Roof Replacement Cost in Brownsville, Texas (2026)
Brownsville homeowners pay $6,510 to $14,415 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 7.0 to 15.4 weeks of the $48,675 a year the median Brownsville household takes in. Brownsville gets 145 days at 90f or hotter, 4th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Brownsville the typical asphalt re-roof costs $10,450, which is 11.2 weeks of local pay on a $48,675 median household income. Metal in Brownsville runs $15,810 to $37,200, and the Brownsville asphalt range is $6,510 to $14,415.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Brownsville installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Brownsville roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Brownsville home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Brownsville or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Brownsville roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Brownsville house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Brownsville gets.
Price your own roof in Brownsville
Brownsville prices sit 7% under the national base. A typical Brownsville roof is 11.2 weeks of local pay, 21st heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Brownsville
- 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 |
| Brownsville cost index | Fixed for Brownsville, not recalculated from wages | 0.93× |
| Brownsville low | $7,000 × Brownsville index 0.93 | $6,510, 7.0 weeks of Brownsville pay |
| Brownsville high | $15,500 × Brownsville index 0.93 | $14,415, 15.4 weeks of Brownsville pay |
| Brownsville typical | Midpoint of the Brownsville low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,450 |
- Where Brownsville 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 Brownsville
A typical asphalt roof in Brownsville costs $10,450, which is 11.2 weeks of local pay and puts Brownsville 21st of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Brownsville | 9.2 | $8,600 | 7.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Brownsville | 12.2 | $11,400 | 9.3% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Brownsville | 23.3 | $21,850 | 17.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Brownsville | 31.8 | $29,750 | 24.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Brownsville | 20.9 | $19,550 | 16.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Brownsville* | 6.0 | $5,600 | 4.6% |
* 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
Brownsville roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Brownsville household earns $48,675 a year, or $936 a week. A Brownsville asphalt re-roof, typically $10,450, takes 11.2 weeks of that.
Harlingen ($10,450 typical, 23 miles away) takes 9.7 weeks of its own pay, 1.4 weeks fewer than Brownsville.
20 of 208 other cities ask for more, 188 for less.
Sum for Brownsville: $10,450 ÷ ($48,675 ÷ 52) = 11.2 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Brownsville city), 2019–2023Brownsville against nearby Texas cities
6 neighbors share 0.93×, against Brownsville's 0.93×. Closest is Harlingen, about 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville (this page) | 11.2 | — | 19 (1) | 30 |
| Harlingen roofers ≈23 mi from Brownsville |
9.7 | same | 25 (1) | 30 |
| Edinburg roofers ≈50 mi from Brownsville |
9.4 | same | 15 (0) | 56 |
| McAllen roofers ≈50 mi from Brownsville |
9.0 | same | 22 (1) | 56 |
| Laredo roofers ≈167 mi from Brownsville |
8.6 | same | 24 (0) | 40 |
| Victoria roofers ≈203 mi from Brownsville |
8.0 | same | 29 (0) | 12 |
| Houston roofers ≈297 mi from Brownsville |
8.6 | same | 25 (19) | 133 |
On the cost index Brownsville sits at 0.93×, and a Brownsville roof takes 11.2 weeks of its pay, rank 21 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Brownsville
Share of median home value
In Brownsville a typical re-roof takes 8.5% of the $122,400 median home value. Only 18 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Brownsville city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
30.6% of Brownsville homes predate 1980. The median Brownsville home was built in 1993, so a roof never replaced there is 33 years old. Oldest-first, Brownsville stands #182 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Brownsville city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Brownsville's $6,510–$14,415 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Brownsville pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.53 weeks in Brownsville | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Brownsville | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.7 weeks in Brownsville | $2,500 |
License and permit in Texas
Brownsville roofers: No state roofing license — voluntary RCAT program.
Check a Brownsville roofer in the Texas registry
1 contractor listed in Brownsville carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Brownsville's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodStorms behind Brownsville roof bills
Public NOAA records for Brownsville's county. Harlingen shares Brownsville's county. On Harlingen: year-by-year counts, located reports. On Harlingen too: county roofing market, climate table. On Brownsville: monthly chart and costliest storm day.
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 34 hail reports for Brownsville's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 17 of them, 50% of the total.
Busiest three: April 17, June 10, November 4.
No hail was reported in 8 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was October 21, 2019, with $2,025,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $6,468,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 8 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Repair or replace in Brownsville
The median Brownsville home was built in 1993, so an original roof would be 33 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 30.6% of Brownsville homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Brownsville | $600 | 0.64 |
| Larger repair in Brownsville | $2,800 | 3.0 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Brownsville | $5,200 | 5.6 |
| One year of roof life in Brownsville | $380 | 0.41 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Brownsville: 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.
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Brownsville
- Domingo Street Area
- East Side
- Cotton Valley
ZIP codes: 78520, 78561, 78568, 78598, 78534.
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Cameron County fact sheet for Brownsville homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Cameron County
9 declarations name Cameron County (4 storm, 3 flood, 2 winter, 0 fire), against 9 NOAA hail days in Cameron County of 1 in or more in 5 of the 12 full years. The latest in Cameron County was 482 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Brownsville
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.