Roof Replacement Cost in Texarkana, Texas (2026)
Budget $5,670 to $12,555 for an asphalt roof on a 2,000 sq ft Texarkana house. Against the $49,240 median income in Texarkana, that is 6.0 to 13.3 weeks of work. Texarkana gets 14 days with an inch of rain, 8th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Texarkana is $9,100, which takes 9.6 weeks of a $49,240 median household income. Metal in Texarkana: $13,770 to $32,400. Asphalt in Texarkana: $5,670 to $12,555.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Texarkana installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Texarkana roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Texarkana home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Texarkana or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Texarkana roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Texarkana house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Texarkana gets.
Price your own roof in Texarkana
Texarkana prices sit 19% under the national base. A typical Texarkana roof is 9.6 weeks of local pay, 65th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Texarkana
- 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 |
| Texarkana cost index | Fixed for Texarkana, not recalculated from wages | 0.81× |
| Texarkana low | $7,000 × Texarkana index 0.81 | $5,670, 6.0 weeks of Texarkana pay |
| Texarkana high | $15,500 × Texarkana index 0.81 | $12,555, 13.3 weeks of Texarkana pay |
| Texarkana typical | Midpoint of the Texarkana low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,100 |
- Where Texarkana 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.
Prices compiled June 2026. 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 Texarkana
A typical asphalt roof in Texarkana costs $9,100, which is 9.6 weeks of local pay and puts Texarkana 65th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Texarkana | 7.9 | $7,500 | 4.7% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Texarkana | 10.5 | $9,900 | 6.2% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Texarkana | 20.1 | $19,050 | 11.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Texarkana | 27.4 | $25,900 | 16.2% |
| Concrete Tile in Texarkana | 18.0 | $17,000 | 10.6% |
| TPO / EPDM in Texarkana* | 5.1 | $4,850 | 3.0% |
* 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 Texarkana 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 Texarkana. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Texarkana roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Texarkana household earns $49,240 a year, or $947 a week. A Texarkana asphalt re-roof, typically $9,100, takes 9.6 weeks of that.
Longview ($10,450 typical, 75 miles away) takes 8.7 weeks of its own pay, 0.91 weeks fewer than Texarkana.
64 of 208 other cities ask for more, 144 for less.
Sum for Texarkana: $9,100 ÷ ($49,240 ÷ 52) = 9.6 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Texarkana city), 2019–2023Storms behind Texarkana roof bills
Public NOAA records for Texarkana's county.
- 26days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 51days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 62 hail reports for Texarkana's county since 2014. May is the busiest month with 20 of them, 32% of the total.
Busiest three: May 20, April 14, June 11.
No hail was reported in 3 of the 12 months (July to October, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was November 4, 2022, with $7,000,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $10,851,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 12 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF3.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Bowie County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
32 recorded hail events across 9 years represented in the data, about 3.6 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Texarkana's $5,670–$12,555 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Texarkana pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.53 weeks in Texarkana | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.1 weeks in Texarkana | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.6 weeks in Texarkana | $2,500 |
Texarkana against nearby Texas cities
Neighbors run from 0.84× to 0.93× against Texarkana's 0.81×. Closest: Longview, about 75 mi, at $6,510 to $14,415.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana (this page) | 9.6 | — | 25 (0) | 32 |
| Longview roofers ≈75 mi from Texarkana |
8.7 | +15% | 26 (2) | 43 |
| Tyler roofers ≈103 mi from Texarkana |
7.5 | +4% | 30 (5) | 104 |
| Fort Worth roofers ≈195 mi from Texarkana |
7.1 | +15% | 24 (1) | 475 |
| Waco roofers ≈220 mi from Texarkana |
10.6 | +15% | 26 (1) | 123 |
| Beaumont roofers ≈231 mi from Texarkana |
9.4 | +15% | 27 (0) | 27 |
| Bryan roofers ≈232 mi from Texarkana |
9.6 | +15% | 28 (4) | 81 |
On the cost index Texarkana sits at 0.81×, and a Texarkana roof takes 9.6 weeks of its pay, rank 65 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Texarkana
Share of median home value
In Texarkana a typical re-roof takes 5.7% of the $159,700 median home value. 64 cities carry a heavier ratio and 144 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Texarkana city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
50.2% of Texarkana homes predate 1980. A roof that Texarkana homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1980 is 46 years old. Oldest-first, Texarkana stands #107 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Texarkana city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Texarkana
Texarkana homes sit 46 years from the median build year of 1980. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Texarkana a repair mostly buys time. 50.2% of Texarkana homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Texarkana | $550 | 0.58 |
| Larger repair in Texarkana | $2,450 | 2.6 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Texarkana | $4,550 | 4.8 |
| One year of roof life in Texarkana | $331 | 0.35 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Texarkana: 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.
The Texarkana roofing market
Texarkana's unique bi-state geography means roofing contractors work under Arkansas contractor licensing on the Arkansas side while Texas has no state roofing license, which sometimes complicates warranty and liability issues for homeowners. The market is small enough that major national brands have limited presence, making locally established independent contractors the primary service providers.
Roofing companies in Texarkana's county
- 7roofing establishments with paid employees
- 85.7%have fewer than 5 employees
85.7% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 22 points above the 190-city median of 64%.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 25 roofing contractors listed in Texarkana. See them
License and permit in Texas
Texarkana roofers: No state roofing license — voluntary RCAT program.
Check a Texarkana roofer in the Texas registry
Permit: Texarkana's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Texarkana
- Northside
- Westside
- Wake Village
- Nash
- New Boston
- Redwater
ZIP codes: 75501, 75503, 71854, 71860, 75503.
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Bowie County fact sheet for Texarkana homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Bowie County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Bowie County 6 times, split 3 storm-type, 1 flood, 2 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Bowie County 26 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 12 of 12 full years. The latest in Bowie County was 798 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Texarkana
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.