Roof Replacement Cost in Lawton, Oklahoma (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Lawton home costs $5,950 to $13,175, which a Lawton household on $53,588 a year earns back in 5.8 to 12.8 weeks. NOAA counts 76 days of 1-inch hail in Lawton's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Lawton the typical asphalt re-roof costs $9,550, which is 9.3 weeks of local pay on a $53,588 median household income. Metal in Lawton runs $14,450 to $34,000, and the Lawton asphalt range is $5,950 to $13,175.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Lawton installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Lawton roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Lawton home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Lawton or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Lawton roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Lawton house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Lawton gets.
Price your own roof in Lawton
Lawton prices sit 15% under the national base. A typical Lawton roof is 9.3 weeks of local pay, 80th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Lawton
- 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 |
| Lawton cost index | Fixed for Lawton, not recalculated from wages | 0.85× |
| Lawton low | $7,000 × Lawton index 0.85 | $5,950, 5.8 weeks of Lawton pay |
| Lawton high | $15,500 × Lawton index 0.85 | $13,175, 12.8 weeks of Lawton pay |
| Lawton typical | Midpoint of the Lawton low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,550 |
- Where Lawton 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 Lawton
A typical asphalt roof in Lawton costs $9,550, which is 9.3 weeks of local pay and puts Lawton 80th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Lawton | 7.6 | $7,850 | 5.8% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Lawton | 10.1 | $10,400 | 7.7% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Lawton | 19.4 | $20,000 | 14.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Lawton | 26.4 | $27,200 | 20.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Lawton | 17.3 | $17,850 | 13.3% |
| TPO / EPDM in Lawton* | 4.9 | $5,100 | 3.8% |
* 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 Lawton roof bills
Public NOAA records for Lawton's county.
- 76days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4 inlargest hailstone reported
- 80days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 230 hail reports for Lawton's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 75 of them, 33% of the total.
Busiest three: May 75, April 66, June 44.
No hail was reported in January.
The costliest storm day on record in the county was June 11, 2026, with $290,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $877,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 13 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Comanche County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 32 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 45 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 18 |
| 2026* | 22 |
190 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 18.7 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 45.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Lawton storm history · Hail risk lookup
What weather does to a Lawton 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 Lawton. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Lawton's $5,950–$13,175 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Lawton pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.49 weeks in Lawton | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.97 weeks in Lawton | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.4 weeks in Lawton | $2,500 |
Repair or replace in Lawton
Lawton 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 Lawton a repair mostly buys time. 63.2% of Lawton homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Lawton | $550 | 0.53 |
| Larger repair in Lawton | $2,550 | 2.5 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Lawton | $4,800 | 4.7 |
| One year of roof life in Lawton | $347 | 0.34 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Lawton: 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.
Lawton roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Lawton household earns $53,588 a year, or $1,031 a week. A Lawton asphalt re-roof, typically $9,550, takes 9.3 weeks of that.
Norman ($9,550 typical, 69 miles away) takes 7.6 weeks of its own pay, 1.6 weeks fewer than Lawton.
79 of 208 other cities ask for more, 129 for less.
Sum for Lawton: $9,550 ÷ ($53,588 ÷ 52) = 9.3 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Lawton city), 2019–2023Lawton against nearby Oklahoma cities
6 neighbors share 0.85×, against Lawton's 0.85×. Closest is Norman, about 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton (this page) | 9.3 | — | 27 (10) | 190 |
| Norman roofers ≈69 mi from Lawton |
7.6 | same | 29 (14) | 329 |
| Moore roofers ≈72 mi from Lawton |
6.5 | same | 28 (18) | 329 |
| Edmond roofers ≈89 mi from Lawton |
4.9 | same | 26 (15) | 388 |
| Enid roofers ≈127 mi from Lawton |
7.8 | same | 28 (17) | 97 |
| Tulsa roofers ≈173 mi from Lawton |
8.5 | same | 30 (21) | 300 |
| Broken Arrow roofers ≈178 mi from Lawton |
5.8 | same | 26 (17) | 300 |
On the cost index Lawton sits at 0.85×, and a Lawton roof takes 9.3 weeks of its pay, rank 80 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Lawton
Share of median home value
In Lawton a typical re-roof takes 7.1% of the $134,200 median home value. Only 29 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Lawton city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
63.2% of Lawton homes predate 1980. A roof that Lawton homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1974 is 52 years old. Oldest-first, Lawton stands #67 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Lawton city), 2019–2023The Lawton roofing market
Lawton recorded 90,381 residents in the 2020 census, ranking it sixth-largest in Oklahoma. Fort Sill is the defining employer with over 5,000 full-time positions, and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company adds 2,400 more. Lawton Public Schools, Comanche County Memorial Hospital, and Cameron University round out the institutional base. This stable, government-anchored economy sustains consistent residential roofing demand and predictable insurance claim cycles after tornado and hail events.
Roofing companies in Lawton's county
- 10roofing establishments with paid employees
- 91paid roofing employees
- 70%have fewer than 5 employees
- 9.1employees per firm on average
70% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 6 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 9.1 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Lawton, 10 verified against a public registry. See them
License and permit in Oklahoma
Lawton roofers: State registration required.
Check a Lawton roofer in the Oklahoma registry
10 contractors listed in Lawton carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Lawton's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Lawton
- Southmoore
- Seward Park
- North Heights
- Lawton Country Club
- Cushing
ZIP codes: 73501, 73520, 73549, 73503, 73505.
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Comanche County fact sheet for Lawton homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Comanche County
Comanche County appears in 7 FEMA declarations since 2014 (3 storm, 1 flood, 3 winter, 0 fire). NOAA logs in Comanche County 76 days of hail at 1 in or more, in 12 of 12 full years. The latest in Comanche County was 1,154 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Lawton
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.