Roof Replacement Cost in Cookeville, Tennessee (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Cookeville home costs $6,090 to $13,485, which a Cookeville household on $48,501 a year earns back in 6.5 to 14.5 weeks. Cookeville gets 59.3 yearly precipitation, 15th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Cookeville the typical asphalt re-roof costs $9,800, which is 10.5 weeks of local pay on a $48,501 median household income. Metal in Cookeville runs $14,790 to $34,800, and the Cookeville asphalt range is $6,090 to $13,485.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Cookeville installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Cookeville roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Cookeville home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Cookeville or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Cookeville roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Cookeville house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Cookeville gets.
Price your own roof in Cookeville
Cookeville prices sit 13% under the national base. A typical Cookeville roof is 10.5 weeks of local pay, 35th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Cookeville
- 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 |
| Cookeville cost index | Fixed for Cookeville, not recalculated from wages | 0.87× |
| Cookeville low | $7,000 × Cookeville index 0.87 | $6,090, 6.5 weeks of Cookeville pay |
| Cookeville high | $15,500 × Cookeville index 0.87 | $13,485, 14.5 weeks of Cookeville pay |
| Cookeville typical | Midpoint of the Cookeville low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,800 |
- Where Cookeville 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 Cookeville
A typical asphalt roof in Cookeville costs $9,800, which is 10.5 weeks of local pay and puts Cookeville 35th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Cookeville | 8.6 | $8,050 | 3.1% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Cookeville | 11.4 | $10,650 | 4.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Cookeville | 21.9 | $20,450 | 7.8% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Cookeville | 29.9 | $27,850 | 10.6% |
| Concrete Tile in Cookeville | 19.6 | $18,250 | 6.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Cookeville* | 5.6 | $5,200 | 2.0% |
* 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
What weather does to a Cookeville 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 Cookeville. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Cookeville roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Cookeville household earns $48,501 a year, or $933 a week. A Cookeville asphalt re-roof, typically $9,800, takes 10.5 weeks of that.
Murfreesboro ($10,350 typical, 54 miles away) takes 7.1 weeks of its own pay, 3.4 weeks fewer than Cookeville.
34 of 208 other cities ask for more, 174 for less.
Sum for Cookeville: $9,800 ÷ ($48,501 ÷ 52) = 10.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Cookeville city), 2019–2023Cookeville against nearby Tennessee cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.92× against Cookeville's 0.87×. Closest: Murfreesboro, about 54 mi, at $6,440 to $14,260.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookeville (this page) | 10.5 | — | 27 (2) | 24 |
| Murfreesboro roofers ≈54 mi from Cookeville |
7.1 | +6% | 29 (9) | 35 |
| Hendersonville roofers ≈63 mi from Cookeville |
5.6 | same | 25 (2) | 35 |
| Chattanooga roofers ≈78 mi from Cookeville |
8.4 | +1% | 26 (5) | 19 |
| Franklin roofers ≈78 mi from Cookeville |
4.4 | same | 29 (4) | 95 |
| Knoxville roofers ≈89 mi from Cookeville |
10.2 | +2% | 25 (4) | 37 |
| Clarksville roofers ≈106 mi from Cookeville |
7.6 | same | 25 (5) | 15 |
On the cost index Cookeville sits at 0.87×, and a Cookeville roof takes 10.5 weeks of its pay, rank 35 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Cookeville
Share of median home value
In Cookeville a typical re-roof takes 3.7% of the $263,800 median home value. 156 cities carry a heavier ratio and 52 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Cookeville city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
37.3% of Cookeville homes predate 1980. A roof that Cookeville homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1990 is 36 years old. Oldest-first, Cookeville stands #169 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Cookeville city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Cookeville's $6,090–$13,485 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Cookeville pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.54 weeks in Cookeville | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Cookeville | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.7 weeks in Cookeville | $2,500 |
The Cookeville roofing market
Cookeville's 2020 census population of 34,842 has grown toward a 2025 estimate of 38,212, signaling a tight housing market with active new construction. Tennessee Tech University (1,500 employees) and Cookeville Regional Medical Center (1,600 employees) anchor the economy alongside Putnam County schools (1,200 employees). University-driven rental housing and the post-2020 tornado rebuilding pipeline have kept local roofing contractors busier than the raw city-size figure suggests.
Roofing companies in Cookeville's county
- 5roofing establishments with paid employees
- 80%have fewer than 5 employees
80% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 16 points above the 190-city median of 64%.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Cookeville, 2 verified against a public registry. See them
License and permit in Tennessee
Cookeville roofers: State contractor license.
Check a Cookeville roofer in the Tennessee registry
2 contractors listed in Cookeville carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Cookeville's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Cookeville
Cookeville homes sit 36 years from the median build year of 1990. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Cookeville a repair mostly buys time. 37.3% of Cookeville homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Cookeville | $550 | 0.59 |
| Larger repair in Cookeville | $2,600 | 2.8 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Cookeville | $4,900 | 5.3 |
| One year of roof life in Cookeville | $356 | 0.38 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Cookeville: 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.
Storms behind Cookeville roof bills
Public NOAA records for Cookeville's county.
- 10days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 45days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 35 hail reports for Cookeville's county since 2014. July is the busiest month with 17 of them, 49% of the total.
Busiest three: July 17, May 6, February 3.
No hail was reported in 6 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was March 3, 2020, with $100,020,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $103,109,710. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 9 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF4.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Putnam County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
24 recorded hail events across 5 years represented in the data. 2017 had the most events among represented full years: 9.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Cookeville storm history · Hail risk lookup
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Cookeville
- Downtown Cookeville
- Northside
- Southside Estates
- Cedar Grove
- Tuckaleechee
ZIP codes: 38501, 38502, 38504, 38506, 38507.
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