Anderson 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 Anderson. 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 Anderson
A typical asphalt roof in Anderson costs $10,000, which is 11.0 weeks of local pay and puts Anderson 25th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Anderson | 9.1 | $8,250 | 7.9% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Anderson | 12.0 | $10,900 | 10.5% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Anderson | 23.0 | $20,900 | 20.0% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Anderson | 31.4 | $28,500 | 27.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Anderson | 20.6 | $18,700 | 17.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Anderson* | 5.9 | $5,350 | 5.1% |
* 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 Anderson
The median Anderson home was built in 1961, so an original roof would be 65 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 76.5% of Anderson homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Anderson | $600 | 0.66 |
| Larger repair in Anderson | $2,650 | 2.9 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Anderson | $5,000 | 5.5 |
| One year of roof life in Anderson | $364 | 0.40 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Anderson: 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.
Anderson roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Anderson household earns $47,221 a year, or $908 a week. A Anderson asphalt re-roof, typically $10,000, takes 11.0 weeks of that.
Muncie ($10,000 typical, 17 miles away) takes 12.0 weeks of its own pay, 0.97 weeks more than Anderson.
24 of 208 other cities ask for more, 184 for less.
Sum for Anderson: $10,000 ÷ ($47,221 ÷ 52) = 11.0 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Anderson city), 2019–2023What weather does to a Anderson 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 Anderson. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Anderson's $6,230–$13,795 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Anderson pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.55 weeks in Anderson | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Anderson | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.8 weeks in Anderson | $2,500 |
Anderson against nearby Indiana cities
6 neighbors share 0.89×, against Anderson's 0.89×. Closest is Muncie, about 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson (this page) | 11.0 | — | 25 (0) | 36 |
| Muncie roofers ≈17 mi from Anderson |
12.0 | same | 24 (0) | 19 |
| Kokomo roofers ≈36 mi from Anderson |
9.6 | same | 22 (0) | 10 |
| Lafayette roofers ≈67 mi from Anderson |
9.8 | same | 27 (0) | 22 |
| Fort Wayne roofers ≈76 mi from Anderson |
8.6 | same | 29 (0) | 55 |
| Bloomington roofers ≈79 mi from Anderson |
10.6 | same | 27 (0) | 34 |
| Terre Haute roofers ≈102 mi from Anderson |
12.4 | same | 26 (0) | 18 |
On the cost index Anderson sits at 0.89×, and a Anderson roof takes 11.0 weeks of its pay, rank 25 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Anderson
Share of median home value
In Anderson a typical re-roof takes 9.6% of the $104,300 median home value. Only 7 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Anderson city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
76.5% of Anderson homes predate 1980. The median Anderson home was built in 1961, so a roof never replaced there is 65 years old. Oldest-first, Anderson stands #26 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Anderson city), 2019–2023Storms behind Anderson roof bills
Public NOAA records for Anderson's county.
- 15days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 49days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 43 hail reports for Anderson's county since 2014. March is the busiest month with 19 of them, 44% of the total.
Busiest three: March 19, June 13, April 5.
No hail was reported in 6 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was April 2, 2025, with $4,320,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $6,508,200. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 8 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Madison County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026* | 2 |
36 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2017 had the most events among represented full years: 13.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Anderson storm history · Hail risk lookup
The Anderson roofing market
Anderson's 2020 population stood at 54,788. The local economy shifted significantly after General Motors closed its Anderson operations, removing the city's anchor industrial employer. Today the largest employers include Community Hospital Anderson at 1,980 staff and St. Vincent Health at 1,410. Nestle, Anderson University, and logistics firm Carter Express round out the top employers. The post-GM housing stock -- much of it mid-century -- represents substantial re-roofing demand as these homes age past the 25-30 year replacement threshold.
Roofing companies in Anderson's county
- 6roofing establishments with paid employees
- 24paid roofing employees
- 66.7%have fewer than 5 employees
- 4.0employees per firm on average
66.7% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 3 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 25 roofing contractors listed in Anderson. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Anderson metro earns a median $51,580 a year, $6,400 below the $57,980 statewide median. 33 of 141 metros pay more than the Anderson area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Anderson
- Eastside
- Westside
- Downtown Anderson
- New London
- Pikeville
ZIP codes: 46012, 46057, 46013, 46801, 46019.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.