Roof Replacement Cost in Longview, Texas (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Longview usually land between $6,510 to $14,415. On Longview's median household income of $62,488 a year that works out to 5.4 to 12.0 weeks of pay. Longview gets 92 days at 90f or hotter, 20th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,450 for asphalt shingles in Longview, or 8.7 weeks of the median household's $62,488. Metal roofs in Longview cost $15,810 to $37,200; asphalt ranges from $6,510 to $14,415.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Longview
Compares your price per square foot with the Longview installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Longview roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Longview home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Longview or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Longview roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Longview house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Longview gets.
Price your own roof in Longview
Longview prices sit 7% under the national base. A typical Longview roof is 8.7 weeks of local pay, 113th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Longview
- 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 |
| Longview cost index | Fixed for Longview, not recalculated from wages | 0.93× |
| Longview low | $7,000 × Longview index 0.93 | $6,510, 5.4 weeks of Longview pay |
| Longview high | $15,500 × Longview index 0.93 | $14,415, 12.0 weeks of Longview pay |
| Longview typical | Midpoint of the Longview low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,450 |
- Where Longview 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 Longview. 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 Longview
A typical asphalt roof in Longview costs $10,450, which is 8.7 weeks of local pay and puts Longview 113th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Longview | 7.2 | $8,600 | 4.7% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Longview | 9.5 | $11,400 | 6.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Longview | 18.2 | $21,850 | 12.0% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Longview | 24.8 | $29,750 | 16.3% |
| Concrete Tile in Longview | 16.3 | $19,550 | 10.7% |
| TPO / EPDM in Longview* | 4.7 | $5,600 | 3.1% |
* 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
What weather does to a Longview 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 Longview. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Longview's $6,510–$14,415 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Longview pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.42 weeks in Longview | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.83 weeks in Longview | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in Longview | $2,500 |
Repair or replace in Longview
The median Longview 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. 54.8% of Longview homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Longview | $600 | 0.50 |
| Larger repair in Longview | $2,800 | 2.3 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Longview | $5,200 | 4.3 |
| One year of roof life in Longview | $380 | 0.32 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Longview: 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.
Longview against nearby Texas cities
Neighbors run from 0.81× to 0.93× against Longview's 0.93×. Closest: Tyler, about 34 mi, at $5,880 to $13,020.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview (this page) | 8.7 | — | 26 (2) | 43 |
| Tyler roofers ≈34 mi from Longview |
7.5 | -10% | 30 (5) | 104 |
| Texarkana roofers ≈75 mi from Longview |
9.6 | -13% | 25 (0) | 32 |
| Fort Worth roofers ≈153 mi from Longview |
7.1 | same | 24 (1) | 475 |
| Waco roofers ≈155 mi from Longview |
10.6 | same | 26 (1) | 123 |
| Bryan roofers ≈158 mi from Longview |
9.6 | same | 28 (4) | 81 |
| College Station roofers ≈159 mi from Longview |
10.5 | same | 16 (0) | 81 |
On the cost index Longview sits at 0.93×, and a Longview roof takes 8.7 weeks of its pay, rank 113 of 209.
Storms behind Longview roof bills
Public NOAA records for Longview's county.
- 17days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 42days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 50 hail reports for Longview's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 28 of them, 56% of the total.
Busiest three: April 28, March 11, February 4.
No hail was reported in 5 of the 12 months (June to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was April 9, 2015, with $1,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $2,211,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 8 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Gregg County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026* | 9 |
43 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 8.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
What a re-roof costs against home values in Longview
Share of median home value
In Longview a typical re-roof takes 5.7% of the $182,700 median home value. 61 cities carry a heavier ratio and 147 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Longview city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
54.8% of Longview homes predate 1980. The median Longview home was built in 1978, so a roof never replaced there is 48 years old. Oldest-first, Longview stands #88 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Longview city), 2019–2023Longview roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Longview household earns $62,488 a year, or $1,202 a week. A Longview asphalt re-roof, typically $10,450, takes 8.7 weeks of that.
Tyler ($9,450 typical, 34 miles away) takes 7.5 weeks of its own pay, 1.2 weeks fewer than Longview.
112 of 208 other cities ask for more, 96 for less.
Sum for Longview: $10,450 ÷ ($62,488 ÷ 52) = 8.7 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Longview city), 2019–2023The Longview roofing market
Longview recorded 81,638 residents in the 2020 census. The economy is anchored by CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center, Eastman Chemical, and Longview Regional Medical Center, alongside Dollar General, Komatsu, and Trinity Rail. The petrochemical and manufacturing base sustains a stable working-class housing market with aging residential stock that generates steady reroofing demand for local contractors.
Roofing companies in Longview's county
- 19roofing establishments with paid employees
- 219paid roofing employees
- 47.4%have fewer than 5 employees
- 11.5employees per firm on average
47.4% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 16 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 11.5 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Longview, 2 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Longview metro earns a median $39,460 a year, $6,570 below the $46,030 statewide median. 137 of 141 metros pay more than the Longview area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Texas
Longview roofers: No state roofing license — voluntary RCAT program.
Check a Longview roofer in the Texas registry
2 contractors listed in Longview carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Longview's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Longview
- Lakeview Heights
- Oakwood
- University Park
- River Oaks
- Midway
ZIP codes: 75601, 75602, 75603, 75604, 75605.
Roof cost in Longview: questions
In Longview, what does a roof replacement cost?
In Longview, how many weeks of pay is a new roof?
In Longview, should I repair or replace my roof?
For a Longview home, is a re-roof a big bill?
When does hail hit Longview?
Does a Longview roofer need a license?
For a Longview roof, who pulls the permit?
How many roofing firms work near Longview?
More for Longview
Cite this page
Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.