Roof Replacement Cost in Grand Island, Nebraska (2026)
Grand Island homeowners pay $6,090 to $13,485 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 5.1 to 11.2 weeks of the $62,439 a year the median Grand Island household takes in. Grand Island gets 106 freeze-thaw days, 17th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Grand Island is $9,800, which takes 8.2 weeks of a $62,439 median household income. Metal in Grand Island: $14,790 to $34,800. Asphalt in Grand Island: $6,090 to $13,485.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Grand Island
Compares your price per square foot with the Grand Island installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Grand Island roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Grand Island home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Grand Island or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Grand Island roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Grand Island house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Grand Island gets.
Price your own roof in Grand Island
Grand Island prices sit 13% under the national base. A typical Grand Island roof is 8.2 weeks of local pay, 140th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Grand Island
- 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 |
| Grand Island cost index | Fixed for Grand Island, not recalculated from wages | 0.87× |
| Grand Island low | $7,000 × Grand Island index 0.87 | $6,090, 5.1 weeks of Grand Island pay |
| Grand Island high | $15,500 × Grand Island index 0.87 | $13,485, 11.2 weeks of Grand Island pay |
| Grand Island typical | Midpoint of the Grand Island low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,800 |
- Where Grand Island 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 Grand Island. 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 Grand Island
A typical asphalt roof in Grand Island costs $9,800, which is 8.2 weeks of local pay and puts Grand Island 140th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Grand Island | 6.7 | $8,050 | 4.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Grand Island | 8.9 | $10,650 | 5.3% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Grand Island | 17.0 | $20,450 | 10.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Grand Island | 23.2 | $27,850 | 13.7% |
| Concrete Tile in Grand Island | 15.2 | $18,250 | 9.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Grand Island* | 4.3 | $5,200 | 2.6% |
* 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 Grand Island 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 Grand Island. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Grand Island roof bills
Public NOAA records for Grand Island's county.
- 36days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 50days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 85 hail reports for Grand Island's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 30 of them, 35% of the total.
Busiest three: June 30, April 17, May 12.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to November, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was June 13, 2017, with $10,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $28,827,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 5 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 |
53 recorded hail events across 9 years represented in the data, about 5.9 per represented full year. 2022 had the most events among represented full years: 13.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Grand Island's $6,090–$13,485 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Grand Island pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.42 weeks in Grand Island | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.83 weeks in Grand Island | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in Grand Island | $2,500 |
Repair or replace in Grand Island
The median Grand Island home was built in 1975, so an original roof would be 51 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 59.3% of Grand Island homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Grand Island | $550 | 0.46 |
| Larger repair in Grand Island | $2,600 | 2.2 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Grand Island | $4,900 | 4.1 |
| One year of roof life in Grand Island | $356 | 0.30 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Grand Island: 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.
Grand Island against nearby Nebraska cities
4 neighbors share 0.87×, against Grand Island's 0.87×. Closest is Kearney, about 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island (this page) | 8.2 | — | 25 (6) | 53 |
| Kearney roofers ≈42 mi from Grand Island |
7.3 | same | 25 (13) | 94 |
| Lincoln roofers ≈86 mi from Grand Island |
7.3 | same | 28 (15) | 134 |
| Omaha roofers ≈124 mi from Grand Island |
7.0 | same | 30 (13) | 168 |
| Bellevue roofers ≈128 mi from Grand Island |
5.8 | same | 19 (2) | 59 |
On the cost index Grand Island sits at 0.87×, and a Grand Island roof takes 8.2 weeks of its pay, rank 140 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Grand Island
Share of median home value
In Grand Island a typical re-roof takes 4.8% of the $202,600 median home value. 103 cities carry a heavier ratio and 105 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Grand Island city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
59.3% of Grand Island homes predate 1980. The median Grand Island home was built in 1975, so a roof never replaced there is 51 years old. Oldest-first, Grand Island stands #76 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Grand Island city), 2019–2023The Grand Island roofing market
Grand Island's 2020 census population was 53,131, making it Nebraska's fourth most populous city. Hornady Manufacturing, headquartered here, anchors industrial employment alongside the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center. The broader Grand Island metro area reached an estimated 76,479 residents in 2023. A growing Hispanic community reflects a diverse workforce tied to food processing and manufacturing, sustaining a mix of older housing stock and newer residential construction that keeps roofing contractors busy.
Roofing companies in Grand Island's county
- 15roofing establishments with paid employees
- 67paid roofing employees
- 80%have fewer than 5 employees
- 4.5employees per firm on average
80% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 16 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 4.5 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 25 roofing contractors listed in Grand Island, 6 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Grand Island metro earns a median $39,700 a year, $6,760 below the $46,460 statewide median. 136 of 141 metros pay more than the Grand Island area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Grand Island roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Grand Island household earns $62,439 a year, or $1,201 a week. A Grand Island asphalt re-roof, typically $9,800, takes 8.2 weeks of that.
Kearney ($9,800 typical, 42 miles away) takes 7.3 weeks of its own pay, 0.86 weeks fewer than Grand Island.
139 of 208 other cities ask for more, 69 for less.
Sum for Grand Island: $9,800 ÷ ($62,439 ÷ 52) = 8.2 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Grand Island city), 2019–2023License and permit in Nebraska
Grand Island roofers: No roofing-specific state license.
6 contractors listed in Grand Island carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Grand Island's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Grand Island
- Downtown Grand Island
- North Central District
- Hillcrest Village
- Westside Estates
- Glenwood
ZIP codes: 69101, 69102, 69103, 69104, 68755.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.