Roof Replacement Cost in Shreveport, Louisiana (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Shreveport home costs $5,740 to $12,710, which a Shreveport household on $48,465 a year earns back in 6.2 to 13.6 weeks. Shreveport gets 92 days at 90f or hotter, 20th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Shreveport the typical asphalt re-roof costs $9,200, which is 9.9 weeks of local pay on a $48,465 median household income. Metal in Shreveport runs $13,940 to $32,800, and the Shreveport asphalt range is $5,740 to $12,710.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Shreveport installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Shreveport roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Shreveport home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Shreveport or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Shreveport roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Shreveport house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Shreveport gets.
Price your own roof in Shreveport
Shreveport prices sit 18% under the national base. A typical Shreveport roof is 9.9 weeks of local pay, 55th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Shreveport
- 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 |
| Shreveport cost index | Fixed for Shreveport, not recalculated from wages | 0.82× |
| Shreveport low | $7,000 × Shreveport index 0.82 | $5,740, 6.2 weeks of Shreveport pay |
| Shreveport high | $15,500 × Shreveport index 0.82 | $12,710, 13.6 weeks of Shreveport pay |
| Shreveport typical | Midpoint of the Shreveport low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,200 |
- Where Shreveport 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 Shreveport. 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 Shreveport
A typical asphalt roof in Shreveport costs $9,200, which is 9.9 weeks of local pay and puts Shreveport 55th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Shreveport | 8.2 | $7,600 | 4.3% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Shreveport | 10.8 | $10,050 | 5.6% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Shreveport | 20.7 | $19,250 | 10.8% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Shreveport | 28.2 | $26,250 | 14.7% |
| Concrete Tile in Shreveport | 18.5 | $17,200 | 9.7% |
| TPO / EPDM in Shreveport* | 5.3 | $4,900 | 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 Shreveport 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 Shreveport. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Shreveport roof bills
Public NOAA records for Shreveport's county.
- 35days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 115days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 138 hail reports for Shreveport's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 43 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: April 43, May 39, March 21.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (July to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was March 2, 2023, with $50,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $58,205,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 34 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Caddo Parish
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 17 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 |
| 2026* | 8 |
103 recorded hail events across 8 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2020 had the most events among represented full years: 17.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Shreveport roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Shreveport household earns $48,465 a year, or $932 a week. A Shreveport asphalt re-roof, typically $9,200, takes 9.9 weeks of that.
Bossier City ($9,900 typical, 1 miles away) takes 9.3 weeks of its own pay, 0.53 weeks fewer than Shreveport.
54 of 208 other cities ask for more, 154 for less.
Sum for Shreveport: $9,200 ÷ ($48,465 ÷ 52) = 9.9 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Shreveport city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Shreveport
Shreveport homes sit 53 years from the median build year of 1973. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Shreveport a repair mostly buys time. 64.6% of Shreveport homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Shreveport | $550 | 0.59 |
| Larger repair in Shreveport | $2,450 | 2.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Shreveport | $4,600 | 4.9 |
| One year of roof life in Shreveport | $335 | 0.36 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Shreveport: 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 Shreveport's $5,740–$12,710 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Shreveport pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.54 weeks in Shreveport | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Shreveport | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.7 weeks in Shreveport | $2,500 |
Shreveport against nearby Louisiana cities
Neighbors run from 0.88× to 0.88× against Shreveport's 0.82×. Closest: Bossier City, about 1 mi, at $6,160 to $13,640.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shreveport (this page) | 9.9 | — | 30 (0) | 103 |
| Bossier City roofers ≈1 mi from Shreveport |
9.3 | +7% | 13 (0) | 80 |
| Monroe roofers ≈95 mi from Shreveport |
14.1 | +7% | 24 (0) | 43 |
| Alexandria roofers ≈113 mi from Shreveport |
10.9 | +7% | 16 (0) | 21 |
| Lake Charles roofers ≈163 mi from Shreveport |
9.1 | +7% | 25 (0) | 39 |
| Lafayette roofers ≈188 mi from Shreveport |
8.4 | +7% | 30 (0) | 17 |
On the cost index Shreveport sits at 0.82×, and a Shreveport roof takes 9.9 weeks of its pay, rank 55 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Shreveport
Share of median home value
In Shreveport a typical re-roof takes 5.2% of the $178,100 median home value. 86 cities carry a heavier ratio and 122 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Shreveport city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
64.6% of Shreveport homes predate 1980. A roof that Shreveport homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1973 is 53 years old. Oldest-first, Shreveport stands #65 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Shreveport city), 2019–2023The Shreveport roofing market
The Ark-La-Tex regional economy centered on Shreveport shows a price-sensitive roofing market where material costs are kept competitive by proximity to Gulf Coast manufacturing. Contractors in this market are known for aggressive insurance claim assistance, and many firms carry staff public adjusters to help maximize settlements on storm damage claims.
Roofing companies in Shreveport's county
- 20roofing establishments with paid employees
- 111paid roofing employees
- 65%have fewer than 5 employees
- 5.5employees 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 5.5 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 30 roofing contractors listed in Shreveport. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Shreveport metro earns a median $48,540 a year, $220 below the $48,760 statewide median. 60 of 141 metros pay more than the Shreveport area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Shreveport
- Highland
- Broadmoor
- Stoner Hill
- South Highlands
- Pierremont
ZIP codes: 71101, 71103, 71104, 71105, 71118.
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