Roof Replacement Cost in Kearney, Nebraska (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Kearney usually land between $6,090 to $13,485. On Kearney's median household income of $69,790 a year that works out to 4.5 to 10.0 weeks of pay. NOAA counts 59 days of 1-inch hail in Kearney's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $9,800 for asphalt shingles in Kearney, or 7.3 weeks of the median household's $69,790. Metal roofs in Kearney cost $14,790 to $34,800; asphalt ranges from $6,090 to $13,485.
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What would a Kearney roof cost per month?
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How much life is left in my Kearney roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Kearney house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Kearney gets.
Price your own roof in Kearney
Kearney prices sit 13% under the national base. A typical Kearney roof is 7.3 weeks of local pay, 174th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Kearney
- 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 |
| Kearney cost index | Fixed for Kearney, not recalculated from wages | 0.87× |
| Kearney low | $7,000 × Kearney index 0.87 | $6,090, 4.5 weeks of Kearney pay |
| Kearney high | $15,500 × Kearney index 0.87 | $13,485, 10.0 weeks of Kearney pay |
| Kearney typical | Midpoint of the Kearney low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,800 |
- Where Kearney 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 Kearney
A typical asphalt roof in Kearney costs $9,800, which is 7.3 weeks of local pay and puts Kearney 174th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Kearney | 6.0 | $8,050 | 3.4% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Kearney | 7.9 | $10,650 | 4.5% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Kearney | 15.2 | $20,450 | 8.7% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Kearney | 20.8 | $27,850 | 11.8% |
| Concrete Tile in Kearney | 13.6 | $18,250 | 7.7% |
| TPO / EPDM in Kearney* | 3.9 | $5,200 | 2.2% |
* 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 Kearney roof bills
Public NOAA records for Kearney's county.
- 59days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4 inlargest hailstone reported
- 51days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 136 hail reports for Kearney's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 31 of them, 23% of the total.
Busiest three: June 31, July 25, May 23.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was July 9, 2014, with $10,001,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $41,572,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 5 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Buffalo County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 24 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 |
94 recorded hail events across 9 years represented in the data, about 10.4 per represented full year. 2022 had the most events among represented full years: 24.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Kearney storm history · Hail risk lookup
What weather does to a Kearney 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 Kearney. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Kearney's $6,090–$13,485 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Kearney pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.37 weeks in Kearney | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.75 weeks in Kearney | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Kearney | $2,500 |
Kearney against nearby Nebraska cities
4 neighbors share 0.87×, against Kearney's 0.87×. Closest is Grand Island, about 42 mi out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney (this page) | 7.3 | — | 25 (13) | 94 |
| Grand Island roofers ≈42 mi from Kearney |
8.2 | same | 25 (6) | 53 |
| Lincoln roofers ≈125 mi from Kearney |
7.3 | same | 28 (15) | 134 |
| Omaha roofers ≈166 mi from Kearney |
7.0 | same | 30 (13) | 168 |
| Bellevue roofers ≈169 mi from Kearney |
5.8 | same | 19 (2) | 59 |
On the cost index Kearney sits at 0.87×, and a Kearney roof takes 7.3 weeks of its pay, rank 174 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Kearney
Share of median home value
In Kearney a typical re-roof takes 4.2% of the $235,800 median home value. 134 cities carry a heavier ratio and 74 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Kearney city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
49.2% of Kearney homes predate 1980. The median Kearney home was built in 1981, so a roof never replaced there is 45 years old. Oldest-first, Kearney stands #117 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Kearney city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Kearney
The median Kearney home was built in 1981, so an original roof would be 45 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 49.2% of Kearney homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Kearney | $550 | 0.41 |
| Larger repair in Kearney | $2,600 | 1.9 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Kearney | $4,900 | 3.7 |
| One year of roof life in Kearney | $356 | 0.27 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Kearney: 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 Kearney roofing market
Kearney's 2020 population of 33,790 anchors a stable mid-Nebraska service hub. Key institutional employers include Good Samaritan Hospital and the University of Nebraska at Kearney, each with over 1,000 employees, alongside national manufacturers like Baldwin Filters and The Buckle. This employer mix sustains steady residential and commercial roofing demand, with institutional campuses representing an ongoing flat and low-slope maintenance market for local contractors.
Roofing companies in Kearney's county
- 15roofing establishments with paid employees
- 76paid roofing employees
- 46.7%have fewer than 5 employees
- 5.1employees per firm on average
46.7% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 17 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 5.1 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 25 roofing contractors listed in Kearney, 13 verified against a public registry. See them
License and permit in Nebraska
Kearney roofers: No roofing-specific state license.
13 contractors listed in Kearney carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Kearney's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodKearney roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Kearney household earns $69,790 a year, or $1,342 a week. A Kearney asphalt re-roof, typically $9,800, takes 7.3 weeks of that.
Grand Island ($9,800 typical, 42 miles away) takes 8.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.86 weeks more than Kearney.
173 of 208 other cities ask for more, 35 for less.
Sum for Kearney: $9,800 ÷ ($69,790 ÷ 52) = 7.3 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Kearney city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Kearney
- Central District
- Westside
- Downtown Kearney
- University Heights
- East Side
ZIP codes: 68847, 68850, 68836, 69127, 68839.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.