Roof Replacement Cost in Longmont, Colorado (2026)
Budget $7,560 to $16,740 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Longmont house. Against the $89,724 median income in Longmont, that is 4.4 to 9.7 weeks of work. Longmont gets 130 freeze-thaw days, 6th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: A typical Longmont asphalt roof costs $12,150. That is 7.0 weeks of pay for a household earning $89,724 a year. Metal in Longmont runs $18,360 to $43,200, against $7,560 to $16,740 for asphalt.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Longmont installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Longmont roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Longmont home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Longmont or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Longmont roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Longmont house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Longmont gets.
Price your own roof in Longmont
Longmont prices sit 8% over the national base. A typical Longmont roof is 7.0 weeks of local pay, 183rd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Longmont
- 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 |
| Longmont cost index | Fixed for Longmont, not recalculated from wages | 1.08× |
| Longmont low | $7,000 × Longmont index 1.08 | $7,560, 4.4 weeks of Longmont pay |
| Longmont high | $15,500 × Longmont index 1.08 | $16,740, 9.7 weeks of Longmont pay |
| Longmont typical | Midpoint of the Longmont low and high, rounded to $50 | $12,150 |
- Where Longmont 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 Longmont. 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 Longmont
A typical asphalt roof in Longmont costs $12,150, which is 7.0 weeks of local pay and puts Longmont 183rd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Longmont | 5.8 | $10,000 | 1.8% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Longmont | 7.7 | $13,250 | 2.4% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Longmont | 14.7 | $25,400 | 4.7% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Longmont | 20.0 | $34,550 | 6.4% |
| Concrete Tile in Longmont | 13.2 | $22,700 | 4.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Longmont* | 3.8 | $6,500 | 1.2% |
* 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 Longmont 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 Longmont. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Longmont roof bills
Public NOAA records for Longmont's county. Boulder shares Longmont's county. On Boulder: monthly chart, costliest storm day, tornado count. On Longmont: year-by-year counts and located reports.
- 30days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 8days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Reported hail locations, Boulder County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 42 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 16 |
130 recorded hail events across 9 years represented in the data, about 14.4 per represented full year. 2018 had the most events among represented full years: 45.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Longmont storm history · Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Longmont's $7,560–$16,740 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Longmont pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.29 weeks in Longmont | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.58 weeks in Longmont | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.4 weeks in Longmont | $2,500 |
Longmont against nearby Colorado cities
Neighbors run from 1.08× to 1.12× against Longmont's 1.08×. Closest: Boulder, about 14 mi, at $7,560 to $16,740.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longmont (this page) | 7.0 | — | 30 (0) | 130 |
| Boulder roofers ≈14 mi from Longmont |
7.4 | same | 23 (0) | 130 |
| Loveland roofers ≈16 mi from Longmont |
7.6 | same | 26 (0) | 143 |
| Westminster roofers ≈23 mi from Longmont |
6.6 | same | 21 (0) | 146 |
| Arvada roofers ≈25 mi from Longmont |
5.6 | same | 30 (0) | 159 |
| Greeley roofers ≈27 mi from Longmont |
9.2 | same | 28 (0) | 386 |
| Fort Collins roofers ≈29 mi from Longmont |
7.8 | +4% | 25 (0) | 143 |
On the cost index Longmont sits at 1.08×, and a Longmont roof takes 7.0 weeks of its pay, rank 183 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Longmont
Share of median home value
In Longmont a typical re-roof takes 2.2% of the $541,400 median home value. Only 6 cities carry a lighter ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Longmont city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
37.6% of Longmont homes predate 1980. A roof that Longmont homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1990 is 36 years old. Oldest-first, Longmont stands #169 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Longmont city), 2019–2023The Longmont roofing market
Longmont had 98,885 residents per the 2020 census with a median household income near $90,000, signaling a relatively affluent market capable of supporting quality reroofing projects. The top 2020 employer is St. Vrain Valley Schools at 3,543 workers, followed by the City of Longmont at 1,625 and Seagate Technology at 1,430. The manufacturing and technology employment base sustains steady commercial roofing demand alongside residential. Colorado hail season combined with Front Range growth keeps both insurance-claim and elective replacement pipelines active for local contractors.
Roofing companies in Longmont's county
- 20roofing establishments with paid employees
- 249paid roofing employees
- 55%have fewer than 5 employees
- 12.4employees per firm on average
55% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 9 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 12.4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 30 roofing contractors listed in Longmont. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Longmont metro earns a median $56,140 a year, $4,390 above the $51,750 statewide median. 25 of 141 metros pay more than the Longmont area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Colorado
Longmont roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Longmont's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Longmont
Longmont homes sit 36 years from the median build year of 1990. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Longmont a repair mostly buys time. 37.6% of Longmont homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Longmont | $700 | 0.41 |
| Larger repair in Longmont | $3,250 | 1.9 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Longmont | $6,100 | 3.5 |
| One year of roof life in Longmont | $442 | 0.26 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Longmont: 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.
Longmont roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Longmont household earns $89,724 a year, or $1,725 a week. A Longmont asphalt re-roof, typically $12,150, takes 7.0 weeks of that.
Boulder ($12,150 typical, 14 miles away) takes 7.4 weeks of its own pay, 0.36 weeks more than Longmont.
182 of 208 other cities ask for more, 26 for less.
Sum for Longmont: $12,150 ÷ ($89,724 ÷ 52) = 7.0 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Longmont city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Longmont
- East Longmont
- Southlands
- Longmont Crossing
- Prairie View
- Westridge
ZIP codes: 80514, 80501, 80503, 80502, 80504.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.