Roof Replacement Cost in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Murfreesboro home costs $6,440 to $14,260, which a Murfreesboro household on $76,241 a year earns back in 4.4 to 9.7 weeks. Murfreesboro gets 57.9 yearly precipitation, 21st highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Murfreesboro asphalt re-roofs land at $10,350 for the typical job (7.1 weeks of local pay at $76,241 a year). Expect $6,440 to $14,260 for asphalt and $15,640 to $36,800 for metal in Murfreesboro.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Murfreesboro installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Murfreesboro roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Murfreesboro home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Murfreesboro or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Murfreesboro roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Murfreesboro house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Murfreesboro gets.
Price your own roof in Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro prices sit 8% under the national base. A typical Murfreesboro roof is 7.1 weeks of local pay, 182nd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Murfreesboro
- 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 |
| Murfreesboro cost index | Fixed for Murfreesboro, not recalculated from wages | 0.92× |
| Murfreesboro low | $7,000 × Murfreesboro index 0.92 | $6,440, 4.4 weeks of Murfreesboro pay |
| Murfreesboro high | $15,500 × Murfreesboro index 0.92 | $14,260, 9.7 weeks of Murfreesboro pay |
| Murfreesboro typical | Midpoint of the Murfreesboro low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,350 |
- Where Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro. 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 Murfreesboro
A typical asphalt roof in Murfreesboro costs $10,350, which is 7.1 weeks of local pay and puts Murfreesboro 182nd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Murfreesboro | 5.8 | $8,500 | 2.3% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Murfreesboro | 7.7 | $11,250 | 3.1% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Murfreesboro | 14.7 | $21,600 | 5.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Murfreesboro | 20.1 | $29,450 | 8.1% |
| Concrete Tile in Murfreesboro | 13.2 | $19,300 | 5.3% |
| TPO / EPDM in Murfreesboro* | 3.8 | $5,500 | 1.5% |
* 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 Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Murfreesboro's $6,440–$14,260 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Murfreesboro pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.34 weeks in Murfreesboro | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.68 weeks in Murfreesboro | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.7 weeks in Murfreesboro | $2,500 |
Storms behind Murfreesboro roof bills
Public NOAA records for Murfreesboro's county.
- 20days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 66days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 48 hail reports for Murfreesboro's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 14 of them, 29% of the total.
Busiest three: May 14, March 9, October 6.
No hail was reported in 2 of the 12 months (September to November, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was November 6, 2018, with $3,405,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $9,807,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 11 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Rutherford County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 |
35 recorded hail events across 7 years represented in the data. 2022 had the most events among represented full years: 9.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Murfreesboro against nearby Tennessee cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.88× against Murfreesboro's 0.92×. Closest: Franklin, about 27 mi, at $6,090 to $13,485.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murfreesboro (this page) | 7.1 | — | 29 (9) | 35 |
| Franklin roofers ≈27 mi from Murfreesboro |
4.4 | -5% | 29 (4) | 95 |
| Hendersonville roofers ≈34 mi from Murfreesboro |
5.6 | -5% | 25 (2) | 35 |
| Cookeville roofers ≈54 mi from Murfreesboro |
10.5 | -5% | 27 (2) | 24 |
| Clarksville roofers ≈72 mi from Murfreesboro |
7.6 | -5% | 25 (5) | 15 |
| Chattanooga roofers ≈82 mi from Murfreesboro |
8.4 | -4% | 26 (5) | 19 |
| Jackson roofers ≈137 mi from Murfreesboro |
9.9 | -5% | 25 (4) | 47 |
On the cost index Murfreesboro sits at 0.92×, and a Murfreesboro roof takes 7.1 weeks of its pay, rank 182 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Murfreesboro
Share of median home value
In Murfreesboro a typical re-roof takes 2.8% of the $365,100 median home value. Only 22 cities carry a lighter ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Murfreesboro city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
19.7% of Murfreesboro homes predate 1980. A roof that Murfreesboro homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 2001 is 25 years old. Oldest-first, Murfreesboro stands #203 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Murfreesboro city), 2019–2023The Murfreesboro roofing market
Murfreesboro is one of the fastest-growing cities in Tennessee, anchored by Middle Tennessee State University and Nashville suburban expansion, which has created a highly competitive new-construction roofing market that sometimes strains experienced labor availability. The influx of wealthy Nashville commuters to Rutherford County has elevated demand for premium roofing products compared to historical norms.
Roofing companies in Murfreesboro's county
- 22roofing establishments with paid employees
- 147paid roofing employees
- 72.7%have fewer than 5 employees
- 6.7employees per firm on average
72.7% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 9 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 6.7 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 29 roofing contractors listed in Murfreesboro, 9 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Murfreesboro metro earns a median $48,120 a year, $2,430 above the $45,690 statewide median. 67 of 141 metros pay more than the Murfreesboro area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Tennessee
Murfreesboro roofers: State contractor license.
Check a Murfreesboro roofer in the Tennessee registry
9 contractors listed in Murfreesboro carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Murfreesboro's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodMurfreesboro roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Murfreesboro household earns $76,241 a year, or $1,466 a week. A Murfreesboro asphalt re-roof, typically $10,350, takes 7.1 weeks of that.
Franklin ($9,800 typical, 27 miles away) takes 4.4 weeks of its own pay, 2.6 weeks fewer than Murfreesboro.
181 of 208 other cities ask for more, 27 for less.
Sum for Murfreesboro: $10,350 ÷ ($76,241 ÷ 52) = 7.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Murfreesboro city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Murfreesboro
With a median build year of 2001, a Murfreesboro home carries an original roof that is 25 years old. That sits inside the 25–30 years window of architectural shingles, so Murfreesboro owners have both options open. 19.7% of Murfreesboro homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Murfreesboro | $600 | 0.41 |
| Larger repair in Murfreesboro | $2,750 | 1.9 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Murfreesboro | $5,200 | 3.5 |
| One year of roof life in Murfreesboro | $376 | 0.26 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Murfreesboro: 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.
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Murfreesboro
- Blackman
- Cason Lane
- Southeast Murfreesboro
- Old Fort
- Northfield
- Burnt Knob
ZIP codes: 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130, 37132.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.