Roof Replacement Cost in Greeley, Colorado (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Greeley home costs $7,560 to $16,740, which a Greeley household on $68,650 a year earns back in 5.7 to 12.7 weeks. NOAA counts 118 days of 1-inch hail in Greeley's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Greeley the typical asphalt re-roof costs $12,150, which is 9.2 weeks of local pay on a $68,650 median household income. Metal in Greeley runs $18,360 to $43,200, and the Greeley asphalt range is $7,560 to $16,740.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Greeley
Compares your price per square foot with the Greeley installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Greeley roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Greeley home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Greeley or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Greeley roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Greeley house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Greeley gets.
Price your own roof in Greeley
Greeley prices sit 8% over the national base. A typical Greeley roof is 9.2 weeks of local pay, 85th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Greeley
- 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 |
| Greeley cost index | Fixed for Greeley, not recalculated from wages | 1.08× |
| Greeley low | $7,000 × Greeley index 1.08 | $7,560, 5.7 weeks of Greeley pay |
| Greeley high | $15,500 × Greeley index 1.08 | $16,740, 12.7 weeks of Greeley pay |
| Greeley typical | Midpoint of the Greeley low and high, rounded to $50 | $12,150 |
- Where Greeley 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 Greeley. 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 Greeley
A typical asphalt roof in Greeley costs $12,150, which is 9.2 weeks of local pay and puts Greeley 85th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Greeley | 7.6 | $10,000 | 2.7% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Greeley | 10.0 | $13,250 | 3.6% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Greeley | 19.2 | $25,400 | 6.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Greeley | 26.2 | $34,550 | 9.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Greeley | 17.2 | $22,700 | 6.1% |
| TPO / EPDM in Greeley* | 4.9 | $6,500 | 1.8% |
* 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
Storms behind Greeley roof bills
Public NOAA records for Greeley's county.
- 118days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4.25 inlargest hailstone reported
- 66days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 480 hail reports for Greeley's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 136 of them, 28% of the total.
Busiest three: June 136, July 120, May 90.
No hail was reported in 5 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was June 7, 2021, with $530,500 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $545,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 43 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Weld County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 63 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2020 | 38 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 38 |
| 2024 | 32 |
| 2025 | 66 |
| 2026* | 8 |
386 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 42 per represented full year. 2019 had the most events among represented full years: 77.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
What weather does to a Greeley 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 Greeley. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Greeley's $7,560–$16,740 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Greeley pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.38 weeks in Greeley | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.76 weeks in Greeley | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Greeley | $2,500 |
Greeley roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Greeley household earns $68,650 a year, or $1,320 a week. A Greeley asphalt re-roof, typically $12,150, takes 9.2 weeks of that.
Loveland ($12,150 typical, 19 miles away) takes 7.6 weeks of its own pay, 1.6 weeks fewer than Greeley.
84 of 208 other cities ask for more, 124 for less.
Sum for Greeley: $12,150 ÷ ($68,650 ÷ 52) = 9.2 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Greeley city), 2019–2023Greeley against nearby Colorado cities
Neighbors run from 1.08× to 1.12× against Greeley's 1.08×. Closest: Loveland, about 19 mi, at $7,560 to $16,740.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greeley (this page) | 9.2 | — | 28 (0) | 386 |
| Loveland roofers ≈19 mi from Greeley |
7.6 | same | 26 (0) | 143 |
| Fort Collins roofers ≈23 mi from Greeley |
7.8 | +4% | 25 (0) | 143 |
| Longmont roofers ≈27 mi from Greeley |
7.0 | same | 30 (0) | 130 |
| Boulder roofers ≈41 mi from Greeley |
7.4 | same | 23 (0) | 130 |
| Westminster roofers ≈44 mi from Greeley |
6.6 | same | 21 (0) | 146 |
| Arvada roofers ≈47 mi from Greeley |
5.6 | same | 30 (0) | 159 |
On the cost index Greeley sits at 1.08×, and a Greeley roof takes 9.2 weeks of its pay, rank 85 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Greeley
Share of median home value
In Greeley a typical re-roof takes 3.3% of the $369,600 median home value. 174 cities carry a heavier ratio and 34 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Greeley city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
46% of Greeley homes predate 1980. A roof that Greeley homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1984 is 42 years old. Oldest-first, Greeley stands #134 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Greeley city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Greeley
Greeley homes sit 42 years from the median build year of 1984. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Greeley a repair mostly buys time. 46% of Greeley homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Greeley | $700 | 0.53 |
| Larger repair in Greeley | $3,250 | 2.5 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Greeley | $6,100 | 4.6 |
| One year of roof life in Greeley | $442 | 0.33 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Greeley: 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.
The Greeley roofing market
Greeley recorded 108,795 residents in the 2020 census, a 17 percent jump from 2010 that reflects sustained construction activity and roofing demand. The city's largest employers anchor a stable workforce: JBS USA (5,141 employees), Banner Health/North Colorado Medical Center (4,558), Greeley-Evans School District 6 (2,258), Weld County (1,823), and the University of Northern Colorado (1,221). Leprino Foods opened a major factory in 2017, adding hundreds more jobs. This employer base supports steady residential and commercial roofing replacement cycles.
Roofing companies in Greeley's county
- 65roofing establishments with paid employees
- 458paid roofing employees
- 75.4%have fewer than 5 employees
- 7.0employees per firm on average
75.4% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 12 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 7 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 28 roofing contractors listed in Greeley. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Greeley metro earns a median $49,940 a year, $1,810 below the $51,750 statewide median. 40 of 141 metros pay more than the Greeley area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Colorado
Greeley roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Greeley's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Greeley
- North Greeley
- West Greeley
- East Lake neighborhood
- Greeley West
- Hortense Park
ZIP codes: 80634, 80641, 80632, 80635, 80643.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.