Roof Replacement Cost in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (2026)
Budget $6,090 to $13,485 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Cedar Rapids house. Against the $67,859 median income in Cedar Rapids, that is 4.7 to 10.3 weeks of work. Cedar Rapids gets 98 freeze-thaw days, 30th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Cedar Rapids is $9,800, which takes 7.5 weeks of a $67,859 median household income. Metal in Cedar Rapids: $14,790 to $34,800. Asphalt in Cedar Rapids: $6,090 to $13,485.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Cedar Rapids installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Cedar Rapids roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Cedar Rapids home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Cedar Rapids or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Cedar Rapids roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Cedar Rapids house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Cedar Rapids gets.
Price your own roof in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids prices sit 13% under the national base. A typical Cedar Rapids roof is 7.5 weeks of local pay, 168th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Cedar Rapids
- 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 |
| Cedar Rapids cost index | Fixed for Cedar Rapids, not recalculated from wages | 0.87× |
| Cedar Rapids low | $7,000 × Cedar Rapids index 0.87 | $6,090, 4.7 weeks of Cedar Rapids pay |
| Cedar Rapids high | $15,500 × Cedar Rapids index 0.87 | $13,485, 10.3 weeks of Cedar Rapids pay |
| Cedar Rapids typical | Midpoint of the Cedar Rapids low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,800 |
- Where Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids. 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 Cedar Rapids
A typical asphalt roof in Cedar Rapids costs $9,800, which is 7.5 weeks of local pay and puts Cedar Rapids 168th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Cedar Rapids | 6.2 | $8,050 | 4.5% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Cedar Rapids | 8.2 | $10,650 | 6.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Cedar Rapids | 15.7 | $20,450 | 11.5% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Cedar Rapids | 21.3 | $27,850 | 15.7% |
| Concrete Tile in Cedar Rapids | 14.0 | $18,250 | 10.3% |
| TPO / EPDM in Cedar Rapids* | 4.0 | $5,200 | 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 Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Repair or replace in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids homes sit 53 years from the median build year of 1973. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Cedar Rapids a repair mostly buys time. 60% of Cedar Rapids homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Cedar Rapids | $550 | 0.42 |
| Larger repair in Cedar Rapids | $2,600 | 2.0 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Cedar Rapids | $4,900 | 3.8 |
| One year of roof life in Cedar Rapids | $356 | 0.27 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Cedar Rapids: 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.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Cedar Rapids's $6,090–$13,485 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Cedar Rapids pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.38 weeks in Cedar Rapids | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.77 weeks in Cedar Rapids | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Cedar Rapids | $2,500 |
Storms behind Cedar Rapids roof bills
Public NOAA records for Cedar Rapids's county.
- 25days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 58days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 175 hail reports for Cedar Rapids's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 81 of them, 46% of the total.
Busiest three: April 81, June 47, March 15.
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 July 17, 2016, with $250,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $486,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 21 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 35 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026* | 25 |
131 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 11.8 per represented full year. 2020 had the most events among represented full years: 35.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Cedar Rapids against nearby Iowa cities
6 neighbors share 0.87×, against Cedar Rapids's 0.87×. Closest is Iowa City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids (this page) | 7.5 | — | 29 (0) | 131 |
| Iowa City roofers ≈23 mi from Cedar Rapids |
8.9 | same | 23 (0) | 91 |
| Waterloo roofers ≈50 mi from Cedar Rapids |
9.0 | same | 27 (0) | 59 |
| Dubuque roofers ≈63 mi from Cedar Rapids |
7.8 | same | 20 (0) | 48 |
| Davenport roofers ≈64 mi from Cedar Rapids |
7.9 | same | 29 (0) | 108 |
| Ames roofers ≈100 mi from Cedar Rapids |
8.5 | same | 23 (0) | 126 |
| Council Bluffs roofers ≈221 mi from Cedar Rapids |
8.0 | same | 18 (0) | 70 |
On the cost index Cedar Rapids sits at 0.87×, and a Cedar Rapids roof takes 7.5 weeks of its pay, rank 168 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Cedar Rapids
Share of median home value
In Cedar Rapids a typical re-roof takes 5.5% of the $177,100 median home value. 69 cities carry a heavier ratio and 139 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Cedar Rapids city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
60% of Cedar Rapids homes predate 1980. A roof that Cedar Rapids homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1973 is 53 years old. Oldest-first, Cedar Rapids stands #65 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Cedar Rapids city), 2019–2023The Cedar Rapids roofing market
Cedar Rapids counted 137,710 residents in the 2020 census, making it Iowa's second largest city. Collins Aerospace is the dominant private employer with 5,000 to 9,999 workers on site, anchoring a manufacturing and aerospace economy that drives steady commercial and industrial roofing demand. Cedar Rapids also ranks among the world's largest corn-processing centers, with grain processing supporting roughly 4,000 jobs. This mix of large industrial employers and a dense residential base creates consistent roofing demand across both commercial and residential sectors.
Roofing companies in Cedar Rapids's county
- 18roofing establishments with paid employees
- 237paid roofing employees
- 61.1%have fewer than 5 employees
- 13.2employees per firm on average
61.1% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 2 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 13.2 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 29 roofing contractors listed in Cedar Rapids. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Cedar Rapids metro earns a median $47,840 a year, $820 below the $48,660 statewide median. 72 of 141 metros pay more than the Cedar Rapids area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Iowa
Cedar Rapids roofers: State contractor registration.
Permit: Cedar Rapids's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodCedar Rapids roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Cedar Rapids household earns $67,859 a year, or $1,305 a week. A Cedar Rapids asphalt re-roof, typically $9,800, takes 7.5 weeks of that.
Iowa City ($9,800 typical, 23 miles away) takes 8.9 weeks of its own pay, 1.3 weeks more than Cedar Rapids.
167 of 208 other cities ask for more, 41 for less.
Sum for Cedar Rapids: $9,800 ÷ ($67,859 ÷ 52) = 7.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Cedar Rapids city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Cedar Rapids
- Westwood
- North Park
- East High School
- Hawkeye Trails
- Cedar Rapids Downtown
ZIP codes: 52401, 52403, 52404, 52409, 52427.
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