Roof Replacement Cost in Cape Girardeau, Missouri (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Cape Girardeau usually land between $6,160 to $13,640. On Cape Girardeau's median household income of $54,870 a year that works out to 5.8 to 12.9 weeks of pay. Cape Girardeau gets 11.2 days with an inch of rain, 34th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: A typical Cape Girardeau asphalt roof costs $9,900. That is 9.4 weeks of pay for a household earning $54,870 a year. Metal in Cape Girardeau runs $14,960 to $35,200, against $6,160 to $13,640 for asphalt.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Cape Girardeau installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Cape Girardeau roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Cape Girardeau home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Cape Girardeau or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Cape Girardeau roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Cape Girardeau house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Cape Girardeau gets.
Price your own roof in Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau prices sit 12% under the national base. A typical Cape Girardeau roof is 9.4 weeks of local pay, 76th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Cape Girardeau
- 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 |
| Cape Girardeau cost index | Fixed for Cape Girardeau, not recalculated from wages | 0.88× |
| Cape Girardeau low | $7,000 × Cape Girardeau index 0.88 | $6,160, 5.8 weeks of Cape Girardeau pay |
| Cape Girardeau high | $15,500 × Cape Girardeau index 0.88 | $13,640, 12.9 weeks of Cape Girardeau pay |
| Cape Girardeau typical | Midpoint of the Cape Girardeau low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,900 |
- Where Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau
A typical asphalt roof in Cape Girardeau costs $9,900, which is 9.4 weeks of local pay and puts Cape Girardeau 76th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Cape Girardeau | 7.7 | $8,150 | 4.4% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Cape Girardeau | 10.2 | $10,800 | 5.8% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Cape Girardeau | 19.6 | $20,700 | 11.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Cape Girardeau | 26.7 | $28,150 | 15.1% |
| Concrete Tile in Cape Girardeau | 17.5 | $18,500 | 9.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Cape Girardeau* | 5.0 | $5,300 | 2.8% |
* 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
What weather does to a Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Repair or replace in Cape Girardeau
The median Cape Girardeau home was built in 1975, so an original roof would be 51 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 58.6% of Cape Girardeau homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Cape Girardeau | $550 | 0.52 |
| Larger repair in Cape Girardeau | $2,650 | 2.5 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Cape Girardeau | $4,950 | 4.7 |
| One year of roof life in Cape Girardeau | $360 | 0.34 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Cape Girardeau: 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.
Cape Girardeau roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Cape Girardeau household earns $54,870 a year, or $1,055 a week. A Cape Girardeau asphalt re-roof, typically $9,900, takes 9.4 weeks of that.
Jefferson City ($9,900 typical, 170 miles away) takes 7.7 weeks of its own pay, 1.7 weeks fewer than Cape Girardeau.
75 of 208 other cities ask for more, 133 for less.
Sum for Cape Girardeau: $9,900 ÷ ($54,870 ÷ 52) = 9.4 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Cape Girardeau city), 2019–2023Cape Girardeau against nearby Missouri cities
Neighbors run from 0.86× to 0.88× against Cape Girardeau's 0.88×. Closest: Jefferson City, about 170 mi, at $6,160 to $13,640.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Girardeau (this page) | 9.4 | — | 26 (0) | 22 |
| Jefferson City roofers ≈170 mi from Cape Girardeau |
7.7 | same | 26 (0) | 16 |
| Columbia roofers ≈192 mi from Cape Girardeau |
8.0 | same | 27 (0) | 18 |
| Springfield roofers ≈208 mi from Cape Girardeau |
11.0 | -2% | 20 (0) | 152 |
| Joplin roofers ≈275 mi from Cape Girardeau |
10.1 | same | 29 (0) | 84 |
| St. Joseph roofers ≈338 mi from Cape Girardeau |
9.3 | same | 14 (0) | 13 |
On the cost index Cape Girardeau sits at 0.88×, and a Cape Girardeau roof takes 9.4 weeks of its pay, rank 76 of 209.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Cape Girardeau's $6,160–$13,640 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Cape Girardeau pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.47 weeks in Cape Girardeau | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.95 weeks in Cape Girardeau | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.4 weeks in Cape Girardeau | $2,500 |
What a re-roof costs against home values in Cape Girardeau
Share of median home value
In Cape Girardeau a typical re-roof takes 5.3% of the $186,100 median home value. 80 cities carry a heavier ratio and 128 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Cape Girardeau city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
58.6% of Cape Girardeau homes predate 1980. The median Cape Girardeau home was built in 1975, so a roof never replaced there is 51 years old. Oldest-first, Cape Girardeau stands #76 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Cape Girardeau city), 2019–2023The Cape Girardeau roofing market
Cape Girardeau's 2020 census population was 39,540. Healthcare anchors the economy with two major systems as the top employers: St. Francis Medical Center (3,143 workers) and Mercy Hospital Southeast (2,950). Procter and Gamble manufacturing employs 1,200 more. Southeast Missouri State University and over 100 firms with at least 100 employees add broad demand for commercial and residential roofing across a steadily growing regional hub.
Roofing companies in Cape Girardeau's county
- 3roofing establishments with paid employees
On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Cape Girardeau. See them
Storms behind Cape Girardeau roof bills
Public NOAA records for Cape Girardeau's county.
- 13days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 53days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 31 hail reports for Cape Girardeau's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 11 of them, 35% of the total.
Busiest three: April 11, March 4, February 3.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was January 11, 2020, with $753,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $2,347,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 9 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Cape Girardeau County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026* | 1 |
22 recorded hail events across 7 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2017 had the most events among represented full years: 6.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
License and permit in Missouri
Cape Girardeau roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Cape Girardeau's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Cape Girardeau
- Southeast Cape Girardeau
- Northwest Cape Girardeau
- West Cape Girardeau
- Downtown Cape Girardeau
- East Cape Girardeau
ZIP codes: 63701, 63702, 63703, 63704, 63705.
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Cape Girardeau County fact sheet for Cape Girardeau homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Cape Girardeau County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Cape Girardeau County 7 times, split 3 storm-type, 4 flood, 0 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Cape Girardeau County 13 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 9 of 12 full years. The latest in Cape Girardeau County was 43 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Cape Girardeau
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