Roof Replacement Cost in Springfield, Illinois (2026)
Springfield, IL homeowners pay $6,790 to $15,035 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 5.4 to 11.9 weeks of the $65,537 a year the median Springfield, IL household takes in. NOAA counts 36 days of 1-inch hail in Springfield, IL's county. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,900 for asphalt shingles in Springfield, IL, or 8.6 weeks of the median household's $65,537. Metal roofs in Springfield, IL cost $16,490 to $38,800; asphalt ranges from $6,790 to $15,035.
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What would a Springfield, IL roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Springfield, IL home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Springfield, IL or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Springfield, IL roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Springfield, IL house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Springfield, IL gets.
Price your own roof in Springfield
Springfield, IL prices sit 3% under the national base. A typical Springfield, IL roof is 8.6 weeks of local pay, 117th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Springfield
- 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 |
| Springfield, IL cost index | Fixed for Springfield, IL, not recalculated from wages | 0.97× |
| Springfield, IL low | $7,000 × Springfield, IL index 0.97 | $6,790, 5.4 weeks of Springfield, IL pay |
| Springfield, IL high | $15,500 × Springfield, IL index 0.97 | $15,035, 11.9 weeks of Springfield, IL pay |
| Springfield, IL typical | Midpoint of the Springfield, IL low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,900 |
- Where Springfield, IL 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 Springfield, IL. 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 Springfield, IL
A typical asphalt roof in Springfield, IL costs $10,900, which is 8.6 weeks of local pay and puts Springfield, IL 117th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Springfield, IL | 7.1 | $8,950 | 5.8% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Springfield, IL | 9.4 | $11,900 | 7.7% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Springfield, IL | 18.1 | $22,800 | 14.7% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Springfield, IL | 24.6 | $31,050 | 20.0% |
| Concrete Tile in Springfield, IL | 16.1 | $20,350 | 13.1% |
| TPO / EPDM in Springfield, IL* | 4.6 | $5,800 | 3.7% |
* 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
Storms behind Springfield, IL roof bills
Public NOAA records for Springfield, IL's county.
- 36days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3.25 inlargest hailstone reported
- 86days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 143 hail reports for Springfield, IL's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 51 of them, 36% of the total.
Busiest three: May 51, April 29, June 18.
No hail was reported in 2 of the 12 months (October to November, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was February 20, 2014, with $1,020,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $3,430,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 21 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Sangamon County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 46 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 24 |
| 2026* | 8 |
121 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 12.6 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 46.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
Repair or replace in Springfield, IL
The median Springfield, IL home was built in 1971, so an original roof would be 55 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 66.2% of Springfield, IL homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Springfield, IL | $650 | 0.52 |
| Larger repair in Springfield, IL | $2,900 | 2.3 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Springfield, IL | $5,450 | 4.3 |
| One year of roof life in Springfield, IL | $396 | 0.31 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Springfield, IL: 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 Springfield, IL's $6,790–$15,035 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Springfield, IL pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.40 weeks in Springfield, IL | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.79 weeks in Springfield, IL | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.0 weeks in Springfield, IL | $2,500 |
What weather does to a Springfield, IL 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 Springfield, IL. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Springfield, IL against nearby Illinois cities
Neighbors run from 0.93× to 0.97× against Springfield's 0.97×. Closest: Decatur, about 37 mi, at $6,790 to $15,035.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield, IL (this page) | 8.6 | — | 22 (7) | 121 |
| Decatur roofers ≈37 mi from Springfield, IL |
11.2 | same | 18 (11) | 59 |
| Bloomington roofers ≈58 mi from Springfield, IL |
7.5 | same | 23 (11) | 66 |
| Peoria roofers ≈62 mi from Springfield, IL |
9.3 | -4% | 20 (10) | 91 |
| Champaign roofers ≈77 mi from Springfield, IL |
9.8 | same | 27 (11) | 80 |
| Joliet roofers ≈145 mi from Springfield, IL |
6.4 | same | 27 (12) | 93 |
| Rockford roofers ≈173 mi from Springfield, IL |
10.6 | same | 30 (18) | 67 |
On the cost index Springfield, IL sits at 0.97×, and a Springfield, IL roof takes 8.6 weeks of its pay, rank 117 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Springfield, IL
Share of median home value
In Springfield, IL a typical re-roof takes 7.0% of the $155,200 median home value. Only 30 other cities carry a heavier ratio.
Source: Census ACS (Springfield city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
66.2% of Springfield, IL homes predate 1980. The median Springfield, IL home was built in 1971, so a roof never replaced there is 55 years old. Oldest-first, Springfield, IL stands #53 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Springfield city), 2019–2023Springfield, IL roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Springfield, IL household earns $65,537 a year, or $1,260 a week. A Springfield, IL asphalt re-roof, typically $10,900, takes 8.6 weeks of that.
Decatur ($10,900 typical, 37 miles away) takes 11.2 weeks of its own pay, 2.5 weeks more than Springfield, IL.
116 of 208 other cities ask for more, 92 for less.
Sum for Springfield, IL: $10,900 ÷ ($65,537 ÷ 52) = 8.6 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Springfield city), 2019–2023The Springfield, IL roofing market
Springfield had 114,394 residents at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate of 112,949 reflecting modest population decline. The economy is dominated by government: the State of Illinois employs 17,800 people locally, and government jobs overall account for roughly 30,000 of the city's non-agricultural positions. Major private employers include Memorial Health System (5,238), Hospital Sisters Health System (4,434), and Springfield Clinic (3,400). The large public-sector workforce and stable institutional base support steady residential roofing demand across the city's aging housing stock.
Roofing companies in Springfield, IL's county
- 21roofing establishments with paid employees
- 34paid roofing employees
- 90.5%have fewer than 5 employees
- 1.6employees per firm on average
90.5% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 27 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 1.6 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 22 roofing contractors listed in Springfield, IL, 7 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Springfield, IL metro earns a median $77,900 a year, level with the $77,900 statewide median. 2 of 141 metros pay more than the Springfield, IL area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Illinois
Springfield, IL roofers: State roofing license required.
Check a Springfield, IL roofer in the Illinois registry
7 contractors listed in Springfield, IL carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Springfield, IL's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Springfield, IL
- Downtown Springfield
- Springfield Highlands
- Eastside
- West Side
- Normal Heights
ZIP codes: 62704, 62703, 62706, 62707, 62710.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.