Roof Replacement Cost in Monroe, Louisiana (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Monroe usually land between $6,160 to $13,640. On Monroe's median household income of $36,521 a year that works out to 8.8 to 19.4 weeks of pay. By that measure Monroe sits 4th of 209 cities we price. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $9,900 for asphalt shingles in Monroe, or 14.1 weeks of the median household's $36,521. Metal roofs in Monroe cost $14,960 to $35,200; asphalt ranges from $6,160 to $13,640.
Got a quote? See where it falls in Monroe
Compares your price per square foot with the Monroe installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Monroe roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Monroe home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Monroe or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Monroe roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Monroe house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Monroe gets.
Price your own roof in Monroe
Monroe prices sit 12% under the national base. A typical Monroe roof is 14.1 weeks of local pay, 4th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Monroe
- 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 |
| Monroe cost index | Fixed for Monroe, not recalculated from wages | 0.88× |
| Monroe low | $7,000 × Monroe index 0.88 | $6,160, 8.8 weeks of Monroe pay |
| Monroe high | $15,500 × Monroe index 0.88 | $13,640, 19.4 weeks of Monroe pay |
| Monroe typical | Midpoint of the Monroe low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,900 |
- Where Monroe 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 Monroe. 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 Monroe
A typical asphalt roof in Monroe costs $9,900, which is 14.1 weeks of local pay and puts Monroe 4th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Monroe | 11.6 | $8,150 | 4.7% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Monroe | 15.4 | $10,800 | 6.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Monroe | 29.5 | $20,700 | 11.8% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Monroe | 40.1 | $28,150 | 16.1% |
| Concrete Tile in Monroe | 26.3 | $18,500 | 10.6% |
| TPO / EPDM in Monroe* | 7.5 | $5,300 | 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
Monroe roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Monroe household earns $36,521 a year, or $702 a week. A Monroe asphalt re-roof, typically $9,900, takes 14.1 weeks of that.
Alexandria ($9,900 typical, 85 miles away) takes 10.9 weeks of its own pay, 3.2 weeks fewer than Monroe.
3 of 208 other cities ask for more, 205 for less.
Sum for Monroe: $9,900 ÷ ($36,521 ÷ 52) = 14.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Monroe city), 2019–2023What weather does to a Monroe 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 Monroe. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Repair or replace in Monroe
The median Monroe home was built in 1971, so an original roof would be 55 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 65.9% of Monroe homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Monroe | $550 | 0.78 |
| Larger repair in Monroe | $2,650 | 3.8 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Monroe | $4,950 | 7.0 |
| One year of roof life in Monroe | $360 | 0.51 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Monroe: 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.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Monroe's $6,160–$13,640 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Monroe pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.71 weeks in Monroe | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.4 weeks in Monroe | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 3.6 weeks in Monroe | $2,500 |
Storms behind Monroe roof bills
Public NOAA records for Monroe's county.
- 20days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.5 inlargest hailstone reported
- 57days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 56 hail reports for Monroe's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 21 of them, 38% of the total.
Busiest three: April 21, December 12, May 10.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (August to October, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was April 12, 2020, with $250,775,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $256,070,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 10 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF3.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Ouachita Parish
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2018 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026* | 3 |
43 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 5 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 11.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Monroe storm history · Hail risk lookup
Monroe against nearby Louisiana cities
Neighbors run from 0.82× to 0.88× against Monroe's 0.88×. Closest: Alexandria, about 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe (this page) | 14.1 | — | 24 (0) | 43 |
| Alexandria roofers ≈85 mi from Monroe |
10.9 | same | 16 (0) | 21 |
| Bossier City roofers ≈94 mi from Monroe |
9.3 | same | 13 (0) | 80 |
| Shreveport roofers ≈95 mi from Monroe |
9.9 | -7% | 30 (0) | 103 |
| Lafayette roofers ≈158 mi from Monroe |
8.4 | same | 30 (0) | 17 |
| Lake Charles roofers ≈171 mi from Monroe |
9.1 | same | 25 (0) | 39 |
On the cost index Monroe sits at 0.88×, and a Monroe roof takes 14.1 weeks of its pay, rank 4 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Monroe
Share of median home value
In Monroe a typical re-roof takes 5.7% of the $174,800 median home value. 65 cities carry a heavier ratio and 143 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Monroe city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
65.9% of Monroe homes predate 1980. The median Monroe home was built in 1971, so a roof never replaced there is 55 years old. Oldest-first, Monroe stands #53 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Monroe city), 2019–2023The Monroe roofing market
Monroe had a 2020 census population of 47,702. The local employer base is anchored by the Ouachita Parish School Board (2,844 employees), Lumen Technologies/CenturyLink (2,360), St. Francis Specialty Hospital (1,584), Monroe City Schools (1,348), and Glenwood Regional Medical Center (1,156). The March 2016 flood that damaged 9,500 homes and the April 2020 EF3 tornado created significant storm-restoration demand; the public-sector and healthcare employment base provides economic stability for ongoing residential re-roofing activity.
Roofing companies in Monroe's county
- 15roofing establishments with paid employees
- 155paid roofing employees
- 53.3%have fewer than 5 employees
- 10.3employees per firm on average
53.3% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 10 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 10.3 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 24 roofing contractors listed in Monroe. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Monroe metro earns a median $48,450 a year, $310 below the $48,760 statewide median. 62 of 141 metros pay more than the Monroe area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Monroe
- Downtown Monroe
- South Side
- River District
- West Monroe
- Eastside
ZIP codes: 71203, 71201, 71202, 71224, 71256.
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