Roof Replacement Cost in Canton, Ohio (2026)
Budget $6,370 to $14,105 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Canton house. Against the $39,754 median income in Canton, that is 8.3 to 18.4 weeks of work. The median Canton home dates from 1948. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Canton is $10,250, which takes 13.4 weeks of a $39,754 median household income. Metal in Canton: $15,470 to $36,400. Asphalt in Canton: $6,370 to $14,105.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Canton installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Canton roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Canton home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Canton or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Canton roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Canton house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Canton gets.
Price your own roof in Canton
Canton prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical Canton roof is 13.4 weeks of local pay, 5th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Canton
- 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 |
| Canton cost index | Fixed for Canton, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| Canton low | $7,000 × Canton index 0.91 | $6,370, 8.3 weeks of Canton pay |
| Canton high | $15,500 × Canton index 0.91 | $14,105, 18.4 weeks of Canton pay |
| Canton typical | Midpoint of the Canton low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where Canton 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 Canton. 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 Canton
A typical asphalt roof in Canton costs $10,250, which is 13.4 weeks of local pay and puts Canton 5th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Canton | 11.0 | $8,400 | 8.9% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Canton | 14.6 | $11,150 | 11.8% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Canton | 28.0 | $21,400 | 22.7% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Canton | 38.1 | $29,100 | 30.8% |
| Concrete Tile in Canton | 25.0 | $19,100 | 20.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Canton* | 7.1 | $5,450 | 5.8% |
* 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 Canton
Canton homes sit 78 years from the median build year of 1948. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Canton a repair mostly buys time. 88.3% of Canton homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Canton | $600 | 0.78 |
| Larger repair in Canton | $2,750 | 3.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Canton | $5,100 | 6.7 |
| One year of roof life in Canton | $373 | 0.49 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Canton: 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.
Canton roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Canton household earns $39,754 a year, or $764 a week. A Canton asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 13.4 weeks of that.
Akron ($10,250 typical, 21 miles away) takes 11.0 weeks of its own pay, 2.4 weeks fewer than Canton.
4 of 208 other cities ask for more, 204 for less.
Sum for Canton: $10,250 ÷ ($39,754 ÷ 52) = 13.4 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Canton city), 2019–2023What weather does to a Canton 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 Canton. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Canton against nearby Ohio cities
6 neighbors share 0.91×, against Canton's 0.91×. Closest is Akron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton (this page) | 13.4 | — | 27 (0) | 27 |
| Akron roofers ≈21 mi from Canton |
11.0 | same | 29 (0) | 40 |
| Youngstown roofers ≈43 mi from Canton |
15.3 | same | 27 (0) | 22 |
| Mansfield roofers ≈59 mi from Canton |
12.5 | same | 27 (0) | 26 |
| Lorain roofers ≈62 mi from Canton |
11.6 | same | 28 (0) | 23 |
| Newark roofers ≈74 mi from Canton |
9.0 | same | 28 (0) | 40 |
| Toledo roofers ≈128 mi from Canton |
11.2 | same | 29 (0) | 29 |
On the cost index Canton sits at 0.91×, and a Canton roof takes 13.4 weeks of its pay, rank 5 of 209.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Canton's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Canton pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.65 weeks in Canton | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.3 weeks in Canton | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 3.3 weeks in Canton | $2,500 |
What a re-roof costs against home values in Canton
Share of median home value
In Canton a typical re-roof takes 10.9% of the $94,400 median home value. Only 6 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Canton city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
88.3% of Canton homes predate 1980. A roof that Canton homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1948 is 78 years old. Oldest-first, Canton stands #1 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Canton city), 2019–2023Storms behind Canton roof bills
Public NOAA records for Canton's county.
- 14days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 48days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 35 hail reports for Canton's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 11 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: May 11, June 8, April 5.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (February to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was March 14, 2019, with $270,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $1,191,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 7 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Stark County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2026* | 3 |
27 recorded hail events across 6 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2020 had the most events among represented full years: 8.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Canton storm history · Hail risk lookup
The Canton roofing market
Canton's 2020 census population was 70,872. Healthcare dominates the employer base: Aultman Hospital leads with 4,423 employees, followed by Cleveland Clinic Mercy at 2,420 and Stark County government at 2,172. TimkenSteel (1,613 employees) anchors the remaining industrial sector. The city's dense mid-century housing stock and active institutional construction tied to the Pro Football Hall of Fame corridor sustain steady residential and commercial roofing demand across a mature, service-anchored local economy.
Roofing companies in Canton's county
- 40roofing establishments with paid employees
- 203paid roofing employees
- 80%have fewer than 5 employees
- 5.1employees per firm on average
80% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 16 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 5.1 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Canton. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Canton metro earns a median $59,430 a year, $10,040 above the $49,390 statewide median. 18 of 141 metros pay more than the Canton area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Canton
- Canton West End
- Downtown Canton
- Broadmoor
- Hartford Park
- South Canton
ZIP codes: 44702, 44718, 44703, 44709, 44706.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.