Roof Replacement Cost in Knoxville, Tennessee (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Knoxville usually land between $6,230 to $13,795. On Knoxville's median household income of $50,994 a year that works out to 6.4 to 14.1 weeks of pay. By that measure Knoxville sits 41st of 209 cities we price. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: A typical Knoxville asphalt roof costs $10,000. That is 10.2 weeks of pay for a household earning $50,994 a year. Metal in Knoxville runs $15,130 to $35,600, against $6,230 to $13,795 for asphalt.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Knoxville installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Knoxville roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Knoxville home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Knoxville or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Knoxville roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Knoxville house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Knoxville gets.
Price your own roof in Knoxville
Knoxville prices sit 11% under the national base. A typical Knoxville roof is 10.2 weeks of local pay, 41st heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Knoxville
- 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 |
| Knoxville cost index | Fixed for Knoxville, not recalculated from wages | 0.89× |
| Knoxville low | $7,000 × Knoxville index 0.89 | $6,230, 6.4 weeks of Knoxville pay |
| Knoxville high | $15,500 × Knoxville index 0.89 | $13,795, 14.1 weeks of Knoxville pay |
| Knoxville typical | Midpoint of the Knoxville low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,000 |
- Where Knoxville 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 Knoxville. 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 Knoxville
A typical asphalt roof in Knoxville costs $10,000, which is 10.2 weeks of local pay and puts Knoxville 41st of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Knoxville | 8.4 | $8,250 | 3.9% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Knoxville | 11.1 | $10,900 | 5.1% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Knoxville | 21.3 | $20,900 | 9.8% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Knoxville | 29.1 | $28,500 | 13.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Knoxville | 19.1 | $18,700 | 8.7% |
| TPO / EPDM in Knoxville* | 5.5 | $5,350 | 2.5% |
* 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
Knoxville roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Knoxville household earns $50,994 a year, or $981 a week. A Knoxville asphalt re-roof, typically $10,000, takes 10.2 weeks of that.
Kingsport ($9,800 typical, 86 miles away) takes 10.1 weeks of its own pay, 0.09 weeks fewer than Knoxville.
40 of 208 other cities ask for more, 168 for less.
Sum for Knoxville: $10,000 ÷ ($50,994 ÷ 52) = 10.2 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Knoxville city), 2019–2023What weather does to a Knoxville 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 Knoxville. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Repair or replace in Knoxville
The median Knoxville home was built in 1974, so an original roof would be 52 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 59.4% of Knoxville homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Knoxville | $600 | 0.61 |
| Larger repair in Knoxville | $2,650 | 2.7 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Knoxville | $5,000 | 5.1 |
| One year of roof life in Knoxville | $364 | 0.37 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Knoxville: 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.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Knoxville's $6,230–$13,795 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Knoxville pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.51 weeks in Knoxville | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.0 weeks in Knoxville | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.5 weeks in Knoxville | $2,500 |
Storms behind Knoxville roof bills
Public NOAA records for Knoxville's county.
- 22days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 109days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 48 hail reports for Knoxville's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 11 of them, 23% of the total.
Busiest three: April 11, May 11, September 9.
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 August 7, 2023, with $3,700,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $3,973,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 1 tornado, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 16 |
37 recorded hail events across 8 years represented in the data. 2025 had the most events among represented full years: 16.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Knoxville storm history · Hail risk lookup
Knoxville against nearby Tennessee cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.92× against Knoxville's 0.89×. Closest: Kingsport, about 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville (this page) | 10.2 | — | 25 (4) | 37 |
| Kingsport roofers ≈86 mi from Knoxville |
10.1 | -2% | 21 (4) | 12 |
| Cookeville roofers ≈89 mi from Knoxville |
10.5 | -2% | 27 (2) | 24 |
| Johnson City roofers ≈91 mi from Knoxville |
9.2 | -2% | 26 (1) | 13 |
| Chattanooga roofers ≈100 mi from Knoxville |
8.4 | -1% | 26 (5) | 19 |
| Murfreesboro roofers ≈138 mi from Knoxville |
7.1 | +3% | 29 (9) | 35 |
| Hendersonville roofers ≈153 mi from Knoxville |
5.6 | -2% | 25 (2) | 35 |
On the cost index Knoxville sits at 0.89×, and a Knoxville roof takes 10.2 weeks of its pay, rank 41 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Knoxville
Share of median home value
In Knoxville a typical re-roof takes 4.7% of the $214,000 median home value. 111 cities carry a heavier ratio and 97 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Knoxville city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
59.4% of Knoxville homes predate 1980. The median Knoxville home was built in 1974, so a roof never replaced there is 52 years old. Oldest-first, Knoxville stands #67 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Knoxville city), 2019–2023The Knoxville roofing market
University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory anchor Knoxville's economy, supporting a stable residential market with strong demand for quality roof replacements. Tennessee requires a contractor license for jobs of $25,000 or more, and Knox County is one of nine counties that also require a home improvement license from $3,000, so checking a roofer's license is the first step for Knoxville homeowners.
Roofing companies in Knoxville's county
- 34roofing establishments with paid employees
- 361paid roofing employees
- 52.9%have fewer than 5 employees
- 10.6employees per firm on average
52.9% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 11 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 10.6 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 25 roofing contractors listed in Knoxville, 4 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Knoxville metro earns a median $45,030 a year, $660 below the $45,690 statewide median. 122 of 141 metros pay more than the Knoxville area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Tennessee
Knoxville roofers: State contractor license.
Check a Knoxville roofer in the Tennessee registry
4 contractors listed in Knoxville carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Knoxville's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Knoxville
- Bearden
- Sequoyah Hills
- Halls
- Powell
- West Knoxville
- Old Sevier
ZIP codes: 37902, 37909, 37912, 37919, 37922.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.