Roof Replacement Cost in Bloomington, Illinois (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Bloomington, IL runs $6,790 to $15,035. The median Bloomington, IL household earns $75,449 a year, so that is 4.7 to 10.4 weeks of its pay. Bloomington, IL gets 95 freeze-thaw days, 48th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,900 for asphalt shingles in Bloomington, IL, or 7.5 weeks of the median household's $75,449. Metal roofs in Bloomington, IL cost $16,490 to $38,800; asphalt ranges from $6,790 to $15,035.
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What would a Bloomington, IL roof cost per month?
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How much life is left in my Bloomington, IL roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Bloomington, IL house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Bloomington, IL gets.
Price your own roof in Bloomington
Bloomington, IL prices sit 3% under the national base. A typical Bloomington, IL roof is 7.5 weeks of local pay, 167th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Bloomington
- 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 |
| Bloomington, IL cost index | Fixed for Bloomington, IL, not recalculated from wages | 0.97× |
| Bloomington, IL low | $7,000 × Bloomington, IL index 0.97 | $6,790, 4.7 weeks of Bloomington, IL pay |
| Bloomington, IL high | $15,500 × Bloomington, IL index 0.97 | $15,035, 10.4 weeks of Bloomington, IL pay |
| Bloomington, IL typical | Midpoint of the Bloomington, IL low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,900 |
- Where Bloomington, IL 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 Bloomington, IL
A typical asphalt roof in Bloomington, IL costs $10,900, which is 7.5 weeks of local pay and puts Bloomington, IL 167th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Bloomington, IL | 6.2 | $8,950 | 4.5% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Bloomington, IL | 8.2 | $11,900 | 6.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Bloomington, IL | 15.7 | $22,800 | 11.5% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Bloomington, IL | 21.4 | $31,050 | 15.6% |
| Concrete Tile in Bloomington, IL | 14.0 | $20,350 | 10.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Bloomington, IL* | 4.0 | $5,800 | 2.9% |
* 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
What weather does to a Bloomington, IL 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 Bloomington, IL. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Bloomington, IL's $6,790–$15,035 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Bloomington, IL pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.34 weeks in Bloomington, IL | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.69 weeks in Bloomington, IL | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.7 weeks in Bloomington, IL | $2,500 |
Bloomington, IL against nearby Illinois cities
Neighbors run from 0.93× to 0.97× against Bloomington's 0.97×. Closest: Peoria, about 34 mi, at $6,510 to $14,415.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington, IL (this page) | 7.5 | — | 23 (11) | 66 |
| Peoria roofers ≈34 mi from Bloomington, IL |
9.3 | -4% | 20 (10) | 91 |
| Decatur roofers ≈44 mi from Bloomington, IL |
11.2 | same | 18 (11) | 59 |
| Champaign roofers ≈47 mi from Bloomington, IL |
9.8 | same | 27 (11) | 80 |
| Springfield roofers ≈58 mi from Bloomington, IL |
8.6 | same | 22 (7) | 121 |
| Joliet roofers ≈86 mi from Bloomington, IL |
6.4 | same | 27 (12) | 93 |
| Rockford roofers ≈123 mi from Bloomington, IL |
10.6 | same | 30 (18) | 67 |
On the cost index Bloomington, IL sits at 0.97×, and a Bloomington, IL roof takes 7.5 weeks of its pay, rank 167 of 209.
Storms behind Bloomington, IL roof bills
Public NOAA records for Bloomington, IL's county.
- 19days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 54days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 83 hail reports for Bloomington, IL's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 33 of them, 40% of the total.
Busiest three: May 33, April 15, June 12.
No hail was reported in 2 of the 12 months (October to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was July 11, 2020, with $1,050,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $1,969,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 20 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, McLean County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 28 |
| 2026* | 5 |
66 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 6.8 per represented full year. 2025 had the most events among represented full years: 28.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
What a re-roof costs against home values in Bloomington, IL
Share of median home value
In Bloomington, IL a typical re-roof takes 5.5% of the $198,800 median home value. 70 cities carry a heavier ratio and 138 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Bloomington city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
48% of Bloomington, IL homes predate 1980. The median Bloomington, IL home was built in 1982, so a roof never replaced there is 44 years old. Oldest-first, Bloomington, IL stands #124 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Bloomington city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Bloomington, IL
The median Bloomington, IL home was built in 1982, so an original roof would be 44 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 48% of Bloomington, IL homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Bloomington, IL | $650 | 0.45 |
| Larger repair in Bloomington, IL | $2,900 | 2.0 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Bloomington, IL | $5,450 | 3.8 |
| One year of roof life in Bloomington, IL | $396 | 0.27 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Bloomington, IL: 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.
The Bloomington, IL roofing market
Bloomington had 78,680 residents at the 2020 census and anchors a metropolitan economy built on insurance and financial services. State Farm Insurance, headquartered here since 1922, employed 14,731 locally as of 2018 and drives a large professional workforce with high homeownership rates. Country Financial (1,972 employees) and Illinois State University (3,281 employees) add further economic stability. That concentration of well-employed residents sustains consistent roofing demand from a dense stock of mid-century single-family homes.
Roofing companies in Bloomington, IL's county
- 6roofing establishments with paid employees
- 25paid roofing employees
- 66.7%have fewer than 5 employees
- 4.2employees 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 4.2 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 23 roofing contractors listed in Bloomington, IL, 11 verified against a public registry. See them
License and permit in Illinois
Bloomington, IL roofers: State roofing license required.
Check a Bloomington, IL roofer in the Illinois registry
11 contractors listed in Bloomington, IL carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Bloomington, IL's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodBloomington, IL roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Bloomington, IL household earns $75,449 a year, or $1,451 a week. A Bloomington, IL asphalt re-roof, typically $10,900, takes 7.5 weeks of that.
Peoria ($10,450 typical, 34 miles away) takes 9.3 weeks of its own pay, 1.7 weeks more than Bloomington, IL.
166 of 208 other cities ask for more, 42 for less.
Sum for Bloomington, IL: $10,900 ÷ ($75,449 ÷ 52) = 7.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Bloomington city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Bloomington, IL
- Normal
- Bloomington-Normal East
- Bloomington West
- University Heights
- Hillcrest
ZIP codes: 61701, 61702, 61703, 61704, 61705.
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