Roof Replacement Cost in Lorain, Ohio (2026)
Budget $6,370 to $14,105 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Lorain house. Against the $45,799 median income in Lorain, that is 7.2 to 16.0 weeks of work. By that measure Lorain sits 14th of 209 cities we price. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Lorain asphalt re-roofs land at $10,250 for the typical job (11.6 weeks of local pay at $45,799 a year). Expect $6,370 to $14,105 for asphalt and $15,470 to $36,400 for metal in Lorain.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Lorain installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Lorain roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Lorain home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Lorain or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Lorain roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Lorain house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Lorain gets.
Price your own roof in Lorain
Lorain prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical Lorain roof is 11.6 weeks of local pay, 14th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Lorain
- 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 |
| Lorain cost index | Fixed for Lorain, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| Lorain low | $7,000 × Lorain index 0.91 | $6,370, 7.2 weeks of Lorain pay |
| Lorain high | $15,500 × Lorain index 0.91 | $14,105, 16.0 weeks of Lorain pay |
| Lorain typical | Midpoint of the Lorain low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where Lorain 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 Lorain. 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 Lorain
A typical asphalt roof in Lorain costs $10,250, which is 11.6 weeks of local pay and puts Lorain 14th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Lorain | 9.5 | $8,400 | 6.8% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Lorain | 12.7 | $11,150 | 9.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Lorain | 24.3 | $21,400 | 17.3% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Lorain | 33.0 | $29,100 | 23.6% |
| Concrete Tile in Lorain | 21.7 | $19,100 | 15.5% |
| TPO / EPDM in Lorain* | 6.2 | $5,450 | 4.4% |
* 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
Lorain roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Lorain household earns $45,799 a year, or $881 a week. A Lorain asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 11.6 weeks of that.
Akron ($10,250 typical, 43 miles away) takes 11.0 weeks of its own pay, 0.66 weeks fewer than Lorain.
13 of 208 other cities ask for more, 195 for less.
Sum for Lorain: $10,250 ÷ ($45,799 ÷ 52) = 11.6 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Lorain city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Lorain
Lorain homes sit 65 years from the median build year of 1961. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Lorain a repair mostly buys time. 79.9% of Lorain homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Lorain | $600 | 0.68 |
| Larger repair in Lorain | $2,750 | 3.1 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Lorain | $5,100 | 5.8 |
| One year of roof life in Lorain | $373 | 0.42 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Lorain: 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.
Lorain against nearby Ohio cities
6 neighbors share 0.91×, against Lorain's 0.91×. Closest is Akron, about 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain (this page) | 11.6 | — | 28 (0) | 23 |
| Akron roofers ≈43 mi from Lorain |
11.0 | same | 29 (0) | 40 |
| Mansfield roofers ≈51 mi from Lorain |
12.5 | same | 27 (0) | 26 |
| Canton roofers ≈61 mi from Lorain |
13.4 | same | 27 (0) | 27 |
| Toledo roofers ≈72 mi from Lorain |
11.2 | same | 29 (0) | 29 |
| Youngstown roofers ≈83 mi from Lorain |
15.3 | same | 27 (0) | 22 |
| Newark roofers ≈97 mi from Lorain |
9.0 | same | 28 (0) | 40 |
On the cost index Lorain sits at 0.91×, and a Lorain roof takes 11.6 weeks of its pay, rank 14 of 209.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Lorain's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Lorain pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.57 weeks in Lorain | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Lorain | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.8 weeks in Lorain | $2,500 |
What a re-roof costs against home values in Lorain
Share of median home value
In Lorain a typical re-roof takes 8.3% of the $123,500 median home value. Only 21 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Lorain city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
79.9% of Lorain homes predate 1980. A roof that Lorain homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1961 is 65 years old. Oldest-first, Lorain stands #26 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Lorain city), 2019–2023What weather does to a Lorain 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 Lorain. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Lorain roof bills
Public NOAA records for Lorain's county.
- 14days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 60days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 29 hail reports for Lorain's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 11 of them, 38% of the total.
Busiest three: May 11, April 4, August 4.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (February to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was November 5, 2017, with $550,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $2,152,100. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 9 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Lorain County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026* | 3 |
23 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 5.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Lorain storm history · Hail risk lookup
The Lorain roofing market
Lorain's 2020 census population was 65,211. The largest employer base includes Mercy Health (1,657 employees), the Lorain City School District (870), Lorain Tubular (796), and Republic Steel (633). The city's industrial history and aging housing stock -- typical of a post-steel Lake Erie town -- generate consistent demand for both residential re-roofing and commercial flat-roof maintenance, with contractors serving a mix of older single-family homes and legacy industrial facilities.
Roofing companies in Lorain's county
- 28roofing establishments with paid employees
- 124paid roofing employees
- 82.1%have fewer than 5 employees
- 4.4employees per firm on average
82.1% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 18 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 4.4 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 28 roofing contractors listed in Lorain. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Lorain metro earns a median $55,690 a year, $6,300 above the $49,390 statewide median. 30 of 141 metros pay more than the Lorain area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Lorain
- Lorain City
- South Lorain
- Fairview Park North
- North Ridgeville
- Elyria South
ZIP codes: 44052, 44063, 44112, 44086, 44092.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.