Roof Replacement Cost in Kingsport, Tennessee (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Kingsport runs $6,090 to $13,485. The median Kingsport household earns $50,436 a year, so that is 6.3 to 13.9 weeks of its pay. By that measure Kingsport sits 42nd of 209 cities we price. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Kingsport asphalt re-roofs land at $9,800 for the typical job (10.1 weeks of local pay at $50,436 a year). Expect $6,090 to $13,485 for asphalt and $14,790 to $34,800 for metal in Kingsport.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Kingsport installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Kingsport roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Kingsport home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Kingsport or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Kingsport roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Kingsport house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Kingsport gets.
Price your own roof in Kingsport
Kingsport prices sit 13% under the national base. A typical Kingsport roof is 10.1 weeks of local pay, 42nd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Kingsport
- 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 |
| Kingsport cost index | Fixed for Kingsport, not recalculated from wages | 0.87× |
| Kingsport low | $7,000 × Kingsport index 0.87 | $6,090, 6.3 weeks of Kingsport pay |
| Kingsport high | $15,500 × Kingsport index 0.87 | $13,485, 13.9 weeks of Kingsport pay |
| Kingsport typical | Midpoint of the Kingsport low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,800 |
- Where Kingsport 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 Kingsport. 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 Kingsport
A typical asphalt roof in Kingsport costs $9,800, which is 10.1 weeks of local pay and puts Kingsport 42nd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Kingsport | 8.3 | $8,050 | 4.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Kingsport | 11.0 | $10,650 | 5.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Kingsport | 21.1 | $20,450 | 10.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Kingsport | 28.7 | $27,850 | 13.7% |
| Concrete Tile in Kingsport | 18.8 | $18,250 | 9.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Kingsport* | 5.4 | $5,200 | 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
Kingsport roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Kingsport household earns $50,436 a year, or $970 a week. A Kingsport asphalt re-roof, typically $9,800, takes 10.1 weeks of that.
Johnson City ($9,800 typical, 20 miles away) takes 9.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.91 weeks fewer than Kingsport.
41 of 208 other cities ask for more, 167 for less.
Sum for Kingsport: $9,800 ÷ ($50,436 ÷ 52) = 10.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Kingsport city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Kingsport
Kingsport homes sit 52 years from the median build year of 1974. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Kingsport a repair mostly buys time. 58.1% of Kingsport homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Kingsport | $550 | 0.57 |
| Larger repair in Kingsport | $2,600 | 2.7 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Kingsport | $4,900 | 5.1 |
| One year of roof life in Kingsport | $356 | 0.37 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Kingsport: 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.
What weather does to a Kingsport 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 Kingsport. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Kingsport against nearby Tennessee cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.92× against Kingsport's 0.87×. Closest: Johnson City, about 20 mi, at $6,090 to $13,485.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport (this page) | 10.1 | — | 21 (4) | 12 |
| Johnson City roofers ≈20 mi from Kingsport |
9.2 | same | 26 (1) | 13 |
| Knoxville roofers ≈86 mi from Kingsport |
10.2 | +2% | 25 (4) | 37 |
| Cookeville roofers ≈165 mi from Kingsport |
10.5 | same | 27 (2) | 24 |
| Chattanooga roofers ≈184 mi from Kingsport |
8.4 | +1% | 26 (5) | 19 |
| Murfreesboro roofers ≈218 mi from Kingsport |
7.1 | +6% | 29 (9) | 35 |
| Hendersonville roofers ≈226 mi from Kingsport |
5.6 | same | 25 (2) | 35 |
On the cost index Kingsport sits at 0.87×, and a Kingsport roof takes 10.1 weeks of its pay, rank 42 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Kingsport
Share of median home value
In Kingsport a typical re-roof takes 4.8% of the $203,000 median home value. 104 cities carry a heavier ratio and 104 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Kingsport city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
58.1% of Kingsport homes predate 1980. A roof that Kingsport homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1974 is 52 years old. Oldest-first, Kingsport stands #67 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Kingsport city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Kingsport's $6,090–$13,485 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Kingsport pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.52 weeks in Kingsport | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.0 weeks in Kingsport | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.6 weeks in Kingsport | $2,500 |
The Kingsport roofing market
Kingsport had a 2020 census population of 55,442. The economy anchors on heavy industry: Eastman Chemical Company (6,500 employees), Partner Industrial (2,000), Ballad Health Holston Valley Hospital (1,355), and BAE Systems (948). Large industrial facilities, mid-century mill-era housing, and steady workforce housing demand create a durable roofing market. Institutional and commercial re-roofing alongside residential replacement keeps the contractor pipeline active year-round.
Roofing companies in Kingsport's county
- 13roofing establishments with paid employees
- 92paid roofing employees
- 46.2%have fewer than 5 employees
- 7.1employees per firm on average
46.2% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 17 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 7.1 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 21 roofing contractors listed in Kingsport, 4 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Kingsport metro earns a median $39,720 a year, $5,970 below the $45,690 statewide median. 135 of 141 metros pay more than the Kingsport area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Tennessee
Kingsport roofers: State contractor license.
Check a Kingsport roofer in the Tennessee registry
4 contractors listed in Kingsport carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Kingsport's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodStorms behind Kingsport roof bills
Public NOAA records for Kingsport's county.
- 10days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 50days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 14 hail reports for Kingsport's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 7 of them, 50% of the total.
Busiest three: May 7, March 2, July 2.
No hail was reported in 7 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was February 6, 2025, with $40,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $66,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 1 tornado, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Sullivan County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
12 recorded hail events across 7 years represented in the data. 2022 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
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Kingsport
- Southside
- North Ridge
- Downtown Kingsport
- Springfield Heights
- Piney Flats
ZIP codes: 37660, 37662, 37663, 37683, 37694.
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