Roof Replacement Cost in Manhattan, Kansas (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Manhattan home costs $6,160 to $13,640, which a Manhattan household on $58,441 a year earns back in 5.5 to 12.1 weeks. NOAA counts 36 days of 1-inch hail in Manhattan's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $9,900 for asphalt shingles in Manhattan, or 8.8 weeks of the median household's $58,441. Metal roofs in Manhattan cost $14,960 to $35,200; asphalt ranges from $6,160 to $13,640.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Manhattan
Compares your price per square foot with the Manhattan installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Manhattan roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Manhattan home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Manhattan or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Manhattan roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Manhattan house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Manhattan gets.
Price your own roof in Manhattan
Manhattan prices sit 12% under the national base. A typical Manhattan roof is 8.8 weeks of local pay, 106th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Manhattan
- 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 |
| Manhattan cost index | Fixed for Manhattan, not recalculated from wages | 0.88× |
| Manhattan low | $7,000 × Manhattan index 0.88 | $6,160, 5.5 weeks of Manhattan pay |
| Manhattan high | $15,500 × Manhattan index 0.88 | $13,640, 12.1 weeks of Manhattan pay |
| Manhattan typical | Midpoint of the Manhattan low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,900 |
- Where Manhattan 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 Manhattan
A typical asphalt roof in Manhattan costs $9,900, which is 8.8 weeks of local pay and puts Manhattan 106th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Manhattan | 7.3 | $8,150 | 3.3% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Manhattan | 9.6 | $10,800 | 4.4% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Manhattan | 18.4 | $20,700 | 8.5% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Manhattan | 25.0 | $28,150 | 11.6% |
| Concrete Tile in Manhattan | 16.5 | $18,500 | 7.6% |
| TPO / EPDM in Manhattan* | 4.7 | $5,300 | 2.2% |
* 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
Storms behind Manhattan roof bills
Public NOAA records for Manhattan's county.
- 36days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4 inlargest hailstone reported
- 47days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 95 hail reports for Manhattan's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 29 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: April 29, May 24, June 20.
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 June 11, 2022, with $10,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $10,000,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 8 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Riley County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2026* | 2 |
64 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 6.9 per represented full year. 2024 had the most events among represented full years: 19.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Manhattan storm history · Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Manhattan's $6,160–$13,640 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Manhattan pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.44 weeks in Manhattan | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.89 weeks in Manhattan | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.2 weeks in Manhattan | $2,500 |
What weather does to a Manhattan 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 Manhattan. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Manhattan against nearby Kansas cities
5 neighbors share 0.88× to 0.89×, against Manhattan's 0.88×. Closest is Topeka, about 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan (this page) | 8.8 | — | 25 (0) | 64 |
| Topeka roofers ≈49 mi from Manhattan |
9.2 | same | 23 (0) | 95 |
| Salina roofers ≈60 mi from Manhattan |
8.5 | same | 20 (0) | 97 |
| Lawrence roofers ≈73 mi from Manhattan |
8.2 | same | 25 (0) | 38 |
| Hutchinson roofers ≈106 mi from Manhattan |
8.8 | same | 18 (0) | 85 |
| Wichita roofers ≈111 mi from Manhattan |
8.2 | +1% | 19 (0) | 228 |
On the cost index Manhattan sits at 0.88×, and a Manhattan roof takes 8.8 weeks of its pay, rank 106 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Manhattan
Share of median home value
In Manhattan a typical re-roof takes 4.1% of the $243,700 median home value. 140 cities carry a heavier ratio and 68 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Manhattan city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
46.5% of Manhattan homes predate 1980. A roof that Manhattan homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1983 is 43 years old. Oldest-first, Manhattan stands #127 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Manhattan city), 2019–2023Manhattan roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Manhattan household earns $58,441 a year, or $1,124 a week. A Manhattan asphalt re-roof, typically $9,900, takes 8.8 weeks of that.
Topeka ($9,900 typical, 49 miles away) takes 9.2 weeks of its own pay, 0.40 weeks more than Manhattan.
105 of 208 other cities ask for more, 103 for less.
Sum for Manhattan: $9,900 ÷ ($58,441 ÷ 52) = 8.8 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Manhattan city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Manhattan
Manhattan homes sit 43 years from the median build year of 1983. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Manhattan a repair mostly buys time. 46.5% of Manhattan homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Manhattan | $550 | 0.49 |
| Larger repair in Manhattan | $2,650 | 2.4 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Manhattan | $4,950 | 4.4 |
| One year of roof life in Manhattan | $360 | 0.32 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Manhattan: 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 Manhattan roofing market
Manhattan's 2020 census population was 54,100. Kansas State University is the dominant employer with roughly 24,000 students on campus, and Fort Riley military base adds thousands of civilian jobs nearby. That combination of a large university campus with aging institutional roofs and steady military-adjacent residential construction keeps contractor demand consistent. The school district ranks among the city's largest employers, adding another layer of public-facility roofing work to the market.
Roofing companies in Manhattan's county
- 7roofing establishments with paid employees
- 49paid roofing employees
- 71.4%have fewer than 5 employees
- 7.0employees per firm on average
71.4% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 8 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 7 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 25 roofing contractors listed in Manhattan. See them
License and permit in Kansas
Manhattan roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Manhattan's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Manhattan
- Downtown Manhattan
- South Campus
- Eastside Park
- University Heights
- Westside
ZIP codes: 66502, 66503, 66504, 66505, 66506.
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Riley County fact sheet for Manhattan homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Riley County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Riley County 5 times, split 5 storm-type, 0 flood, 0 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Riley County 36 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 12 of 12 full years. The latest in Riley County was 14 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Manhattan
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.