Roof Replacement Cost in Lincoln, Nebraska (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Lincoln home costs $6,090 to $13,485, which a Lincoln household on $69,991 a year earns back in 4.5 to 10.0 weeks. NOAA counts 54 days of 1-inch hail in Lincoln's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Lincoln is $9,800, which takes 7.3 weeks of a $69,991 median household income. Metal in Lincoln: $14,790 to $34,800. Asphalt in Lincoln: $6,090 to $13,485.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Lincoln
Compares your price per square foot with the Lincoln installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Lincoln roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Lincoln home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Lincoln or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Lincoln roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Lincoln house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Lincoln gets.
Price your own roof in Lincoln
Lincoln prices sit 13% under the national base. A typical Lincoln roof is 7.3 weeks of local pay, 175th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Lincoln
- 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 |
| Lincoln cost index | Fixed for Lincoln, not recalculated from wages | 0.87× |
| Lincoln low | $7,000 × Lincoln index 0.87 | $6,090, 4.5 weeks of Lincoln pay |
| Lincoln high | $15,500 × Lincoln index 0.87 | $13,485, 10.0 weeks of Lincoln pay |
| Lincoln typical | Midpoint of the Lincoln low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,800 |
- Where Lincoln 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 Lincoln. 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 Lincoln
A typical asphalt roof in Lincoln costs $9,800, which is 7.3 weeks of local pay and puts Lincoln 175th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Lincoln | 6.0 | $8,050 | 3.2% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Lincoln | 7.9 | $10,650 | 4.3% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Lincoln | 15.2 | $20,450 | 8.2% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Lincoln | 20.7 | $27,850 | 11.2% |
| Concrete Tile in Lincoln | 13.6 | $18,250 | 7.4% |
| TPO / EPDM in Lincoln* | 3.9 | $5,200 | 2.1% |
* 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 Lincoln roof bills
Public NOAA records for Lincoln's county.
- 54days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 5 inlargest hailstone reported
- 64days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 186 hail reports for Lincoln's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 57 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: June 57, April 44, May 39.
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 August 9, 2025, with $3,410,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $4,910,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 17 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF3.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Lancaster County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026* | 29 |
134 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2022 had the most events among represented full years: 27.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Lincoln storm history · Hail risk lookup
What weather does to a Lincoln 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 Lincoln. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Lincoln's $6,090–$13,485 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Lincoln pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.37 weeks in Lincoln | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.74 weeks in Lincoln | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Lincoln | $2,500 |
Lincoln against nearby Nebraska cities
4 neighbors share 0.87×, against Lincoln's 0.87×. Closest is Bellevue, about 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln (this page) | 7.3 | — | 28 (15) | 134 |
| Bellevue roofers ≈48 mi from Lincoln |
5.8 | same | 19 (2) | 59 |
| Omaha roofers ≈48 mi from Lincoln |
7.0 | same | 30 (13) | 168 |
| Grand Island roofers ≈86 mi from Lincoln |
8.2 | same | 25 (6) | 53 |
| Kearney roofers ≈124 mi from Lincoln |
7.3 | same | 25 (13) | 94 |
On the cost index Lincoln sits at 0.87×, and a Lincoln roof takes 7.3 weeks of its pay, rank 175 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Lincoln
Share of median home value
In Lincoln a typical re-roof takes 3.9% of the $248,200 median home value. 146 cities carry a heavier ratio and 62 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Lincoln city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
49.2% of Lincoln homes predate 1980. A roof that Lincoln homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1981 is 45 years old. Oldest-first, Lincoln stands #117 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Lincoln city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Lincoln
Lincoln homes sit 45 years from the median build year of 1981. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Lincoln a repair mostly buys time. 49.2% of Lincoln homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Lincoln | $550 | 0.41 |
| Larger repair in Lincoln | $2,600 | 1.9 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Lincoln | $4,900 | 3.6 |
| One year of roof life in Lincoln | $356 | 0.26 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Lincoln: 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 Lincoln roofing market
Lincoln's roofing demand is anchored by a stable, growing population of 291,082 in the 2020 Census and an estimated 300,619 in 2024. The largest employers include the State of Nebraska and Lincoln Public Schools (each 7,501 to 9,999 employees), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (5,000 to 7,500 employees, with 23,954 students enrolled), Bryan Health (2,500 to 4,999), and Kawasaki Motors (over 2,400 employees). The University of Nebraska was founded in Lincoln in 1869.
Roofing companies in Lincoln's county
- 45roofing establishments with paid employees
- 465paid roofing employees
- 62.2%have fewer than 5 employees
- 10.3employees per firm on average
62.2% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 1 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 10.3 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 28 roofing contractors listed in Lincoln, 15 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Lincoln metro earns a median $47,360 a year, $900 above the $46,460 statewide median. 81 of 141 metros pay more than the Lincoln area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Nebraska
Lincoln roofers: No roofing-specific state license.
15 contractors listed in Lincoln carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Lincoln's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodLincoln roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Lincoln household earns $69,991 a year, or $1,346 a week. A Lincoln asphalt re-roof, typically $9,800, takes 7.3 weeks of that.
Bellevue ($9,800 typical, 48 miles away) takes 5.8 weeks of its own pay, 1.4 weeks fewer than Lincoln.
174 of 208 other cities ask for more, 34 for less.
Sum for Lincoln: $9,800 ÷ ($69,991 ÷ 52) = 7.3 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Lincoln city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Lincoln
- Old Town
- Dawson
- Lincoln East
- Haymarket
ZIP codes: 68504, 68502, 68503, 68505, 68507.
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Lancaster County fact sheet for Lincoln homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Lancaster County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Lancaster County 5 times, split 3 storm-type, 1 flood, 1 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Lancaster County 54 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 11 of 12 full years. The latest in Lancaster County was 328 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Lincoln
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.