Roof Replacement Cost in High Point, North Carolina (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in High Point usually land between $6,370 to $14,105. On High Point's median household income of $61,228 a year that works out to 5.4 to 12.0 weeks of pay. High Point gets 8.2 days with an inch of rain, 81st highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: High Point asphalt re-roofs land at $10,250 for the typical job (8.7 weeks of local pay at $61,228 a year). Expect $6,370 to $14,105 for asphalt and $15,470 to $36,400 for metal in High Point.
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Compares your price per square foot with the High Point installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a High Point roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a High Point home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in High Point or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my High Point roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a High Point house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather High Point gets.
Price your own roof in High Point
High Point prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical High Point roof is 8.7 weeks of local pay, 112th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in High Point
- 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 |
| High Point cost index | Fixed for High Point, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| High Point low | $7,000 × High Point index 0.91 | $6,370, 5.4 weeks of High Point pay |
| High Point high | $15,500 × High Point index 0.91 | $14,105, 12.0 weeks of High Point pay |
| High Point typical | Midpoint of the High Point low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where High Point 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 High Point. 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 High Point
A typical asphalt roof in High Point costs $10,250, which is 8.7 weeks of local pay and puts High Point 112th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in High Point | 7.1 | $8,400 | 4.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in High Point | 9.5 | $11,150 | 5.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in High Point | 18.2 | $21,400 | 10.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in High Point | 24.7 | $29,100 | 13.7% |
| Concrete Tile in High Point | 16.2 | $19,100 | 9.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in High Point* | 4.6 | $5,450 | 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
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against High Point's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of High Point pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.42 weeks in High Point | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.85 weeks in High Point | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in High Point | $2,500 |
What weather does to a High Point 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 High Point. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
High Point against nearby North Carolina cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.91× against High Point's 0.91×. Closest: Winston-Salem, about 17 mi, at $6,370 to $14,105.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Point (this page) | 8.7 | — | 24 (6) | 30 |
| Winston-Salem roofers ≈17 mi from High Point |
9.2 | same | 28 (8) | 14 |
| Burlington roofers ≈33 mi from High Point |
9.7 | same | 21 (6) | 10 |
| Concord roofers ≈50 mi from High Point |
6.3 | same | 28 (8) | 20 |
| Cary roofers ≈69 mi from High Point |
4.1 | same | 26 (8) | 101 |
| Gastonia roofers ≈82 mi from High Point |
8.8 | same | 26 (5) | 18 |
| Fayetteville roofers ≈88 mi from High Point |
9.0 | -4% | 26 (5) | 9 |
On the cost index High Point sits at 0.91×, and a High Point roof takes 8.7 weeks of its pay, rank 112 of 209.
Storms behind High Point roof bills
Public NOAA records for High Point's county.
- 18days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 95days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 48 hail reports for High Point's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 16 of them, 33% of the total.
Busiest three: May 16, March 12, June 10.
No hail was reported in 6 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was April 15, 2018, with $65,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $67,229,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 3 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Guilford County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 |
30 recorded hail events across 7 years represented in the data. 2025 had the most events among represented full years: 12.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
What a re-roof costs against home values in High Point
Share of median home value
In High Point a typical re-roof takes 4.8% of the $212,400 median home value. 105 cities carry a heavier ratio and 103 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (High Point city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
42.6% of High Point homes predate 1980. The median High Point home was built in 1987, so a roof never replaced there is 39 years old. Oldest-first, High Point stands #149 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (High Point city), 2019–2023High Point roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median High Point household earns $61,228 a year, or $1,177 a week. A High Point asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 8.7 weeks of that.
Winston-Salem ($10,250 typical, 17 miles away) takes 9.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.54 weeks more than High Point.
111 of 208 other cities ask for more, 97 for less.
Sum for High Point: $10,250 ÷ ($61,228 ÷ 52) = 8.7 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (High Point city), 2019–2023The High Point roofing market
High Point, with 114,059 residents, is the furniture capital of the United States, hosting the semiannual High Point Market that draws tens of thousands of trade buyers to the city twice a year. Major employers include Ralph Lauren Corporation (3,008 employees), Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (2,200), and Thomas Built Buses (1,917). The city's large commercial showroom and warehouse inventory alongside a mature single-family residential base creates sustained demand for both commercial roofing and residential replacement across a diverse contractor market.
Roofing companies in High Point's county
- 38roofing establishments with paid employees
- 280paid roofing employees
- 65.8%have fewer than 5 employees
- 7.4employees per firm on average
65.8% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 2 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 7.4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 24 roofing contractors listed in High Point, 6 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the High Point metro earns a median $49,110 a year, $100 above the $49,010 statewide median. 50 of 141 metros pay more than the High Point area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Repair or replace in High Point
The median High Point home was built in 1987, so an original roof would be 39 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 42.6% of High Point homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in High Point | $600 | 0.51 |
| Larger repair in High Point | $2,750 | 2.3 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in High Point | $5,100 | 4.3 |
| One year of roof life in High Point | $373 | 0.32 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in High Point: 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.
License and permit in North Carolina
High Point roofers: General contractor license required for jobs over $40,000.
Check a High Point roofer in the North Carolina registry
6 contractors listed in High Point carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: High Point's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in High Point
- Downtown High Point
- North End
- Banks District
- Westgate
- Highland Park
ZIP codes: 27260, 27265, 27274, 27298, 27318.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.