Roof Replacement Cost in Palm Bay, Florida (2026)
Budget $7,350 to $16,275 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Palm Bay house. Against the $67,521 median income in Palm Bay, that is 5.7 to 12.5 weeks of work. Palm Bay gets 57.5 yearly precipitation, 24th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: A typical Palm Bay asphalt roof costs $11,800. That is 9.1 weeks of pay for a household earning $67,521 a year. Metal in Palm Bay runs $17,850 to $42,000, against $7,350 to $16,275 for asphalt.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Palm Bay installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Palm Bay roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Palm Bay home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Palm Bay or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Palm Bay roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Palm Bay house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Palm Bay gets.
Price your own roof in Palm Bay
Palm Bay prices sit 5% over the national base. A typical Palm Bay roof is 9.1 weeks of local pay, 91st heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Palm Bay
- 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 |
| Palm Bay cost index | Fixed for Palm Bay, not recalculated from wages | 1.05× |
| Palm Bay low | $7,000 × Palm Bay index 1.05 | $7,350, 5.7 weeks of Palm Bay pay |
| Palm Bay high | $15,500 × Palm Bay index 1.05 | $16,275, 12.5 weeks of Palm Bay pay |
| Palm Bay typical | Midpoint of the Palm Bay low and high, rounded to $50 | $11,800 |
- Where Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay. 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 Palm Bay
A typical asphalt roof in Palm Bay costs $11,800, which is 9.1 weeks of local pay and puts Palm Bay 91st of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Palm Bay | 7.5 | $9,700 | 3.9% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Palm Bay | 9.9 | $12,850 | 5.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Palm Bay | 19.0 | $24,700 | 10.0% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Palm Bay | 25.9 | $33,600 | 13.5% |
| Concrete Tile in Palm Bay | 17.0 | $22,050 | 8.9% |
| TPO / EPDM in Palm Bay* | 4.9 | $6,300 | 2.5% |
* 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 Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Palm Bay's $7,350–$16,275 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Palm Bay pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.39 weeks in Palm Bay | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.77 weeks in Palm Bay | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.9 weeks in Palm Bay | $2,500 |
Palm Bay roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Palm Bay household earns $67,521 a year, or $1,298 a week. A Palm Bay asphalt re-roof, typically $11,800, takes 9.1 weeks of that.
Melbourne ($11,800 typical, 8 miles away) takes 9.5 weeks of its own pay, 0.43 weeks more than Palm Bay.
90 of 208 other cities ask for more, 118 for less.
Sum for Palm Bay: $11,800 ÷ ($67,521 ÷ 52) = 9.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Palm Bay city), 2019–2023Palm Bay against nearby Florida cities
Neighbors run from 0.92× to 1.05× against Palm Bay's 1.05×. Closest: Melbourne, about 8 mi, at $7,350 to $16,275.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Bay (this page) | 9.1 | — | 30 (23) | 54 |
| Melbourne roofers ≈8 mi from Palm Bay |
9.5 | same | 19 (9) | 54 |
| Port St. Lucie roofers ≈53 mi from Palm Bay |
7.9 | same | 13 (6) | 22 |
| Deltona roofers ≈73 mi from Palm Bay |
8.4 | same | 27 (15) | 43 |
| Lakeland roofers ≈78 mi from Palm Bay |
8.8 | -12% | 27 (13) | 15 |
| Daytona Beach roofers ≈87 mi from Palm Bay |
11.1 | -10% | 30 (12) | 43 |
| Palm Coast roofers ≈115 mi from Palm Bay |
8.5 | same | 28 (15) | 33 |
On the cost index Palm Bay sits at 1.05×, and a Palm Bay roof takes 9.1 weeks of its pay, rank 91 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Palm Bay
Share of median home value
In Palm Bay a typical re-roof takes 4.8% of the $248,000 median home value. 109 cities carry a heavier ratio and 99 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Palm Bay city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
14.9% of Palm Bay homes predate 1980. A roof that Palm Bay homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1992 is 34 years old. Oldest-first, Palm Bay stands #176 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Palm Bay city), 2019–2023Storms behind Palm Bay roof bills
Public NOAA records for Palm Bay's county. Melbourne shares Palm Bay's county. On Melbourne: monthly chart, costliest storm day, tornado count. On Palm Bay: year-by-year counts and located reports.
- 15days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 81days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Reported hail locations, Brevard County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026* | 4 |
54 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2019 had the most events among represented full years: 18.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
The Palm Bay roofing market
Palm Bay had 119,760 residents per the 2020 census, up 16.1 percent from 2010, making it one of Florida's faster-growing mid-size cities. The dominant private employer is L3Harris Technologies, which runs a major campus on Palm Bay Road with 3,400 employees. Rapid residential buildout driven by in-migration, combined with frequent storm events, sustains high demand for both new-construction roofing and storm-damage replacement. Florida's mandatory post-hurricane inspection regime means licensed contractors with insurance-claim experience hold a competitive edge.
Roofing companies in Palm Bay's county
- 83roofing establishments with paid employees
- 717paid roofing employees
- 53%have fewer than 5 employees
- 8.6employees per firm on average
53% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 11 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 8.6 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 30 roofing contractors listed in Palm Bay, 23 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Palm Bay metro earns a median $47,770 a year, $180 above the $47,590 statewide median. 75 of 141 metros pay more than the Palm Bay area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Florida
Palm Bay roofers: State license required.
Check a Palm Bay roofer in the Florida registry
23 contractors listed in Palm Bay carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Palm Bay's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Palm Bay
Palm Bay homes sit 34 years from the median build year of 1992. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Palm Bay a repair mostly buys time. 14.9% of Palm Bay homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Palm Bay | $700 | 0.54 |
| Larger repair in Palm Bay | $3,150 | 2.4 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Palm Bay | $5,900 | 4.5 |
| One year of roof life in Palm Bay | $429 | 0.33 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Palm Bay: 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 Palm Bay
- Eastbrook Plantation
- Palm Bay Estates
- Sunny Ridge
- Westside Village
- Sunrise Point
ZIP codes: 32907, 32910, 32918, 32922, 32926.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.