Roof Replacement Cost in Cary, North Carolina (2026)
Cary homeowners pay $6,370 to $14,105 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 2.6 to 5.7 weeks of the $129,399 a year the median Cary household takes in. NOAA counts 30 days of 1-inch hail in Cary's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Cary the typical asphalt re-roof costs $10,250, which is 4.1 weeks of local pay on a $129,399 median household income. Metal in Cary runs $15,470 to $36,400, and the Cary asphalt range is $6,370 to $14,105.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Cary
Compares your price per square foot with the Cary installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Cary roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Cary home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Cary or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Cary roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Cary house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Cary gets.
Price your own roof in Cary
Cary prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical Cary roof is 4.1 weeks of local pay, 209th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Cary
- 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 |
| Cary cost index | Fixed for Cary, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| Cary low | $7,000 × Cary index 0.91 | $6,370, 2.6 weeks of Cary pay |
| Cary high | $15,500 × Cary index 0.91 | $14,105, 5.7 weeks of Cary pay |
| Cary typical | Midpoint of the Cary low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where Cary 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 Cary. 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 Cary
A typical asphalt roof in Cary costs $10,250, which is 4.1 weeks of local pay and puts Cary 209th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Cary | 3.4 | $8,400 | 1.6% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Cary | 4.5 | $11,150 | 2.1% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Cary | 8.6 | $21,400 | 4.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Cary | 11.7 | $29,100 | 5.5% |
| Concrete Tile in Cary | 7.7 | $19,100 | 3.6% |
| TPO / EPDM in Cary* | 2.2 | $5,450 | 1.0% |
* 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
Storms behind Cary roof bills
Public NOAA records for Cary's county.
- 30days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 159days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 131 hail reports for Cary's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 56 of them, 43% of the total.
Busiest three: May 56, September 32, April 18.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was May 13, 2019, with $101,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $114,713,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 7 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 28 |
| 2020 | 34 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2025 | 8 |
101 recorded hail events across 7 years represented in the data. 2020 had the most events among represented full years: 34.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Cary storm history · Hail risk lookup
What weather does to a Cary 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 Cary. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Cary's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Cary pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.20 weeks in Cary | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.40 weeks in Cary | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.0 weeks in Cary | $2,500 |
Cary against nearby North Carolina cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.91× against Cary's 0.91×. Closest: Burlington, about 42 mi, at $6,370 to $14,105.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cary (this page) | 4.1 | — | 26 (8) | 101 |
| Burlington roofers ≈42 mi from Cary |
9.7 | same | 21 (6) | 10 |
| Fayetteville roofers ≈51 mi from Cary |
9.0 | -4% | 26 (5) | 9 |
| Rocky Mount roofers ≈56 mi from Cary |
10.1 | same | 28 (6) | 9 |
| High Point roofers ≈69 mi from Cary |
8.7 | same | 24 (6) | 30 |
| Winston-Salem roofers ≈85 mi from Cary |
9.2 | same | 28 (8) | 14 |
| Concord roofers ≈104 mi from Cary |
6.3 | same | 28 (8) | 20 |
On the cost index Cary sits at 0.91×, and a Cary roof takes 4.1 weeks of its pay, rank 209 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Cary
Share of median home value
In Cary a typical re-roof takes 2.0% of the $525,200 median home value. Only 2 cities carry a lighter ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Cary town), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
12.6% of Cary homes predate 1980. The median Cary home was built in 1999, so a roof never replaced there is 27 years old. Oldest-first, Cary stands #199 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Cary town), 2019–2023The Cary roofing market
Cary's 174,721 residents (2020 Census) make it North Carolina's seventh most populous municipality, with a median home value above $400,000 that supports strong re-roofing budgets. SAS Institute employs 4,024 workers, MetLife 3,100, and Verizon Business 2,000, anchoring a high-income professional base. Homeownership stands near 67 percent, keeping the residential roofing market robust in one of the fastest-growing corridors of the Southeast.
Roofing companies in Cary's county
- 118roofing establishments with paid employees
- 1,336paid roofing employees
- 66.9%have fewer than 5 employees
- 11.3employees per firm on average
66.9% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 3 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 11.3 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Cary, 8 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Cary metro earns a median $50,720 a year, $1,710 above the $49,010 statewide median. 37 of 141 metros pay more than the Cary area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in North Carolina
Cary roofers: General contractor license required for jobs over $40,000.
Check a Cary roofer in the North Carolina registry
8 contractors listed in Cary carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Cary's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Cary
The median Cary home dates from 1999. An original roof there is 27 years old, inside the 25–30 years window of architectural shingles, so repair and replacement are both live options. 12.6% of Cary homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Cary | $600 | 0.24 |
| Larger repair in Cary | $2,750 | 1.1 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Cary | $5,100 | 2.0 |
| One year of roof life in Cary | $373 | 0.15 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Cary: 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.
Cary roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Cary household earns $129,399 a year, or $2,488 a week. A Cary asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 4.1 weeks of that.
Burlington ($10,250 typical, 42 miles away) takes 9.7 weeks of its own pay, 5.6 weeks more than Cary.
208 of 208 other cities ask for more, 0 for less.
Sum for Cary: $10,250 ÷ ($129,399 ÷ 52) = 4.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Cary town), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Cary
- Cary Towne Center District
- The Village at Creedmoor
- Harmony Crossing
- Brier Creek
- Cary Mills
ZIP codes: 27513, 27518, 27519, 27520, 27521.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.