Roof Replacement Cost in Little Rock, Arkansas (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Little Rock runs $5,880 to $13,020. The median Little Rock household earns $60,583 a year, so that is 5.0 to 11.2 weeks of its pay. Little Rock gets 14.5 days with an inch of rain, 4th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $9,450 for asphalt shingles in Little Rock, or 8.1 weeks of the median household's $60,583. Metal roofs in Little Rock cost $14,280 to $33,600; asphalt ranges from $5,880 to $13,020.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Little Rock installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Little Rock roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Little Rock home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Little Rock or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Little Rock roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Little Rock house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Little Rock gets.
Price your own roof in Little Rock
Little Rock prices sit 16% under the national base. A typical Little Rock roof is 8.1 weeks of local pay, 142nd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Little Rock
- 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 |
| Little Rock cost index | Fixed for Little Rock, not recalculated from wages | 0.84× |
| Little Rock low | $7,000 × Little Rock index 0.84 | $5,880, 5.0 weeks of Little Rock pay |
| Little Rock high | $15,500 × Little Rock index 0.84 | $13,020, 11.2 weeks of Little Rock pay |
| Little Rock typical | Midpoint of the Little Rock low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,450 |
- Where Little Rock 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 Little Rock
A typical asphalt roof in Little Rock costs $9,450, which is 8.1 weeks of local pay and puts Little Rock 142nd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Little Rock | 6.7 | $7,750 | 3.5% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Little Rock | 8.8 | $10,300 | 4.7% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Little Rock | 17.0 | $19,750 | 8.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Little Rock | 23.1 | $26,900 | 12.2% |
| Concrete Tile in Little Rock | 15.1 | $17,650 | 8.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Little Rock* | 4.3 | $5,050 | 2.3% |
* 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 Little Rock 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 Little Rock. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Little Rock roof bills
Public NOAA records for Little Rock's county.
- 45days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 84days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 114 hail reports for Little Rock's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 38 of them, 33% of the total.
Busiest three: April 38, March 22, May 14.
No hail was reported in November.
The costliest storm day on record in the county was March 31, 2023, with $85,710,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $100,863,000. 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, Pulaski County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026* | 1 |
75 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 8.2 per represented full year. 2018 had the most events among represented full years: 16.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Little Rock storm history · Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Little Rock's $5,880–$13,020 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Little Rock pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.43 weeks in Little Rock | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.86 weeks in Little Rock | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in Little Rock | $2,500 |
Little Rock against nearby Arkansas cities
Neighbors run from 0.80× to 0.86× against Little Rock's 0.84×. Closest: Conway, about 25 mi, at $5,740 to $12,710.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock (this page) | 8.1 | — | 27 (14) | 75 |
| Conway roofers ≈25 mi from Little Rock |
8.2 | -2% | 27 (9) | 52 |
| Jonesboro roofers ≈117 mi from Little Rock |
9.0 | -4% | 28 (14) | 61 |
| Fort Smith roofers ≈127 mi from Little Rock |
8.9 | -5% | 26 (19) | 74 |
| Fayetteville roofers ≈140 mi from Little Rock |
8.5 | +2% | 25 (6) | 123 |
| Springdale roofers ≈144 mi from Little Rock |
7.2 | -2% | 28 (12) | 123 |
| Rogers roofers ≈151 mi from Little Rock |
5.8 | -2% | 25 (10) | 169 |
On the cost index Little Rock sits at 0.84×, and a Little Rock roof takes 8.1 weeks of its pay, rank 142 of 209.
Repair or replace in Little Rock
The median Little Rock home was built in 1978, so an original roof would be 48 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 53.3% of Little Rock homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Little Rock | $550 | 0.47 |
| Larger repair in Little Rock | $2,500 | 2.1 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Little Rock | $4,700 | 4.0 |
| One year of roof life in Little Rock | $344 | 0.29 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Little Rock: 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 a re-roof costs against home values in Little Rock
Share of median home value
In Little Rock a typical re-roof takes 4.3% of the $221,200 median home value. 129 cities carry a heavier ratio and 79 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Little Rock city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
53.3% of Little Rock homes predate 1980. The median Little Rock home was built in 1978, so a roof never replaced there is 48 years old. Oldest-first, Little Rock stands #88 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Little Rock city), 2019–2023The Little Rock roofing market
As Arkansas's capital and largest city, Little Rock has a competitive and professional roofing contractor market with multiple Owens Corning and GAF Certified contractors operating throughout the metro. The Clinton Presidential Library renovation and ongoing downtown revitalization have maintained demand for commercial roofing expertise alongside residential work.
Roofing companies in Little Rock's county
- 51roofing establishments with paid employees
- 410paid roofing employees
- 66.7%have fewer than 5 employees
- 8.0employees per firm on average
66.7% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 3 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 8 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Little Rock, 14 verified against a public registry. See them
Little Rock roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Little Rock household earns $60,583 a year, or $1,165 a week. A Little Rock asphalt re-roof, typically $9,450, takes 8.1 weeks of that.
Conway ($9,200 typical, 25 miles away) takes 8.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.07 weeks more than Little Rock.
141 of 208 other cities ask for more, 67 for less.
Sum for Little Rock: $9,450 ÷ ($60,583 ÷ 52) = 8.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Little Rock city), 2019–2023License and permit in Arkansas
Little Rock roofers: State license required.
Check a Little Rock roofer in the Arkansas registry
14 contractors listed in Little Rock carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Little Rock's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Little Rock
- Hillcrest
- Heights
- West Little Rock
- Chenal Valley
- Maumelle
- North Little Rock
ZIP codes: 72201, 72204, 72205, 72206, 72211.
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Pulaski County fact sheet for Little Rock homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Pulaski County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Pulaski County 9 times, split 5 storm-type, 3 flood, 1 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Pulaski County 45 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 12 of 12 full years. The latest in Pulaski County was 234 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Little Rock
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