Roof Replacement Cost in Hattiesburg, Mississippi (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Hattiesburg home costs $5,530 to $12,245, which a Hattiesburg household on $44,140 a year earns back in 6.5 to 14.4 weeks. Hattiesburg gets 63.4 yearly precipitation, 8th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Hattiesburg asphalt re-roofs land at $8,900 for the typical job (10.5 weeks of local pay at $44,140 a year). Expect $5,530 to $12,245 for asphalt and $13,430 to $31,600 for metal in Hattiesburg.
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What would a Hattiesburg roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Hattiesburg home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Hattiesburg or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Hattiesburg roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Hattiesburg house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Hattiesburg gets.
Price your own roof in Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg prices sit 21% under the national base. A typical Hattiesburg roof is 10.5 weeks of local pay, 37th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Hattiesburg
- 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 |
| Hattiesburg cost index | Fixed for Hattiesburg, not recalculated from wages | 0.79× |
| Hattiesburg low | $7,000 × Hattiesburg index 0.79 | $5,530, 6.5 weeks of Hattiesburg pay |
| Hattiesburg high | $15,500 × Hattiesburg index 0.79 | $12,245, 14.4 weeks of Hattiesburg pay |
| Hattiesburg typical | Midpoint of the Hattiesburg low and high, rounded to $50 | $8,900 |
- Where Hattiesburg 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 Hattiesburg. 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 Hattiesburg
A typical asphalt roof in Hattiesburg costs $8,900, which is 10.5 weeks of local pay and puts Hattiesburg 37th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Hattiesburg | 8.6 | $7,300 | 4.8% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Hattiesburg | 11.4 | $9,700 | 6.3% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Hattiesburg | 21.9 | $18,550 | 12.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Hattiesburg | 29.8 | $25,300 | 16.5% |
| Concrete Tile in Hattiesburg | 19.6 | $16,600 | 10.8% |
| TPO / EPDM in Hattiesburg* | 5.6 | $4,750 | 3.1% |
* 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 Hattiesburg 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 Hattiesburg. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Hattiesburg roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Hattiesburg household earns $44,140 a year, or $849 a week. A Hattiesburg asphalt re-roof, typically $8,900, takes 10.5 weeks of that.
Gulfport ($8,900 typical, 67 miles away) takes 10.1 weeks of its own pay, 0.43 weeks fewer than Hattiesburg.
36 of 208 other cities ask for more, 172 for less.
Sum for Hattiesburg: $8,900 ÷ ($44,140 ÷ 52) = 10.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Hattiesburg city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Hattiesburg's $5,530–$12,245 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Hattiesburg pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.59 weeks in Hattiesburg | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.2 weeks in Hattiesburg | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.9 weeks in Hattiesburg | $2,500 |
Hattiesburg against nearby Mississippi cities
Neighbors run from 0.78× to 0.83× against Hattiesburg's 0.79×. Closest: Gulfport, about 67 mi, at $5,530 to $12,245.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattiesburg (this page) | 10.5 | — | 26 (8) | 18 |
| Gulfport roofers ≈67 mi from Hattiesburg |
10.1 | same | 17 (5) | 23 |
| Biloxi roofers ≈69 mi from Hattiesburg |
8.7 | +5% | 28 (4) | 23 |
| Meridian roofers ≈80 mi from Hattiesburg |
13.4 | same | 25 (4) | 22 |
| Jackson roofers ≈85 mi from Hattiesburg |
10.6 | -1% | 27 (6) | 34 |
| Tupelo roofers ≈205 mi from Hattiesburg |
7.0 | same | 21 (7) | 40 |
| Southaven roofers ≈256 mi from Hattiesburg |
6.1 | same | 28 (8) | 37 |
On the cost index Hattiesburg sits at 0.79×, and a Hattiesburg roof takes 10.5 weeks of its pay, rank 37 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Hattiesburg
Share of median home value
In Hattiesburg a typical re-roof takes 5.8% of the $153,600 median home value. 58 cities carry a heavier ratio and 150 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Hattiesburg city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
50.4% of Hattiesburg homes predate 1980. A roof that Hattiesburg homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1980 is 46 years old. Oldest-first, Hattiesburg stands #107 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Hattiesburg city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg homes sit 46 years from the median build year of 1980. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Hattiesburg a repair mostly buys time. 50.4% of Hattiesburg homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Hattiesburg | $500 | 0.59 |
| Larger repair in Hattiesburg | $2,350 | 2.8 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Hattiesburg | $4,450 | 5.2 |
| One year of roof life in Hattiesburg | $324 | 0.38 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Hattiesburg: 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 Hattiesburg roof bills
Public NOAA records for Hattiesburg's county.
- 15days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 63days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 23 hail reports for Hattiesburg's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 10 of them, 43% of the total.
Busiest three: April 10, May 4, January 3.
No hail was reported in 6 of the 12 months (February to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was January 21, 2017, with $9,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $13,438,210. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 14 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF3.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Forrest County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
18 recorded hail events across 6 years represented in the data. 2020 had the most events among represented full years: 6.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
The Hattiesburg roofing market
The University of Southern Mississippi's campus creates a rental housing sector where deferred maintenance is common, and the post-Katrina rebuilding workforce trained a generation of contractors in wind-resistant installation techniques. Mississippi's low labor costs make Hattiesburg one of the most affordable markets in the Southeast for full roof replacements.
Roofing companies in Hattiesburg's county
- 4roofing establishments with paid employees
- 43paid roofing employees
- 10.8employees per firm on average
Firms average 10.8 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Hattiesburg, 8 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Hattiesburg metro earns a median $43,680 a year, $1,260 below the $44,940 statewide median. 127 of 141 metros pay more than the Hattiesburg area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Mississippi
Hattiesburg roofers: State roofing license required.
Check a Hattiesburg roofer in the Mississippi registry
8 contractors listed in Hattiesburg carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Hattiesburg's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Hattiesburg
- Midtown
- Oak Grove
- Petal
- Sumrall
- West Hattiesburg
- Weathersby
ZIP codes: 39401, 39402, 39406, 39426, 39429.
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