Roof Replacement Cost in Denver, Colorado (2026)
Denver homeowners pay $7,560 to $16,740 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 4.3 to 9.5 weeks of the $91,681 a year the median Denver household takes in. Denver gets 147 freeze-thaw days, 2nd highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Denver the typical asphalt re-roof costs $12,150, which is 6.9 weeks of local pay on a $91,681 median household income. Metal in Denver runs $18,360 to $43,200, and the Denver asphalt range is $7,560 to $16,740.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Denver
Compares your price per square foot with the Denver installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Denver roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Denver home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Denver or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Denver roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Denver house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Denver gets.
Price your own roof in Denver
Denver prices sit 8% over the national base. A typical Denver roof is 6.9 weeks of local pay, 186th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Denver
- 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 |
| Denver cost index | Fixed for Denver, not recalculated from wages | 1.08× |
| Denver low | $7,000 × Denver index 1.08 | $7,560, 4.3 weeks of Denver pay |
| Denver high | $15,500 × Denver index 1.08 | $16,740, 9.5 weeks of Denver pay |
| Denver typical | Midpoint of the Denver low and high, rounded to $50 | $12,150 |
- Where Denver 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 Denver. 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 Denver
A typical asphalt roof in Denver costs $12,150, which is 6.9 weeks of local pay and puts Denver 186th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Denver | 5.7 | $10,000 | 1.7% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Denver | 7.5 | $13,250 | 2.3% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Denver | 14.4 | $25,400 | 4.3% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Denver | 19.6 | $34,550 | 5.9% |
| Concrete Tile in Denver | 12.9 | $22,700 | 3.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Denver* | 3.7 | $6,500 | 1.1% |
* 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 Denver 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 Denver. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Denver roof bills
Public NOAA records for Denver's county.
- 31days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 29days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 168 hail reports for Denver County since 2014. June is the busiest month with 72 of them, 43% of the total.
Busiest three: June 72, May 67, July 25.
No hail was reported in 7 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was August 7, 2022, with $15,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $15,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 4 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Denver County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 36 |
| 2024 | 33 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026* | 13 |
124 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 12.3 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 36.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Denver storm history · Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Denver's $7,560–$16,740 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Denver pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.28 weeks in Denver | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.57 weeks in Denver | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.4 weeks in Denver | $2,500 |
Repair or replace in Denver
The median Denver home was built in 1974, so an original roof would be 52 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 57.4% of Denver homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Denver | $700 | 0.40 |
| Larger repair in Denver | $3,250 | 1.8 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Denver | $6,100 | 3.5 |
| One year of roof life in Denver | $442 | 0.25 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Denver: 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.
Denver against nearby Colorado cities
6 neighbors share 1.08×, against Denver's 1.08×. Closest is Arvada, about 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver (this page) | 6.9 | — | 21 (0) | 124 |
| Arvada roofers ≈7 mi from Denver |
5.6 | same | 30 (0) | 159 |
| Westminster roofers ≈7 mi from Denver |
6.6 | same | 21 (0) | 146 |
| Boulder roofers ≈24 mi from Denver |
7.4 | same | 23 (0) | 130 |
| Longmont roofers ≈30 mi from Denver |
7.0 | same | 30 (0) | 130 |
| Loveland roofers ≈46 mi from Denver |
7.6 | same | 26 (0) | 143 |
| Greeley roofers ≈49 mi from Denver |
9.2 | same | 28 (0) | 386 |
On the cost index Denver sits at 1.08×, and a Denver roof takes 6.9 weeks of its pay, rank 186 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Denver
Share of median home value
In Denver a typical re-roof takes 2.1% of the $586,700 median home value. Only 4 cities carry a lighter ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Denver city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
57.4% of Denver homes predate 1980. The median Denver home was built in 1974, so a roof never replaced there is 52 years old. Oldest-first, Denver stands #67 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Denver city), 2019–2023The Denver roofing market
Colorado has no statewide roofing license — contractors are licensed city by city, so Denver homeowners should verify a current City and County of Denver contractor license and proof of insurance directly. After each major Front Range hailstorm, out-of-state storm chasers flood the metro; Colorado's Residential Roofing Act requires written contracts with a 72-hour cancellation right on insurance-funded work.
Roofing companies in Denver's county
- 103roofing establishments with paid employees
- 715paid roofing employees
- 75.7%have fewer than 5 employees
- 6.9employees per firm on average
75.7% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 12 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 6.9 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 21 roofing contractors listed in Denver. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Denver metro earns a median $55,830 a year, $4,080 above the $51,750 statewide median. 27 of 141 metros pay more than the Denver area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Colorado
Denver roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Denver's building office or Denver County. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodDenver roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Denver household earns $91,681 a year, or $1,763 a week. A Denver asphalt re-roof, typically $12,150, takes 6.9 weeks of that.
Arvada ($12,150 typical, 7 miles away) takes 5.6 weeks of its own pay, 1.3 weeks fewer than Denver.
185 of 208 other cities ask for more, 23 for less.
Sum for Denver: $12,150 ÷ ($91,681 ÷ 52) = 6.9 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Denver city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Denver
ZIP codes in Denver County area: 80202, 80203, 80204, 80205, 80206, 80207, 80209, 80210.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.