Roof Replacement Cost in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2026)
An asphalt re-roof of a 2,000 sq ft home in Winston-Salem runs $6,370 to $14,105. The median Winston-Salem household earns $57,673 a year, so that is 5.7 to 12.7 weeks of its pay. By that measure Winston-Salem sits 83rd of 209 cities we price. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Winston-Salem asphalt re-roofs land at $10,250 for the typical job (9.2 weeks of local pay at $57,673 a year). Expect $6,370 to $14,105 for asphalt and $15,470 to $36,400 for metal in Winston-Salem.
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What would a Winston-Salem roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Winston-Salem home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Winston-Salem or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Winston-Salem roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Winston-Salem house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Winston-Salem gets.
Price your own roof in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem prices sit 9% under the national base. A typical Winston-Salem roof is 9.2 weeks of local pay, 83rd heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Winston-Salem
- 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 |
| Winston-Salem cost index | Fixed for Winston-Salem, not recalculated from wages | 0.91× |
| Winston-Salem low | $7,000 × Winston-Salem index 0.91 | $6,370, 5.7 weeks of Winston-Salem pay |
| Winston-Salem high | $15,500 × Winston-Salem index 0.91 | $14,105, 12.7 weeks of Winston-Salem pay |
| Winston-Salem typical | Midpoint of the Winston-Salem low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,250 |
- Where Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem. 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 Winston-Salem
A typical asphalt roof in Winston-Salem costs $10,250, which is 9.2 weeks of local pay and puts Winston-Salem 83rd of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Winston-Salem | 7.6 | $8,400 | 4.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Winston-Salem | 10.1 | $11,150 | 5.4% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Winston-Salem | 19.3 | $21,400 | 10.3% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Winston-Salem | 26.2 | $29,100 | 14.0% |
| Concrete Tile in Winston-Salem | 17.2 | $19,100 | 9.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Winston-Salem* | 4.9 | $5,450 | 2.6% |
* 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 Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Winston-Salem roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Winston-Salem household earns $57,673 a year, or $1,109 a week. A Winston-Salem asphalt re-roof, typically $10,250, takes 9.2 weeks of that.
High Point ($10,250 typical, 17 miles away) takes 8.7 weeks of its own pay, 0.54 weeks fewer than Winston-Salem.
82 of 208 other cities ask for more, 126 for less.
Sum for Winston-Salem: $10,250 ÷ ($57,673 ÷ 52) = 9.2 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Winston-Salem city), 2019–2023Winston-Salem against nearby North Carolina cities
Neighbors run from 0.87× to 0.91× against Winston-Salem's 0.91×. Closest: High Point, about 17 mi, at $6,370 to $14,105.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem (this page) | 9.2 | — | 28 (8) | 14 |
| High Point roofers ≈17 mi from Winston-Salem |
8.7 | same | 24 (6) | 30 |
| Burlington roofers ≈45 mi from Winston-Salem |
9.7 | same | 21 (6) | 10 |
| Concord roofers ≈51 mi from Winston-Salem |
6.3 | same | 28 (8) | 20 |
| Gastonia roofers ≈78 mi from Winston-Salem |
8.8 | same | 26 (5) | 18 |
| Cary roofers ≈84 mi from Winston-Salem |
4.1 | same | 26 (8) | 101 |
| Fayetteville roofers ≈105 mi from Winston-Salem |
9.0 | -4% | 26 (5) | 9 |
On the cost index Winston-Salem sits at 0.91×, and a Winston-Salem roof takes 9.2 weeks of its pay, rank 83 of 209.
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Winston-Salem's $6,370–$14,105 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Winston-Salem pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.45 weeks in Winston-Salem | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.90 weeks in Winston-Salem | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.3 weeks in Winston-Salem | $2,500 |
What a re-roof costs against home values in Winston-Salem
Share of median home value
In Winston-Salem a typical re-roof takes 4.9% of the $208,200 median home value. 100 cities carry a heavier ratio and 108 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Winston-Salem city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
49.5% of Winston-Salem homes predate 1980. A roof that Winston-Salem homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1980 is 46 years old. Oldest-first, Winston-Salem stands #107 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Winston-Salem city), 2019–2023Repair or replace in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem a repair mostly buys time. 49.5% of Winston-Salem homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Winston-Salem | $600 | 0.54 |
| Larger repair in Winston-Salem | $2,750 | 2.5 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Winston-Salem | $5,100 | 4.6 |
| One year of roof life in Winston-Salem | $373 | 0.34 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Winston-Salem: 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.
Storms behind Winston-Salem roof bills
Public NOAA records for Winston-Salem's county.
- 14days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.75 inlargest hailstone reported
- 88days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 23 hail reports for Winston-Salem's county since 2014. June is the busiest month with 9 of them, 39% of the total.
Busiest three: June 9, May 7, April 5.
No hail was reported in 7 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was July 23, 2020, with $80,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $919,500. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Forsyth County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 |
14 recorded hail events across 6 years represented in the data. 2023 had the most events among represented full years: 5.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Hail risk lookup
The Winston-Salem roofing market
Winston-Salem had a 2020 city population of 249,545 within a metropolitan area of 705,187, ranking 5th in North Carolina and 90th in the United States. The largest employer is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist with 11,750 employees, followed by Novant Health with 8,145 employees, and the city also hosts headquarters for HanesBrands Inc. and Reynolds American Inc. Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University are located in the city, adding institutional roofing demand.
Roofing companies in Winston-Salem's county
- 40roofing establishments with paid employees
- 358paid roofing employees
- 65%have fewer than 5 employees
- 8.9employees 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 8.9 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 28 roofing contractors listed in Winston-Salem, 8 verified against a public registry. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Winston-Salem metro earns a median $49,280 a year, $270 above the $49,010 statewide median. 48 of 141 metros pay more than the Winston-Salem area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025License and permit in North Carolina
Winston-Salem roofers: General contractor license required for jobs over $40,000.
Check a Winston-Salem roofer in the North Carolina registry
8 contractors listed in Winston-Salem carry a Verified badge on PickARoofer.
Permit: Winston-Salem's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Winston-Salem
- Downtown Winston-Salem
- West End
- Latta Park
- Overhills
- Pilgrim Heights
ZIP codes: 27103, 27106, 27109, 27115, 27118.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.