Roof Replacement Cost in Mobile, Alabama (2026)
Budget $5,880 to $13,020 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Mobile house. Against the $51,090 median income in Mobile, that is 6.0 to 13.3 weeks of work. Mobile gets 68 yearly precipitation, 2nd highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Mobile is $9,450, which takes 9.6 weeks of a $51,090 median household income. Metal in Mobile: $14,280 to $33,600. Asphalt in Mobile: $5,880 to $13,020.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Mobile installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Mobile roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Mobile home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Mobile or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Mobile roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Mobile house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Mobile gets.
Price your own roof in Mobile
Mobile prices sit 16% under the national base. A typical Mobile roof is 9.6 weeks of local pay, 64th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Mobile
- 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 |
| Mobile cost index | Fixed for Mobile, not recalculated from wages | 0.84× |
| Mobile low | $7,000 × Mobile index 0.84 | $5,880, 6.0 weeks of Mobile pay |
| Mobile high | $15,500 × Mobile index 0.84 | $13,020, 13.3 weeks of Mobile pay |
| Mobile typical | Midpoint of the Mobile low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,450 |
- Where Mobile 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 Mobile. 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 Mobile
A typical asphalt roof in Mobile costs $9,450, which is 9.6 weeks of local pay and puts Mobile 64th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Mobile | 7.9 | $7,750 | 4.6% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Mobile | 10.5 | $10,300 | 6.0% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Mobile | 20.1 | $19,750 | 11.6% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Mobile | 27.4 | $26,900 | 15.8% |
| Concrete Tile in Mobile | 18.0 | $17,650 | 10.4% |
| TPO / EPDM in Mobile* | 5.1 | $5,050 | 3.0% |
* 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 Mobile 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 Mobile. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Repair or replace in Mobile
Mobile homes sit 52 years from the median build year of 1974. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Mobile a repair mostly buys time. 64.8% of Mobile homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Mobile | $550 | 0.56 |
| Larger repair in Mobile | $2,500 | 2.5 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Mobile | $4,700 | 4.8 |
| One year of roof life in Mobile | $344 | 0.35 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Mobile: 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.
Mobile roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Mobile household earns $51,090 a year, or $982 a week. A Mobile asphalt re-roof, typically $9,450, takes 9.6 weeks of that.
Montgomery ($9,350 typical, 155 miles away) takes 8.7 weeks of its own pay, 0.89 weeks fewer than Mobile.
63 of 208 other cities ask for more, 145 for less.
Sum for Mobile: $9,450 ÷ ($51,090 ÷ 52) = 9.6 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Mobile city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Mobile's $5,880–$13,020 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Mobile pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.51 weeks in Mobile | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.0 weeks in Mobile | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.5 weeks in Mobile | $2,500 |
Storms behind Mobile roof bills
Public NOAA records for Mobile's county.
- 21days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 73days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 33 hail reports for Mobile's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 15 of them, 45% of the total.
Busiest three: June 15, May 6, March 4.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (August to November, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was January 21, 2017, with $314,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $837,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 45 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Mobile County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 |
24 recorded hail events across 8 years 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
Mobile against nearby Alabama cities
6 neighbors share 0.83×, against Mobile's 0.84×. Closest is Montgomery, about 155 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile (this page) | 9.6 | — | 29 (0) | 24 |
| Montgomery roofers ≈155 mi from Mobile |
8.7 | -1% | 29 (0) | 16 |
| Dothan roofers ≈162 mi from Mobile |
8.8 | -1% | 26 (0) | 12 |
| Tuscaloosa roofers ≈176 mi from Mobile |
10.0 | -1% | 27 (0) | 20 |
| Hoover roofers ≈201 mi from Mobile |
4.5 | -1% | 25 (0) | 47 |
| Auburn roofers ≈201 mi from Mobile |
8.7 | -1% | 26 (0) | 24 |
| Gadsden roofers ≈258 mi from Mobile |
12.6 | -1% | 22 (0) | 29 |
On the cost index Mobile sits at 0.84×, and a Mobile roof takes 9.6 weeks of its pay, rank 64 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Mobile
Share of median home value
In Mobile a typical re-roof takes 5.5% of the $170,300 median home value. 67 cities carry a heavier ratio and 141 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Mobile city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
64.8% of Mobile homes predate 1980. A roof that Mobile homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1974 is 52 years old. Oldest-first, Mobile stands #67 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Mobile city), 2019–2023The Mobile roofing market
Mobile's Mardi Gras culture and historic architecture drive a specialty roofing segment for Victorian-era homes in the historic Oakleigh Garden and Church Street East districts. Alabama's Strengthen Alabama Homes grant program offers up to $10,000 for hurricane-resistant roof upgrades, creating incentive-driven demand that knowledgeable local contractors help homeowners access.
Roofing companies in Mobile's county
- 32roofing establishments with paid employees
- 314paid roofing employees
- 53.1%have fewer than 5 employees
- 9.8employees per firm on average
53.1% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 10 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 9.8 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 29 roofing contractors listed in Mobile. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Mobile metro earns a median $45,540 a year, $130 below the $45,670 statewide median. 117 of 141 metros pay more than the Mobile area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Mobile
- Oakleigh Garden
- Old Dauphin Way
- Midtown
- Tillmans Corner
- Springhill
- West Mobile
ZIP codes: 36602, 36605, 36606, 36608, 36693.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.