Roof Replacement Cost in Rock Hill, South Carolina (2026)
Quotes for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Rock Hill usually land between $6,230 to $13,795. On Rock Hill's median household income of $64,770 a year that works out to 5.0 to 11.1 weeks of pay. Rock Hill gets 66 days at 90f or hotter, 58th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Rock Hill asphalt re-roofs land at $10,000 for the typical job (8.0 weeks of local pay at $64,770 a year). Expect $6,230 to $13,795 for asphalt and $15,130 to $35,600 for metal in Rock Hill.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Rock Hill installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Rock Hill roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Rock Hill home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Rock Hill or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Rock Hill roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Rock Hill house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Rock Hill gets.
Price your own roof in Rock Hill
Rock Hill prices sit 11% under the national base. A typical Rock Hill roof is 8.0 weeks of local pay, 145th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Rock Hill
- 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 |
| Rock Hill cost index | Fixed for Rock Hill, not recalculated from wages | 0.89× |
| Rock Hill low | $7,000 × Rock Hill index 0.89 | $6,230, 5.0 weeks of Rock Hill pay |
| Rock Hill high | $15,500 × Rock Hill index 0.89 | $13,795, 11.1 weeks of Rock Hill pay |
| Rock Hill typical | Midpoint of the Rock Hill low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,000 |
- Where Rock Hill 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 Rock Hill. 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 Rock Hill
A typical asphalt roof in Rock Hill costs $10,000, which is 8.0 weeks of local pay and puts Rock Hill 145th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Rock Hill | 6.6 | $8,250 | 3.1% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Rock Hill | 8.8 | $10,900 | 4.1% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Rock Hill | 16.8 | $20,900 | 7.8% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Rock Hill | 22.9 | $28,500 | 10.7% |
| Concrete Tile in Rock Hill | 15.0 | $18,700 | 7.0% |
| TPO / EPDM in Rock Hill* | 4.3 | $5,350 | 2.0% |
* 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
What weather does to a Rock Hill 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 Rock Hill. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Rock Hill's $6,230–$13,795 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Rock Hill pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.40 weeks in Rock Hill | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.80 weeks in Rock Hill | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.0 weeks in Rock Hill | $2,500 |
Rock Hill against nearby South Carolina cities
Neighbors run from 0.83× to 0.94× against Rock Hill's 0.89×. Closest: Spartanburg, about 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill (this page) | 8.0 | — | 27 (0) | 29 |
| Spartanburg roofers ≈51 mi from Rock Hill |
10.0 | -2% | 28 (0) | 46 |
| Columbia roofers ≈64 mi from Rock Hill |
9.2 | -2% | 26 (0) | 38 |
| Greenville roofers ≈78 mi from Rock Hill |
7.7 | +1% | 28 (0) | 60 |
| Florence roofers ≈86 mi from Rock Hill |
8.6 | -7% | 24 (0) | 6 |
| Myrtle Beach roofers ≈148 mi from Rock Hill |
10.3 | +6% | 26 (0) | 44 |
On the cost index Rock Hill sits at 0.89×, and a Rock Hill roof takes 8.0 weeks of its pay, rank 145 of 209.
Storms behind Rock Hill roof bills
Public NOAA records for Rock Hill's county.
- 19days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 71days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 47 hail reports for Rock Hill's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 17 of them, 36% of the total.
Busiest three: May 17, June 10, April 9.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was April 20, 2024, with $26,500,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $31,196,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 4 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF1.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Hail reports per year
| 2018 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |
29 recorded hail events across 8 years represented in the data, about 3.6 per represented full year. 2022 had the most events among represented full years: 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
What a re-roof costs against home values in Rock Hill
Share of median home value
In Rock Hill a typical re-roof takes 3.7% of the $267,400 median home value. 154 cities carry a heavier ratio and 54 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Rock Hill city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
33.2% of Rock Hill homes predate 1980. The median Rock Hill home was built in 1995, so a roof never replaced there is 31 years old. Oldest-first, Rock Hill stands #189 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Rock Hill city), 2019–2023The Rock Hill roofing market
Rock Hill's position as a Charlotte suburb has driven explosive population growth, creating high new-construction roofing demand and attracting contractors from both Charlotte and the Upstate SC markets. North Carolina-licensed contractors frequently work in Rock Hill without South Carolina credentials, so homeowners should specifically verify state-appropriate licensing before signing contracts.
Roofing companies in Rock Hill's county
- 15roofing establishments with paid employees
- 95paid roofing employees
- 80%have fewer than 5 employees
- 6.3employees per firm on average
80% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 16 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 6.3 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 27 roofing contractors listed in Rock Hill. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Rock Hill metro earns a median $48,410 a year, $2,650 above the $45,760 statewide median. 63 of 141 metros pay more than the Rock Hill area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Rock Hill roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Rock Hill household earns $64,770 a year, or $1,246 a week. A Rock Hill asphalt re-roof, typically $10,000, takes 8.0 weeks of that.
Spartanburg ($9,800 typical, 51 miles away) takes 10.0 weeks of its own pay, 1.9 weeks more than Rock Hill.
144 of 208 other cities ask for more, 64 for less.
Sum for Rock Hill: $10,000 ÷ ($64,770 ÷ 52) = 8.0 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Rock Hill city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Rock Hill
The median Rock Hill home was built in 1995, so an original roof would be 31 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 33.2% of Rock Hill homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Rock Hill | $600 | 0.48 |
| Larger repair in Rock Hill | $2,650 | 2.1 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Rock Hill | $5,000 | 4.0 |
| One year of roof life in Rock Hill | $364 | 0.29 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Rock Hill: 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 Rock Hill
- Sunset Park
- Waterford
- Newport
- Manchester
- Ebenezer
- Riverview
ZIP codes: 29730, 29732, 29733, 29745, 29708.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.