Roof Replacement Cost in Champaign, Illinois (2026)
Budget $6,790 to $15,035 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Champaign house. Against the $57,544 median income in Champaign, that is 6.1 to 13.6 weeks of work. Champaign gets 94 freeze-thaw days, 54th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Champaign is $10,900, which takes 9.8 weeks of a $57,544 median household income. Metal in Champaign: $16,490 to $38,800. Asphalt in Champaign: $6,790 to $15,035.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Champaign
Compares your price per square foot with the Champaign installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Champaign roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Champaign home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Champaign or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Champaign roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Champaign house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Champaign gets.
Price your own roof in Champaign
Champaign prices sit 3% under the national base. A typical Champaign roof is 9.8 weeks of local pay, 57th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Champaign
- 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 |
| Champaign cost index | Fixed for Champaign, not recalculated from wages | 0.97× |
| Champaign low | $7,000 × Champaign index 0.97 | $6,790, 6.1 weeks of Champaign pay |
| Champaign high | $15,500 × Champaign index 0.97 | $15,035, 13.6 weeks of Champaign pay |
| Champaign typical | Midpoint of the Champaign low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,900 |
- Where Champaign 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 Champaign. 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 Champaign
A typical asphalt roof in Champaign costs $10,900, which is 9.8 weeks of local pay and puts Champaign 57th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Champaign | 8.1 | $8,950 | 4.5% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Champaign | 10.8 | $11,900 | 6.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Champaign | 20.6 | $22,800 | 11.4% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Champaign | 28.1 | $31,050 | 15.5% |
| Concrete Tile in Champaign | 18.4 | $20,350 | 10.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Champaign* | 5.2 | $5,800 | 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 Champaign 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 Champaign. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Champaign roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Champaign household earns $57,544 a year, or $1,107 a week. A Champaign asphalt re-roof, typically $10,900, takes 9.8 weeks of that.
Decatur ($10,900 typical, 42 miles away) takes 11.2 weeks of its own pay, 1.3 weeks more than Champaign.
56 of 208 other cities ask for more, 152 for less.
Sum for Champaign: $10,900 ÷ ($57,544 ÷ 52) = 9.8 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Champaign city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Champaign's $6,790–$15,035 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Champaign pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.45 weeks in Champaign | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.90 weeks in Champaign | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.3 weeks in Champaign | $2,500 |
Storms behind Champaign roof bills
Public NOAA records for Champaign's county.
- 24days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 76days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 106 hail reports for Champaign's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 31 of them, 29% of the total.
Busiest three: May 31, April 19, March 17.
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 11, 2020, with $5,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $9,159,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 18 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Champaign County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026* | 20 |
80 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2022 had the most events among represented full years: 14.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Champaign against nearby Illinois cities
Neighbors run from 0.93× to 0.97× against Champaign's 0.97×. Closest: Decatur, about 42 mi, at $6,790 to $15,035.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign (this page) | 9.8 | — | 27 (11) | 80 |
| Decatur roofers ≈42 mi from Champaign |
11.2 | same | 18 (11) | 59 |
| Bloomington roofers ≈47 mi from Champaign |
7.5 | same | 23 (11) | 66 |
| Springfield roofers ≈77 mi from Champaign |
8.6 | same | 22 (7) | 121 |
| Peoria roofers ≈81 mi from Champaign |
9.3 | -4% | 20 (10) | 91 |
| Joliet roofers ≈98 mi from Champaign |
6.4 | same | 27 (12) | 93 |
| Rockford roofers ≈155 mi from Champaign |
10.6 | same | 30 (18) | 67 |
On the cost index Champaign sits at 0.97×, and a Champaign roof takes 9.8 weeks of its pay, rank 57 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Champaign
Share of median home value
In Champaign a typical re-roof takes 5.5% of the $199,700 median home value. 71 cities carry a heavier ratio and 137 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Champaign city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
43.7% of Champaign homes predate 1980. A roof that Champaign homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1985 is 41 years old. Oldest-first, Champaign stands #140 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Champaign city), 2019–2023The Champaign roofing market
Champaign's 2020 census population was 88,302. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the city's dominant employer with 13,934 employees, giving the local economy exceptional stability. Carle Foundation Hospital adds 6,921 jobs, and Kraft Heinz contributes 925 positions in food manufacturing. A large university campus with extensive institutional roofing needs, combined with a steady student-housing rental market, creates durable demand for both commercial re-roofing and residential repair contractors.
Roofing companies in Champaign's county
- 13roofing establishments with paid employees
- 68paid roofing employees
- 61.5%have fewer than 5 employees
- 5.2employees per firm on average
61.5% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 2 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 5.2 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Champaign, 11 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Champaign metro earns a median $60,150 a year, $17,750 below the $77,900 statewide median. 14 of 141 metros pay more than the Champaign area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Repair or replace in Champaign
Champaign homes sit 41 years from the median build year of 1985. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Champaign a repair mostly buys time. 43.7% of Champaign homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Champaign | $650 | 0.59 |
| Larger repair in Champaign | $2,900 | 2.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Champaign | $5,450 | 4.9 |
| One year of roof life in Champaign | $396 | 0.36 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Champaign: 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.
License and permit in Illinois
Champaign roofers: State roofing license required.
Check a Champaign roofer in the Illinois registry
11 contractors listed in Champaign carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Champaign's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Champaign
- Downtown Champaign
- University Park
- South Park
- Riverton
- Westmont
ZIP codes: 61820, 61821, 61822, 61823, 61824.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.