Roof Replacement Cost in Lafayette, Indiana (2026)
Budget $6,230 to $13,795 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Lafayette, IN house. Against the $52,946 median income in Lafayette, IN, that is 6.1 to 13.5 weeks of work. Lafayette, IN gets 95 freeze-thaw days, 48th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: A typical Lafayette, IN asphalt roof costs $10,000. That is 9.8 weeks of pay for a household earning $52,946 a year. Metal in Lafayette, IN 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 Lafayette, IN installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Lafayette, IN roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Lafayette, IN home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Lafayette, IN or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Lafayette, IN roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Lafayette, IN house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Lafayette, IN gets.
Price your own roof in Lafayette
Lafayette, IN prices sit 11% under the national base. A typical Lafayette, IN roof is 9.8 weeks of local pay, 58th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Lafayette
- 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 |
| Lafayette, IN cost index | Fixed for Lafayette, IN, not recalculated from wages | 0.89× |
| Lafayette, IN low | $7,000 × Lafayette, IN index 0.89 | $6,230, 6.1 weeks of Lafayette, IN pay |
| Lafayette, IN high | $15,500 × Lafayette, IN index 0.89 | $13,795, 13.5 weeks of Lafayette, IN pay |
| Lafayette, IN typical | Midpoint of the Lafayette, IN low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,000 |
- Where Lafayette, IN 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 Lafayette, IN. 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 Lafayette, IN
A typical asphalt roof in Lafayette, IN costs $10,000, which is 9.8 weeks of local pay and puts Lafayette, IN 58th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Lafayette, IN | 8.1 | $8,250 | 5.2% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Lafayette, IN | 10.7 | $10,900 | 6.9% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Lafayette, IN | 20.5 | $20,900 | 13.3% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Lafayette, IN | 28.0 | $28,500 | 18.1% |
| Concrete Tile in Lafayette, IN | 18.4 | $18,700 | 11.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Lafayette, IN* | 5.3 | $5,350 | 3.4% |
* 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 Lafayette, IN 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 Lafayette, IN. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Lafayette, IN roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Lafayette, IN household earns $52,946 a year, or $1,018 a week. A Lafayette, IN asphalt re-roof, typically $10,000, takes 9.8 weeks of that.
Kokomo ($10,000 typical, 39 miles away) takes 9.6 weeks of its own pay, 0.23 weeks fewer than Lafayette, IN.
57 of 208 other cities ask for more, 151 for less.
Sum for Lafayette, IN: $10,000 ÷ ($52,946 ÷ 52) = 9.8 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Lafayette city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Lafayette, IN
Lafayette, IN homes sit 56 years from the median build year of 1970. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Lafayette, IN a repair mostly buys time. 60.5% of Lafayette, IN homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Lafayette, IN | $600 | 0.59 |
| Larger repair in Lafayette, IN | $2,650 | 2.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Lafayette, IN | $5,000 | 4.9 |
| One year of roof life in Lafayette, IN | $364 | 0.36 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Lafayette, IN: 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.
Lafayette, IN against nearby Indiana cities
6 neighbors share 0.89×, against Lafayette's 0.89×. Closest is Kokomo, about 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, IN (this page) | 9.8 | — | 27 (0) | 22 |
| Kokomo roofers ≈39 mi from Lafayette, IN |
9.6 | same | 22 (0) | 10 |
| Anderson roofers ≈66 mi from Lafayette, IN |
11.0 | same | 25 (0) | 36 |
| Terre Haute roofers ≈71 mi from Lafayette, IN |
12.4 | same | 26 (0) | 18 |
| Muncie roofers ≈80 mi from Lafayette, IN |
12.0 | same | 24 (0) | 19 |
| Bloomington roofers ≈88 mi from Lafayette, IN |
10.6 | same | 27 (0) | 34 |
| South Bend roofers ≈93 mi from Lafayette, IN |
9.9 | same | 27 (0) | 44 |
On the cost index Lafayette, IN sits at 0.89×, and a Lafayette, IN roof takes 9.8 weeks of its pay, rank 58 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Lafayette, IN
Share of median home value
In Lafayette, IN a typical re-roof takes 6.3% of the $157,600 median home value. 40 cities carry a heavier ratio and 168 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Lafayette city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
60.5% of Lafayette, IN homes predate 1980. A roof that Lafayette, IN homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1970 is 56 years old. Oldest-first, Lafayette, IN stands #48 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Lafayette city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Lafayette, IN's $6,230–$13,795 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Lafayette, IN pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.49 weeks in Lafayette, IN | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.98 weeks in Lafayette, IN | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.5 weeks in Lafayette, IN | $2,500 |
The Lafayette, IN roofing market
Lafayette, with 70,783 residents in 2020, anchors a metro of 223,716 alongside neighboring West Lafayette, home of Purdue University. Major local employers include Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Wabash National, Caterpillar, and Evonik. The steady institutional and manufacturing base sustains consistent demand for both residential re-roofing and commercial work, while ongoing university-area construction keeps the contractor pipeline active.
Roofing companies in Lafayette, IN's county
- 14roofing establishments with paid employees
- 132paid roofing employees
- 42.9%have fewer than 5 employees
- 9.4employees per firm on average
42.9% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 21 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 9.4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Lafayette, IN. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Lafayette, IN metro earns a median $44,140 a year, $13,840 below the $57,980 statewide median. 126 of 141 metros pay more than the Lafayette, IN area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Storms behind Lafayette, IN roof bills
Public NOAA records for Lafayette, IN's county.
- 11days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4 inlargest hailstone reported
- 50days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 35 hail reports for Lafayette, IN's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 11 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: April 11, June 5, August 5.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was March 31, 2023, with $700,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $1,551,300. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 9 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Tippecanoe County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026* | 2 |
22 recorded hail events across 6 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2017 had the most events among represented full years: 12.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Lafayette, IN storm history · Hail risk lookup
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Lafayette, IN
- University Place
- East Lafayette
- Westville Estates
- Greenwood Lake
- Southridge
ZIP codes: 47901, 47903, 47905, 47906, 47922.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.