Roof Replacement Cost in Duluth, Minnesota (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Duluth runs $6,720 to $14,880. The median Duluth household earns $66,263 a year, so that is 5.3 to 11.7 weeks of its pay. The median Duluth home dates from 1951. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,800 for asphalt shingles in Duluth, or 8.5 weeks of the median household's $66,263. Metal roofs in Duluth cost $16,320 to $38,400; asphalt ranges from $6,720 to $14,880.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Duluth installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Duluth roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Duluth home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Duluth or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Duluth roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Duluth house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Duluth gets.
Price your own roof in Duluth
Duluth prices sit 4% under the national base. A typical Duluth roof is 8.5 weeks of local pay, 129th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Duluth
- 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 |
| Duluth cost index | Fixed for Duluth, not recalculated from wages | 0.96× |
| Duluth low | $7,000 × Duluth index 0.96 | $6,720, 5.3 weeks of Duluth pay |
| Duluth high | $15,500 × Duluth index 0.96 | $14,880, 11.7 weeks of Duluth pay |
| Duluth typical | Midpoint of the Duluth low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,800 |
- Where Duluth 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 Duluth. 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 Duluth
A typical asphalt roof in Duluth costs $10,800, which is 8.5 weeks of local pay and puts Duluth 129th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Duluth | 7.0 | $8,900 | 3.9% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Duluth | 9.2 | $11,750 | 5.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Duluth | 17.7 | $22,550 | 10.0% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Duluth | 24.1 | $30,700 | 13.6% |
| Concrete Tile in Duluth | 15.8 | $20,150 | 8.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Duluth* | 4.5 | $5,750 | 2.5% |
* 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
Repair or replace in Duluth
The median Duluth home was built in 1951, so an original roof would be 75 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 78.3% of Duluth homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Duluth | $600 | 0.47 |
| Larger repair in Duluth | $2,900 | 2.3 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Duluth | $5,400 | 4.2 |
| One year of roof life in Duluth | $393 | 0.31 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Duluth: 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 Duluth roof bills
Public NOAA records for Duluth's county.
- 48days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 79days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 239 hail reports for Duluth's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 78 of them, 33% of the total.
Busiest three: June 78, July 60, August 32.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was June 29, 2026, with $150,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $464,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 9 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, St. Louis County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 34 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026* | 5 |
203 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 22 per represented full year. 2024 had the most events among represented full years: 39.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Duluth's $6,720–$14,880 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Duluth pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.39 weeks in Duluth | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.78 weeks in Duluth | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.0 weeks in Duluth | $2,500 |
Duluth against nearby Minnesota cities
3 neighbors share 0.96×, against Duluth's 0.96×. Closest is St. Cloud, about 129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth (this page) | 8.5 | — | 26 (14) | 203 |
| St. Cloud roofers ≈129 mi from Duluth |
9.2 | same | 12 (7) | 69 |
| Rochester roofers ≈192 mi from Duluth |
6.4 | same | 27 (20) | 94 |
| Mankato roofers ≈202 mi from Duluth |
8.7 | same | 25 (12) | 45 |
On the cost index Duluth sits at 0.96×, and a Duluth roof takes 8.5 weeks of its pay, rank 129 of 209.
What weather does to a Duluth 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 Duluth. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
What a re-roof costs against home values in Duluth
Share of median home value
In Duluth a typical re-roof takes 4.8% of the $225,700 median home value. 107 cities carry a heavier ratio and 101 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Duluth city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
78.3% of Duluth homes predate 1980. The median Duluth home was built in 1951, so a roof never replaced there is 75 years old. Oldest-first, Duluth stands #4 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Duluth city), 2019–2023Duluth roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Duluth household earns $66,263 a year, or $1,274 a week. A Duluth asphalt re-roof, typically $10,800, takes 8.5 weeks of that.
St. Cloud ($10,800 typical, 129 miles away) takes 9.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.71 weeks more than Duluth.
128 of 208 other cities ask for more, 80 for less.
Sum for Duluth: $10,800 ÷ ($66,263 ÷ 52) = 8.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Duluth city), 2019–2023The Duluth roofing market
Duluth's 2020 census population was 86,697. Essentia Health is the city's largest employer with 9,298 employees, followed by St. Luke's Hospital at 3,685 and St. Louis County government at 2,258. Cirrus Aircraft adds 1,600 jobs in aviation manufacturing. The healthcare-heavy economy means large institutional roofing contracts are a significant market segment alongside the residential base built on aging housing stock exposed to extreme Lake Superior winters.
Roofing companies in Duluth's county
- 21roofing establishments with paid employees
- 84paid roofing employees
- 76.2%have fewer than 5 employees
- 4.0employees per firm on average
76.2% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 13 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Duluth, 14 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Duluth metro earns a median $72,860 a year, $1,630 below the $74,490 statewide median. 5 of 141 metros pay more than the Duluth area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Minnesota
Duluth roofers: State license required.
Check a Duluth roofer in the Minnesota registry
14 contractors listed in Duluth carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Duluth's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Duluth
- West End
- Old Town
- Cameron Park
- Downtown Duluth
- Hawley Heights
ZIP codes: 55802, 55811, 55814, 55803, 55806.
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