Roof Replacement Cost in Waco, Texas (2026)
Waco homeowners pay $6,510 to $14,415 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 6.6 to 14.6 weeks of the $51,468 a year the median Waco household takes in. Waco gets 104 days at 90f or hotter, 13th highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Waco asphalt re-roofs land at $10,450 for the typical job (10.6 weeks of local pay at $51,468 a year). Expect $6,510 to $14,415 for asphalt and $15,810 to $37,200 for metal in Waco.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Waco installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Waco roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Waco home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Waco or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Waco roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Waco house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Waco gets.
Price your own roof in Waco
Waco prices sit 7% under the national base. A typical Waco roof is 10.6 weeks of local pay, 33rd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Waco
- 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 |
| Waco cost index | Fixed for Waco, not recalculated from wages | 0.93× |
| Waco low | $7,000 × Waco index 0.93 | $6,510, 6.6 weeks of Waco pay |
| Waco high | $15,500 × Waco index 0.93 | $14,415, 14.6 weeks of Waco pay |
| Waco typical | Midpoint of the Waco low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,450 |
- Where Waco 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 Waco. 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 Waco
A typical asphalt roof in Waco costs $10,450, which is 10.6 weeks of local pay and puts Waco 33rd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Waco | 8.7 | $8,600 | 4.3% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Waco | 11.5 | $11,400 | 5.7% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Waco | 22.1 | $21,850 | 10.9% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Waco | 30.1 | $29,750 | 14.9% |
| Concrete Tile in Waco | 19.8 | $19,550 | 9.8% |
| TPO / EPDM in Waco* | 5.7 | $5,600 | 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 Waco 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 Waco. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Waco roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Waco household earns $51,468 a year, or $990 a week. A Waco asphalt re-roof, typically $10,450, takes 10.6 weeks of that.
Temple ($10,450 typical, 33 miles away) takes 8.4 weeks of its own pay, 2.2 weeks fewer than Waco.
32 of 208 other cities ask for more, 176 for less.
Sum for Waco: $10,450 ÷ ($51,468 ÷ 52) = 10.6 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Waco city), 2019–2023Storms behind Waco roof bills
Public NOAA records for Waco's county.
- 38days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 4.5 inlargest hailstone reported
- 29days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 137 hail reports for Waco's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 65 of them, 47% of the total.
Busiest three: April 65, May 37, June 13.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to August, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was April 26, 2023, with $7,352,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $9,063,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 10 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF2.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, McLennan County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| 2025 | 14 |
| 2026* | 12 |
123 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 12.3 per represented full year. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 23.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Waco's $6,510–$14,415 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Waco pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.51 weeks in Waco | $500 |
| $1,000 | 1.0 weeks in Waco | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.5 weeks in Waco | $2,500 |
Repair or replace in Waco
The median Waco home was built in 1977, so an original roof would be 49 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 53.9% of Waco homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Waco | $600 | 0.61 |
| Larger repair in Waco | $2,800 | 2.8 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Waco | $5,200 | 5.3 |
| One year of roof life in Waco | $380 | 0.38 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Waco: 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.
Waco against nearby Texas cities
Neighbors run from 0.84× to 0.93× against Waco's 0.93×. Closest: Temple, about 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waco (this page) | 10.6 | — | 26 (1) | 123 |
| Temple roofers ≈33 mi from Waco |
8.4 | same | 21 (0) | 116 |
| Killeen roofers ≈45 mi from Waco |
9.3 | same | 24 (3) | 116 |
| Bryan roofers ≈76 mi from Waco |
9.6 | same | 28 (4) | 81 |
| College Station roofers ≈79 mi from Waco |
10.5 | same | 16 (0) | 81 |
| Fort Worth roofers ≈86 mi from Waco |
7.1 | same | 24 (1) | 475 |
| Tyler roofers ≈122 mi from Waco |
7.5 | -10% | 30 (5) | 104 |
On the cost index Waco sits at 0.93×, and a Waco roof takes 10.6 weeks of its pay, rank 33 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Waco
Share of median home value
In Waco a typical re-roof takes 5.2% of the $199,600 median home value. 84 cities carry a heavier ratio and 124 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Waco city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
53.9% of Waco homes predate 1980. The median Waco home was built in 1977, so a roof never replaced there is 49 years old. Oldest-first, Waco stands #83 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Waco city), 2019–2023The Waco roofing market
Waco anchors a metropolitan area of 308,807 residents (2025) with a city population of 147,788 (2025 estimate) and a metropolitan GDP of 27.539 billion dollars (2022), supporting steady demand for residential and commercial roofing. The largest McLennan County employers in 2023 were Baylor University with 3,253 employees, Ascension Providence with 3,075, Waco Independent School District with 2,373, H-E-B with 2,000, and Baylor Scott and White Health with 1,736, spanning education, healthcare, and retail building stock.
Roofing companies in Waco's county
- 28roofing establishments with paid employees
- 282paid roofing employees
- 53.6%have fewer than 5 employees
- 10.1employees per firm on average
53.6% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 10 points below the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 10.1 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 26 roofing contractors listed in Waco, 1 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Waco metro earns a median $49,000 a year, $2,970 above the $46,030 statewide median. 53 of 141 metros pay more than the Waco area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in Texas
Waco roofers: No state roofing license — voluntary RCAT program.
Check a Waco roofer in the Texas registry
1 contractor listed in Waco carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Waco's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Waco
- University District
- Cedar Park
- Parker Avenue
- East Waco
- West Waco
ZIP codes: 76701, 76702, 76705, 76710, 76712.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.