Roof Replacement Cost in Jacksonville, North Carolina (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Jacksonville runs $6,370 to $14,105. The median Jacksonville household earns $54,069 a year, so that is 6.1 to 13.6 weeks of its pay. Jacksonville gets 58.6 yearly precipitation, 18th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Jacksonville is $10,250, which takes 9.9 weeks of a $54,069 median household income. Metal in Jacksonville: $15,470 to $36,400. Asphalt in Jacksonville: $6,370 to $14,105.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Jacksonville installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Jacksonville roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Jacksonville home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Jacksonville or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Jacksonville roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Jacksonville house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Jacksonville gets.
Price your own roof in Jacksonville
Jacksonville prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical Jacksonville roof is 9.9 weeks of local pay, 56th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Jacksonville
- 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 |
| Jacksonville cost index | Fixed for Jacksonville, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| Jacksonville low | $7,000 × Jacksonville index 0.91 | $6,370, 6.1 weeks of Jacksonville pay |
| Jacksonville high | $15,500 × Jacksonville index 0.91 | $14,105, 13.6 weeks of Jacksonville pay |
| Jacksonville typical | Midpoint of the Jacksonville low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville. 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 Jacksonville
A typical asphalt roof in Jacksonville costs $10,250, which is 9.9 weeks of local pay and puts Jacksonville 56th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Jacksonville | 8.1 | $8,400 | 4.4% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Jacksonville | 10.7 | $11,150 | 5.8% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Jacksonville | 20.6 | $21,400 | 11.2% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Jacksonville | 28.0 | $29,100 | 15.2% |
| Concrete Tile in Jacksonville | 18.4 | $19,100 | 10.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Jacksonville* | 5.2 | $5,450 | 2.8% |
* 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
What weather does to a Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Jacksonville roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Jacksonville household earns $54,069 a year, or $1,040 a week. A Jacksonville asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 9.9 weeks of that.
Wilmington ($10,450 typical, 47 miles away) takes 8.5 weeks of its own pay, 1.4 weeks fewer than Jacksonville.
55 of 208 other cities ask for more, 153 for less.
Sum for Jacksonville: $10,250 ÷ ($54,069 ÷ 52) = 9.9 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Jacksonville city), 2019–2023Jacksonville against nearby North Carolina cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.93× against Jacksonville's 0.91×. Closest: Wilmington, about 47 mi, at $6,510 to $14,415.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville (this page) | 9.9 | — | 21 (4) | 14 |
| Wilmington roofers ≈47 mi from Jacksonville |
8.5 | +2% | 30 (11) | 8 |
| Rocky Mount roofers ≈84 mi from Jacksonville |
10.1 | same | 28 (6) | 9 |
| Fayetteville roofers ≈85 mi from Jacksonville |
9.0 | -4% | 26 (5) | 9 |
| Cary roofers ≈105 mi from Jacksonville |
4.1 | same | 26 (8) | 101 |
| Burlington roofers ≈147 mi from Jacksonville |
9.7 | same | 21 (6) | 10 |
| High Point roofers ≈168 mi from Jacksonville |
8.7 | same | 24 (6) | 30 |
On the cost index Jacksonville sits at 0.91×, and a Jacksonville roof takes 9.9 weeks of its pay, rank 56 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Jacksonville
Share of median home value
In Jacksonville a typical re-roof takes 5.3% of the $191,700 median home value. 77 cities carry a heavier ratio and 131 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Jacksonville city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
36.9% of Jacksonville homes predate 1980. A roof that Jacksonville homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1992 is 34 years old. Oldest-first, Jacksonville stands #176 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Jacksonville city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Jacksonville's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Jacksonville pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.48 weeks in Jacksonville | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.96 weeks in Jacksonville | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.4 weeks in Jacksonville | $2,500 |
The Jacksonville roofing market
Jacksonville, with 72,723 residents in 2020, has one of the youngest median-age populations among US cities of comparable size, anchored by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and the broader Department of Defense presence. Onslow Memorial Hospital and Onslow County Schools add institutional employment stability. The military-driven population is transient and tenant-heavy, which sustains contractor roofing demand from landlord-owned housing stock and base-adjacent commercial builds.
Roofing companies in Jacksonville's county
- 4roofing establishments with paid employees
- 36paid roofing employees
- 9.0employees per firm on average
Firms average 9 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 21 roofing contractors listed in Jacksonville, 4 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Jacksonville metro earns a median $47,530 a year, $1,480 below the $49,010 statewide median. 78 of 141 metros pay more than the Jacksonville area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in North Carolina
Jacksonville roofers: General contractor license required for jobs over $40,000.
Check a Jacksonville roofer in the North Carolina registry
4 contractors listed in Jacksonville carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Jacksonville's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Jacksonville
Jacksonville homes sit 34 years from the median build year of 1992. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Jacksonville a repair mostly buys time. 36.9% of Jacksonville homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Jacksonville | $600 | 0.58 |
| Larger repair in Jacksonville | $2,750 | 2.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Jacksonville | $5,100 | 4.9 |
| One year of roof life in Jacksonville | $373 | 0.36 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Jacksonville: 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 Jacksonville roof bills
Public NOAA records for Jacksonville's county.
- 10days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 42days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 35 hail reports for Jacksonville's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 11 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: June 11, May 9, March 6.
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 30, 2014, with $500 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 6 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Onslow County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Jacksonville storm history · Hail risk lookup
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Jacksonville
- Old Town Jacksonville
- Northside
- Southside
- West End
- Downtown
ZIP codes: 28540, 28541, 28567, 28555, 28545.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.