Roof Replacement Cost in Marietta, Georgia (2026)
Marietta homeowners pay $6,160 to $13,640 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 4.6 to 10.1 weeks of the $70,086 a year the median Marietta household takes in. Marietta gets 10.5 days with an inch of rain, 43rd highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: A typical Marietta asphalt roof costs $9,900. That is 7.3 weeks of pay for a household earning $70,086 a year. Metal in Marietta runs $14,960 to $35,200, against $6,160 to $13,640 for asphalt.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Marietta installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Marietta roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Marietta home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Marietta or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Marietta roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Marietta house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Marietta gets.
Price your own roof in Marietta
Marietta prices sit 12% under the national base. A typical Marietta roof is 7.3 weeks of local pay, 173rd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Marietta
- 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 |
| Marietta cost index | Fixed for Marietta, not recalculated from wages | 0.88× |
| Marietta low | $7,000 × Marietta index 0.88 | $6,160, 4.6 weeks of Marietta pay |
| Marietta high | $15,500 × Marietta index 0.88 | $13,640, 10.1 weeks of Marietta pay |
| Marietta typical | Midpoint of the Marietta low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,900 |
- Where Marietta 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 Marietta. 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 Marietta
A typical asphalt roof in Marietta costs $9,900, which is 7.3 weeks of local pay and puts Marietta 173rd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Marietta | 6.0 | $8,150 | 2.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Marietta | 8.0 | $10,800 | 2.7% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Marietta | 15.4 | $20,700 | 5.2% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Marietta | 20.9 | $28,150 | 7.0% |
| Concrete Tile in Marietta | 13.7 | $18,500 | 4.6% |
| TPO / EPDM in Marietta* | 3.9 | $5,300 | 1.3% |
* 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
Marietta against nearby Georgia cities
Neighbors run from 0.84× to 0.88× against Marietta's 0.88×. Closest: Smyrna, about 5 mi, at $6,160 to $13,640.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta (this page) | 7.3 | — | 30 (0) | 17 |
| Smyrna roofers ≈5 mi from Marietta |
5.3 | same | 23 (0) | 17 |
| Athens roofers ≈67 mi from Marietta |
10.0 | same | 30 (0) | 10 |
| Macon roofers ≈93 mi from Marietta |
9.7 | -5% | 27 (0) | 4 |
| Columbus roofers ≈106 mi from Marietta |
8.8 | -3% | 29 (0) | 13 |
| Warner Robins roofers ≈107 mi from Marietta |
7.8 | same | 22 (0) | 9 |
| Augusta roofers ≈149 mi from Marietta |
9.5 | -2% | 30 (0) | 25 |
On the cost index Marietta sits at 0.88×, and a Marietta roof takes 7.3 weeks of its pay, rank 173 of 209.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Marietta's $6,160–$13,640 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Marietta pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.37 weeks in Marietta | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.74 weeks in Marietta | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Marietta | $2,500 |
What a re-roof costs against home values in Marietta
Share of median home value
In Marietta a typical re-roof takes 2.5% of the $401,100 median home value. Only 14 cities carry a lighter ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Marietta city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
35.5% of Marietta homes predate 1980. The median Marietta home was built in 1986, so a roof never replaced there is 40 years old. Oldest-first, Marietta stands #144 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Marietta city), 2019–2023Storms behind Marietta roof bills
Public NOAA records for Marietta's county. Smyrna shares Marietta's county. On Smyrna: year-by-year counts, located reports. On Smyrna too: county roofing market, climate table. On Marietta: monthly chart and costliest storm day.
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 26 hail reports for Marietta's county since 2014. September is the busiest month with 7 of them, 27% of the total.
Busiest three: September 7, April 6, June 6.
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 February 21, 2014, with $500,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $1,160,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 5 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Repair or replace in Marietta
The median Marietta home was built in 1986, so an original roof would be 40 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 35.5% of Marietta homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Marietta | $550 | 0.41 |
| Larger repair in Marietta | $2,650 | 2.0 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Marietta | $4,950 | 3.7 |
| One year of roof life in Marietta | $360 | 0.27 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Marietta: 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.
Marietta roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Marietta household earns $70,086 a year, or $1,348 a week. A Marietta asphalt re-roof, typically $9,900, takes 7.3 weeks of that.
Smyrna ($9,900 typical, 5 miles away) takes 5.3 weeks of its own pay, 2.0 weeks fewer than Marietta.
172 of 208 other cities ask for more, 36 for less.
Sum for Marietta: $9,900 ÷ ($70,086 ÷ 52) = 7.3 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Marietta city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Marietta
- Downtown Marietta
- The Pines
- Rivermont
- Buckhead (Marietta)
- Northside
ZIP codes: 30062, 30064, 30066, 30144, 30087.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.