Roof Replacement Cost in Jonesboro, Arkansas (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Jonesboro runs $5,670 to $12,555. The median Jonesboro household earns $52,559 a year, so that is 5.6 to 12.4 weeks of its pay. Jonesboro gets 10.4 days with an inch of rain, 48th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $9,100 for asphalt shingles in Jonesboro, or 9.0 weeks of the median household's $52,559. Metal roofs in Jonesboro cost $13,770 to $32,400; asphalt ranges from $5,670 to $12,555.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Jonesboro
Compares your price per square foot with the Jonesboro installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Jonesboro roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Jonesboro home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Jonesboro or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Jonesboro roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Jonesboro house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Jonesboro gets.
Price your own roof in Jonesboro
Jonesboro prices sit 19% under the national base. A typical Jonesboro roof is 9.0 weeks of local pay, 97th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Jonesboro
- 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 |
| Jonesboro cost index | Fixed for Jonesboro, not recalculated from wages | 0.81× |
| Jonesboro low | $7,000 × Jonesboro index 0.81 | $5,670, 5.6 weeks of Jonesboro pay |
| Jonesboro high | $15,500 × Jonesboro index 0.81 | $12,555, 12.4 weeks of Jonesboro pay |
| Jonesboro typical | Midpoint of the Jonesboro low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,100 |
- Where Jonesboro 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.
Prices compiled June 2026. 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 Jonesboro
A typical asphalt roof in Jonesboro costs $9,100, which is 9.0 weeks of local pay and puts Jonesboro 97th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Jonesboro | 7.4 | $7,500 | 3.5% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Jonesboro | 9.8 | $9,900 | 4.6% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Jonesboro | 18.8 | $19,050 | 8.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Jonesboro | 25.6 | $25,900 | 12.1% |
| Concrete Tile in Jonesboro | 16.8 | $17,000 | 8.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Jonesboro* | 4.8 | $4,850 | 2.3% |
* 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 Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Jonesboro roof bills
Public NOAA records for Jonesboro's county.
- 32days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4 inlargest hailstone reported
- 57days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 66 hail reports for Jonesboro's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 21 of them, 32% of the total.
Busiest three: April 21, May 21, March 12.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (February to November, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was March 28, 2020, with $300,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $309,889,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 19 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF3.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Craighead County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026* | 2 |
61 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 6.6 per represented full year. 2022 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
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Jonesboro's $5,670–$12,555 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Jonesboro pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.49 weeks in Jonesboro | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.99 weeks in Jonesboro | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.5 weeks in Jonesboro | $2,500 |
Jonesboro against nearby Arkansas cities
Neighbors run from 0.82× to 0.86× against Jonesboro's 0.81×. Closest: Conway, about 110 mi, at $5,740 to $12,710.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro (this page) | 9.0 | — | 28 (14) | 61 |
| Conway roofers ≈110 mi from Jonesboro |
8.2 | +1% | 27 (9) | 52 |
| Little Rock roofers ≈117 mi from Jonesboro |
8.1 | +4% | 27 (14) | 75 |
| Springdale roofers ≈193 mi from Jonesboro |
7.2 | +1% | 28 (12) | 123 |
| Fayetteville roofers ≈194 mi from Jonesboro |
8.5 | +6% | 25 (6) | 123 |
| Rogers roofers ≈194 mi from Jonesboro |
5.8 | +1% | 25 (10) | 169 |
| Bentonville roofers ≈199 mi from Jonesboro |
4.4 | +1% | 15 (9) | 169 |
On the cost index Jonesboro sits at 0.81×, and a Jonesboro roof takes 9.0 weeks of its pay, rank 97 of 209.
Jonesboro roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Jonesboro household earns $52,559 a year, or $1,011 a week. A Jonesboro asphalt re-roof, typically $9,100, takes 9.0 weeks of that.
Conway ($9,200 typical, 110 miles away) takes 8.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.82 weeks fewer than Jonesboro.
96 of 208 other cities ask for more, 112 for less.
Sum for Jonesboro: $9,100 ÷ ($52,559 ÷ 52) = 9.0 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Jonesboro city), 2019–2023What a re-roof costs against home values in Jonesboro
Share of median home value
In Jonesboro a typical re-roof takes 4.3% of the $213,400 median home value. 130 cities carry a heavier ratio and 78 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Jonesboro city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
35% of Jonesboro homes predate 1980. The median Jonesboro home was built in 1990, so a roof never replaced there is 36 years old. Oldest-first, Jonesboro stands #169 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Jonesboro city), 2019–2023The Jonesboro roofing market
Arkansas State University's growth has spurred residential construction, but the Northeast Arkansas roofing market remains small enough that homeowners often wait 2-4 weeks for contractor availability following major storm events. Insurance claim frequency here has led several carriers to implement a separate 2% wind-and-hail deductible for Craighead County policies.
Roofing companies in Jonesboro's county
- 6roofing establishments with paid employees
- 131paid roofing employees
- 50%have fewer than 5 employees
- 21.8employees per firm on average
50% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 14 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 21.8 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 28 roofing contractors listed in Jonesboro, 14 verified against a public registry. See them
License and permit in Arkansas
Jonesboro roofers: State license required.
Check a Jonesboro roofer in the Arkansas registry
14 contractors listed in Jonesboro carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Jonesboro's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Jonesboro
The median Jonesboro home was built in 1990, so an original roof would be 36 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 35% of Jonesboro homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Jonesboro | $550 | 0.54 |
| Larger repair in Jonesboro | $2,450 | 2.4 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Jonesboro | $4,550 | 4.5 |
| One year of roof life in Jonesboro | $331 | 0.33 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Jonesboro: 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.
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Jonesboro
- Downtown Jonesboro
- Brookfield
- Valley View
- Nettleton
- West Jonesboro
- Caraway
ZIP codes: 72401, 72404, 72405, 72410, 72411.
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Craighead County fact sheet for Jonesboro homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Craighead County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Craighead County 7 times, split 5 storm-type, 1 flood, 1 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Craighead County 32 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 11 of 12 full years. The latest in Craighead County was 234 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Jonesboro
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.