Roof Replacement Cost in Clearwater, Florida (2026)
Budget $7,350 to $16,275 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Clearwater house. Against the $64,440 median income in Clearwater, that is 5.9 to 13.1 weeks of work. Clearwater gets 54.8 yearly precipitation, 38th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Clearwater is $11,800, which takes 9.5 weeks of a $64,440 median household income. Metal in Clearwater: $17,850 to $42,000. Asphalt in Clearwater: $7,350 to $16,275.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Clearwater installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Clearwater roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Clearwater home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Clearwater or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Clearwater roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Clearwater house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Clearwater gets.
Price your own roof in Clearwater
Clearwater prices sit 5% over the national base. A typical Clearwater roof is 9.5 weeks of local pay, 71st heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Clearwater
- 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 |
| Clearwater cost index | Fixed for Clearwater, not recalculated from wages | 1.05× |
| Clearwater low | $7,000 × Clearwater index 1.05 | $7,350, 5.9 weeks of Clearwater pay |
| Clearwater high | $15,500 × Clearwater index 1.05 | $16,275, 13.1 weeks of Clearwater pay |
| Clearwater typical | Midpoint of the Clearwater low and high, rounded to $50 | $11,800 |
- Where Clearwater 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 Clearwater. 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 Clearwater
A typical asphalt roof in Clearwater costs $11,800, which is 9.5 weeks of local pay and puts Clearwater 71st of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Clearwater | 7.8 | $9,700 | 3.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Clearwater | 10.4 | $12,850 | 3.9% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Clearwater | 19.9 | $24,700 | 7.6% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Clearwater | 27.1 | $33,600 | 10.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Clearwater | 17.8 | $22,050 | 6.8% |
| TPO / EPDM in Clearwater* | 5.1 | $6,300 | 1.9% |
* 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 Clearwater 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 Clearwater. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Clearwater roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Clearwater household earns $64,440 a year, or $1,239 a week. A Clearwater asphalt re-roof, typically $11,800, takes 9.5 weeks of that.
Sarasota ($11,800 typical, 46 miles away) takes 8.8 weeks of its own pay, 0.76 weeks fewer than Clearwater.
70 of 208 other cities ask for more, 138 for less.
Sum for Clearwater: $11,800 ÷ ($64,440 ÷ 52) = 9.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Clearwater city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Clearwater
Clearwater homes sit 48 years from the median build year of 1978. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Clearwater a repair mostly buys time. 56.2% of Clearwater homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Clearwater | $700 | 0.56 |
| Larger repair in Clearwater | $3,150 | 2.5 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Clearwater | $5,900 | 4.8 |
| One year of roof life in Clearwater | $429 | 0.35 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Clearwater: 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.
Clearwater against nearby Florida cities
Neighbors run from 0.90× to 1.05× against Clearwater's 1.05×. Closest: Sarasota, about 46 mi, at $7,350 to $16,275.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater (this page) | 9.5 | — | 24 (18) | 5 |
| Sarasota roofers ≈46 mi from Clearwater |
8.8 | same | 30 (21) | 1 |
| Lakeland roofers ≈52 mi from Clearwater |
8.8 | -12% | 27 (13) | 15 |
| Ocala roofers ≈93 mi from Clearwater |
9.8 | -14% | 29 (16) | 16 |
| Fort Myers roofers ≈108 mi from Clearwater |
9.9 | same | 24 (17) | 11 |
| Cape Coral roofers ≈110 mi from Clearwater |
8.1 | same | 22 (11) | 11 |
| Deltona roofers ≈114 mi from Clearwater |
8.4 | same | 27 (15) | 43 |
On the cost index Clearwater sits at 1.05×, and a Clearwater roof takes 9.5 weeks of its pay, rank 71 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Clearwater
Share of median home value
In Clearwater a typical re-roof takes 3.6% of the $326,100 median home value. 163 cities carry a heavier ratio and 45 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Clearwater city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
56.2% of Clearwater homes predate 1980. A roof that Clearwater homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1978 is 48 years old. Oldest-first, Clearwater stands #88 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Clearwater city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Clearwater's $7,350–$16,275 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Clearwater pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.40 weeks in Clearwater | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.81 weeks in Clearwater | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.0 weeks in Clearwater | $2,500 |
The Clearwater roofing market
Clearwater's 2020 census population was 117,292, anchoring the densely developed Pinellas County coastal market. Major employers include Morton Plant Hospital, Tech Data, and Honeywell, supporting a workforce the city estimated at roughly 50,400 as of 2016. The local economy leans on healthcare, technology distribution, and tourism, all sectors that maintain large physical facilities requiring active roof maintenance. Downtown high-rise condo development and marina expansion signal ongoing construction activity that creates new roofing project volume alongside the established residential replacement market.
Roofing companies in Clearwater's county
- 76roofing establishments with paid employees
- 1,018paid roofing employees
- 60.5%have fewer than 5 employees
- 13.4employees per firm on average
60.5% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 3 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 13.4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 24 roofing contractors listed in Clearwater, 18 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Clearwater metro earns a median $47,170 a year, $420 below the $47,590 statewide median. 87 of 141 metros pay more than the Clearwater area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Florida
Clearwater roofers: State license required.
Check a Clearwater roofer in the Florida registry
18 contractors listed in Clearwater carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Clearwater's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodStorms behind Clearwater roof bills
Public NOAA records for Clearwater's county.
- 3days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1 inlargest hailstone reported
- 27days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 7 hail reports for Clearwater's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 3 of them, 43% of the total.
Busiest three: June 3, May 2, March 1.
No hail was reported in 8 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was December 16, 2020, with $16,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $19,293,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 20 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Pinellas County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2018 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
5 recorded hail events across 4 years represented in the data. 2019 had the most events among represented full years: 2.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Clearwater
- Clearwater Beach
- Tarpon Springs
- Dunedin
- Oldsmar
ZIP codes: 33756, 34620, 34612, 33765, 34632.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.