Roof Replacement Cost in Pueblo, Colorado (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Pueblo usually land between $7,560 to $16,740. On Pueblo's median household income of $55,305 a year that works out to 7.1 to 15.7 weeks of pay. Pueblo gets 116 freeze-thaw days, 14th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Pueblo asphalt re-roofs land at $12,150 for the typical job (11.4 weeks of local pay at $55,305 a year). Expect $7,560 to $16,740 for asphalt and $18,360 to $43,200 for metal in Pueblo.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Pueblo installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Pueblo roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Pueblo home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Pueblo or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Pueblo roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Pueblo house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Pueblo gets.
Price your own roof in Pueblo
Pueblo prices sit 8% over the national base. A typical Pueblo roof is 11.4 weeks of local pay, 17th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Pueblo
- 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 |
| Pueblo cost index | Fixed for Pueblo, not recalculated from wages | 1.08× |
| Pueblo low | $7,000 × Pueblo index 1.08 | $7,560, 7.1 weeks of Pueblo pay |
| Pueblo high | $15,500 × Pueblo index 1.08 | $16,740, 15.7 weeks of Pueblo pay |
| Pueblo typical | Midpoint of the Pueblo low and high, rounded to $50 | $12,150 |
- Where Pueblo 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 Pueblo. 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 Pueblo
A typical asphalt roof in Pueblo costs $12,150, which is 11.4 weeks of local pay and puts Pueblo 17th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Pueblo | 9.4 | $10,000 | 4.3% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Pueblo | 12.5 | $13,250 | 5.7% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Pueblo | 23.9 | $25,400 | 11.0% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Pueblo | 32.5 | $34,550 | 15.0% |
| Concrete Tile in Pueblo | 21.3 | $22,700 | 9.8% |
| TPO / EPDM in Pueblo* | 6.1 | $6,500 | 2.8% |
* 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Pueblo roof bills
Public NOAA records for Pueblo's county.
- 55days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 41days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 182 hail reports for Pueblo's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 74 of them, 41% of the total.
Busiest three: May 74, July 54, June 34.
No hail was reported in 8 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was July 4, 2017, with $30,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $47,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 2 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF0.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Pueblo County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 14 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 |
114 recorded hail events across 9 years represented in the data, about 12.7 per represented full year. 2017 had the most events among represented full years: 23.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Pueblo storm history · Hail risk lookup
Pueblo roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Pueblo household earns $55,305 a year, or $1,064 a week. A Pueblo asphalt re-roof, typically $12,150, takes 11.4 weeks of that.
Colorado Springs ($12,150 typical, 43 miles away) takes 7.6 weeks of its own pay, 3.8 weeks fewer than Pueblo.
16 of 208 other cities ask for more, 192 for less.
Sum for Pueblo: $12,150 ÷ ($55,305 ÷ 52) = 11.4 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Pueblo city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Pueblo
The median Pueblo home was built in 1966, so an original roof would be 60 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 71.3% of Pueblo homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Pueblo | $700 | 0.66 |
| Larger repair in Pueblo | $3,250 | 3.1 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Pueblo | $6,100 | 5.7 |
| One year of roof life in Pueblo | $442 | 0.42 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Pueblo: 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 Pueblo's $7,560–$16,740 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Pueblo pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.47 weeks in Pueblo | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.94 weeks in Pueblo | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.4 weeks in Pueblo | $2,500 |
Pueblo against nearby Colorado cities
6 neighbors share 1.08×, against Pueblo's 1.08×. Closest is Colorado Springs, about 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo (this page) | 11.4 | — | 29 (0) | 114 |
| Colorado Springs roofers ≈43 mi from Pueblo |
7.6 | same | 23 (0) | 599 |
| Denver roofers ≈104 mi from Pueblo |
6.9 | same | 21 (0) | 124 |
| Arvada roofers ≈110 mi from Pueblo |
5.6 | same | 30 (0) | 159 |
| Westminster roofers ≈112 mi from Pueblo |
6.6 | same | 21 (0) | 146 |
| Boulder roofers ≈127 mi from Pueblo |
7.4 | same | 23 (0) | 130 |
| Longmont roofers ≈135 mi from Pueblo |
7.0 | same | 30 (0) | 130 |
On the cost index Pueblo sits at 1.08×, and a Pueblo roof takes 11.4 weeks of its pay, rank 17 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Pueblo
Share of median home value
In Pueblo a typical re-roof takes 5.3% of the $230,900 median home value. 82 cities carry a heavier ratio and 126 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Pueblo city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
71.3% of Pueblo homes predate 1980. The median Pueblo home was built in 1966, so a roof never replaced there is 60 years old. Oldest-first, Pueblo stands #39 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Pueblo city), 2019–2023The Pueblo roofing market
Pueblo recorded 111,876 residents in the 2020 census, ranking ninth among Colorado cities. UCHealth Parkview Medical Center anchors the economy with 4,293 employees, followed by Colorado Mental Health Hospital at 2,000 and Pueblo School District 60 at 1,677. Colorado State University Pueblo employs 1,500. The city is diversifying into renewable energy, including wind turbine manufacturing. Steady institutional employment supports a homeowner base that relies on local contractors for storm repair after each hail season.
Roofing companies in Pueblo's county
- 20roofing establishments with paid employees
- 101paid roofing employees
- 65%have fewer than 5 employees
- 5.0employees per firm on average
65% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 1 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 5 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 29 roofing contractors listed in Pueblo. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Pueblo metro earns a median $46,490 a year, $5,260 below the $51,750 statewide median. 100 of 141 metros pay more than the Pueblo area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Colorado
Pueblo roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Pueblo's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Pueblo
- East Parkview
- Northridge
- Hilltop
- Downtown Pueblo
- University Village
ZIP codes: 81003, 81004, 81005, 81007, 81027.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.