Roof Replacement Cost in Newport News, Virginia (2026)
Newport News homeowners pay $6,860 to $15,190 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 5.3 to 11.8 weeks of the $66,718 a year the median Newport News household takes in. Newport News gets 9 days with an inch of rain, 64th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Newport News the typical asphalt re-roof costs $11,000, which is 8.6 weeks of local pay on a $66,718 median household income. Metal in Newport News runs $16,660 to $39,200, and the Newport News asphalt range is $6,860 to $15,190.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Newport News installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Newport News roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Newport News home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Newport News or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Newport News roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Newport News house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Newport News gets.
Price your own roof in Newport News
Newport News prices land within 2% of the national base. A typical Newport News roof is 8.6 weeks of local pay, 122nd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Newport News
- 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 |
| Newport News cost index | Fixed for Newport News, not recalculated from wages | 0.98× |
| Newport News low | $7,000 × Newport News index 0.98 | $6,860, 5.3 weeks of Newport News pay |
| Newport News high | $15,500 × Newport News index 0.98 | $15,190, 11.8 weeks of Newport News pay |
| Newport News typical | Midpoint of the Newport News low and high, rounded to $50 | $11,000 |
- Where Newport News 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 Newport News. 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 Newport News
A typical asphalt roof in Newport News costs $11,000, which is 8.6 weeks of local pay and puts Newport News 122nd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Newport News | 7.1 | $9,050 | 3.7% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Newport News | 9.4 | $12,000 | 4.9% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Newport News | 18.0 | $23,050 | 9.5% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Newport News | 24.4 | $31,350 | 12.9% |
| Concrete Tile in Newport News | 16.1 | $20,600 | 8.5% |
| TPO / EPDM in Newport News* | 4.6 | $5,900 | 2.4% |
* 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 Newport News 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 Newport News. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Newport News against nearby Virginia cities
6 neighbors share 0.98×, against Newport News's 0.98×. Closest is Norfolk, about 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport News (this page) | 8.6 | — | 26 (0) | 13 |
| Norfolk roofers ≈19 mi from Newport News |
8.9 | same | 30 (0) | 10 |
| Chesapeake roofers ≈21 mi from Newport News |
6.1 | same | 20 (0) | 14 |
| Richmond roofers ≈61 mi from Newport News |
9.1 | same | 30 (0) | 3 |
| Lynchburg roofers ≈149 mi from Newport News |
9.6 | same | 23 (0) | 10 |
| Harrisonburg roofers ≈162 mi from Newport News |
9.6 | same | 22 (0) | 2 |
| Roanoke roofers ≈191 mi from Newport News |
10.9 | same | 28 (0) | 2 |
On the cost index Newport News sits at 0.98×, and a Newport News roof takes 8.6 weeks of its pay, rank 122 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Newport News
Share of median home value
In Newport News a typical re-roof takes 4.5% of the $243,300 median home value. 118 cities carry a heavier ratio and 90 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Newport News city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
50.8% of Newport News homes predate 1980. The median Newport News home was built in 1979, so a roof never replaced there is 47 years old. Oldest-first, Newport News stands #101 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Newport News city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Newport News
The median Newport News home was built in 1979, so an original roof would be 47 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 50.8% of Newport News homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Newport News | $650 | 0.51 |
| Larger repair in Newport News | $2,950 | 2.3 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Newport News | $5,500 | 4.3 |
| One year of roof life in Newport News | $400 | 0.31 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Newport News: 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 Newport News's $6,860–$15,190 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Newport News pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.39 weeks in Newport News | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.78 weeks in Newport News | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Newport News | $2,500 |
Newport News roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Newport News household earns $66,718 a year, or $1,283 a week. A Newport News asphalt re-roof, typically $11,000, takes 8.6 weeks of that.
Norfolk ($11,000 typical, 19 miles away) takes 8.9 weeks of its own pay, 0.36 weeks more than Newport News.
121 of 208 other cities ask for more, 87 for less.
Sum for Newport News: $11,000 ÷ ($66,718 ÷ 52) = 8.6 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Newport News city), 2019–2023The Newport News roofing market
With a 2020 census population of 186,247, Newport News anchors one of the largest naval-industrial complexes on the East Coast. Newport News Shipbuilding employs over 24,000 workers, Fort Eustis adds over 10,000, and the city school system accounts for more than 5,000 jobs -- a stable employment base that sustains consistent residential roofing demand. The large government and contractor workforce means steady homeownership rates and relatively predictable re-roofing cycles for the city's dense residential stock.
Roofing companies in Newport News's county
- 6roofing establishments with paid employees
- 83.3%have fewer than 5 employees
83.3% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 20 points above the 190-city median of 64%.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Newport News. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Newport News metro earns a median $46,480 a year, $1,940 below the $48,420 statewide median. 101 of 141 metros pay more than the Newport News area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Storms behind Newport News roof bills
Public NOAA records for Newport News's county.
- 8days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.5 inlargest hailstone reported
- 27days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 13 hail reports for Newport News's county since 2014. February is the busiest month with 5 of them, 38% of the total.
Busiest three: February 5, June 4, March 1.
No hail was reported in 6 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was February 24, 2016, with $57,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $194,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 1 tornado, the strongest rated EF0.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Newport News (independent city)
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2026* | 3 |
13 recorded hail events across 5 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2017 had the most events among represented full years: 5.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Newport News storm history · Hail risk lookup
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Newport News
- Suffolk Park
- Lake Maury
- Glen Allen
- Seabrook
- Downtown Newport News
ZIP codes: 23601, 23602, 23603, 23604, 23607.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.