Roof Replacement Cost in Southaven, Mississippi (2026)
Southaven homeowners pay $5,530 to $12,245 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 3.8 to 8.4 weeks of the $76,159 a year the median Southaven household takes in. Southaven gets 11.8 days with an inch of rain, 24th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: In Southaven the typical asphalt re-roof costs $8,900, which is 6.1 weeks of local pay on a $76,159 median household income. Metal in Southaven runs $13,430 to $31,600, and the Southaven asphalt range is $5,530 to $12,245.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Southaven installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Southaven roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Southaven home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Southaven or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Southaven roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Southaven house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Southaven gets.
Price your own roof in Southaven
Southaven prices sit 21% under the national base. A typical Southaven roof is 6.1 weeks of local pay, 195th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Southaven
- 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 |
| Southaven cost index | Fixed for Southaven, not recalculated from wages | 0.79× |
| Southaven low | $7,000 × Southaven index 0.79 | $5,530, 3.8 weeks of Southaven pay |
| Southaven high | $15,500 × Southaven index 0.79 | $12,245, 8.4 weeks of Southaven pay |
| Southaven typical | Midpoint of the Southaven low and high, rounded to $50 | $8,900 |
- Where Southaven 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 Southaven. 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 Southaven
A typical asphalt roof in Southaven costs $8,900, which is 6.1 weeks of local pay and puts Southaven 195th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Southaven | 5.0 | $7,300 | 3.4% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Southaven | 6.6 | $9,700 | 4.5% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Southaven | 12.7 | $18,550 | 8.6% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Southaven | 17.3 | $25,300 | 11.8% |
| Concrete Tile in Southaven | 11.3 | $16,600 | 7.7% |
| TPO / EPDM in Southaven* | 3.2 | $4,750 | 2.2% |
* 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 Southaven 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 Southaven. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Southaven's $5,530–$12,245 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Southaven pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.34 weeks in Southaven | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.68 weeks in Southaven | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 1.7 weeks in Southaven | $2,500 |
Storms behind Southaven roof bills
Public NOAA records for Southaven's county.
- 23days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 2 inlargest hailstone reported
- 45days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 42 hail reports for Southaven's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 13 of them, 31% of the total.
Busiest three: April 13, June 13, March 4.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (February to September, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was January 11, 2020, with $3,261,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $6,653,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 5 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, De Soto County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026* | 4 |
37 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 3.7 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 10.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Southaven against nearby Mississippi cities
Neighbors run from 0.78× to 0.83× against Southaven's 0.79×. Closest: Tupelo, about 90 mi, at $5,530 to $12,245.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven (this page) | 6.1 | — | 28 (8) | 37 |
| Tupelo roofers ≈90 mi from Southaven |
7.0 | same | 21 (7) | 40 |
| Jackson roofers ≈186 mi from Southaven |
10.6 | -1% | 27 (6) | 34 |
| Meridian roofers ≈195 mi from Southaven |
13.4 | same | 25 (4) | 22 |
| Hattiesburg roofers ≈256 mi from Southaven |
10.5 | same | 26 (8) | 18 |
| Gulfport roofers ≈323 mi from Southaven |
10.1 | same | 17 (5) | 23 |
| Biloxi roofers ≈323 mi from Southaven |
8.7 | +5% | 28 (4) | 23 |
On the cost index Southaven sits at 0.79×, and a Southaven roof takes 6.1 weeks of its pay, rank 195 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Southaven
Share of median home value
In Southaven a typical re-roof takes 4.1% of the $214,800 median home value. 136 cities carry a heavier ratio and 72 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Southaven city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
24.3% of Southaven homes predate 1980. The median Southaven home was built in 1997, so a roof never replaced there is 29 years old. Oldest-first, Southaven stands #194 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Southaven city), 2019–2023The Southaven roofing market
Southaven recorded 54,648 residents in the 2020 census, making it one of Mississippi's largest cities and the population hub of DeSoto County. Its location immediately south of Memphis positions it as a bedroom community and distribution corridor, drawing logistics, retail, and light-industrial investment. The rapid suburban growth over the past two decades has produced a large inventory of late-1990s through 2010s tract housing now entering prime re-roofing age, supporting consistent residential contractor demand across the metro.
Roofing companies in Southaven's county
- 3roofing establishments with paid employees
On PickARoofer: 28 roofing contractors listed in Southaven, 8 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Southaven metro earns a median $46,480 a year, $1,540 above the $44,940 statewide median. 101 of 141 metros pay more than the Southaven area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Mississippi
Southaven roofers: State roofing license required.
Check a Southaven roofer in the Mississippi registry
8 contractors listed in Southaven carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Southaven's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodRepair or replace in Southaven
The median Southaven home dates from 1997. An original roof there is 29 years old, inside the 25–30 years window of architectural shingles, so repair and replacement are both live options. 24.3% of Southaven homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Southaven | $500 | 0.34 |
| Larger repair in Southaven | $2,350 | 1.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Southaven | $4,450 | 3.0 |
| One year of roof life in Southaven | $324 | 0.22 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Southaven: 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.
Southaven roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Southaven household earns $76,159 a year, or $1,465 a week. A Southaven asphalt re-roof, typically $8,900, takes 6.1 weeks of that.
Tupelo ($8,900 typical, 90 miles away) takes 7.0 weeks of its own pay, 0.90 weeks more than Southaven.
194 of 208 other cities ask for more, 14 for less.
Sum for Southaven: $8,900 ÷ ($76,159 ÷ 52) = 6.1 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Southaven city), 2019–2023Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Southaven
- Southaven Estates
- The Highlands of Southaven
- Holly Lane
- River Ridge
- Pine Valley
ZIP codes: 38671, 38654, 38601, 38659, 38652.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.