Built from this site's own records, newest read October 26, 2026.
Installed cost per square, by material
The Houston rates were read October 25, 2026 from the price pages of roofing companies that work in Houston. Each range below runs from the lowest low to the highest high of the pages named in its last column, and a range needs at least two pages. A price per square foot is multiplied by 100.
| Material | Per square, installed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural asphalt shingle | $350 to $1,000 | H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, H10 |
| Standing seam metal | $800 to $1,600 | H2, H3 |
What does a roof cost by size?
Each Houston cell is the number of roofing squares times the architectural shingle low or high rate above ($350 and $1,000 per square), before tear-off. The Houston price pages give a range, not a median, so the table shows the low and the high.
| Roofing squares | Roof surface (sq ft) | At the low rate | At the high rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1,500 | $5,250 | $15,000 |
| 20 | 2,000 | $7,000 | $20,000 |
| 25 | 2,500 | $8,750 | $25,000 |
| 30 | 3,000 | $10,500 | $30,000 |
| 35 | 3,500 | $12,250 | $35,000 |
Source: Houston rates read October 25, 2026 from published price pages (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, H10). The Houston rates are not preliminary and are refreshed at least twice a year.
What that means for one house
A 2,000 square foot Houston footprint at a medium pitch (6 in 12, multiplier 1.118) carries about 22.4 squares. At the Houston architectural shingle range that is $7,826 to $22,360 before tear-off. Tear-off is Not sourced for Houston: fewer than two Houston price pages state a per-square tear-off rate, so this page prints none.
Steeper pitch raises the Houston square count, not the per-square rate: the multiplier is 1.031 at 3 in 12 and 1.414 at 12 in 12.
How Often Does Hail Reach The Counties Around Houston?
The rate table above comes from published price pages. This block comes from a different file: NOAA's Storm Events Database entries for the 8 counties this site reads around Houston. The file holds 387 hail reports from 2010 through June 2, 2026, and those reports fall on 121 days across the region.
Harris County carries 195 reports on 70 days, with a largest stone of 2.75 inches. Galveston County holds the widest stone in the file, 4.5 inches at Hitchcock on April 2, 2013. Chambers County holds the fewest, 3 reports on 3 days, and Fort Bend, Montgomery and Brazoria each carry 44 reports.
| Year | Reports | Hail days | 2 inches or wider | Largest stone (in) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1.75 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 2013 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2.75 |
| 2016 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1.75 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 57 | 16 | 7 | 2.75 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1.75 |
| 2026 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 |
2024 is the busiest year in the file: 57 reports on 16 days, 7 of them at 2 inches or wider. 2022 is the quietest, at 2 reports on 2 days. The 2026 row stops on June 2, 2026, so NCEI may still add reports to it.
The 34 reports at 2 inches or wider are the ones a roof is least likely to shrug off, and they make up about 9 percent of the file. The busiest single day is April 19, 2015, with 19 reports across 7 counties and a largest stone of 2.75 inches.
Harris County reports cluster in spring. April carries 54, May 55, June 34 and March 28, against 24 across the other eight months combined.
A hail report is one spotter or observer entry. NCEI records what was reported, not what a stone damaged, so a fall in an open field can go unlogged and one storm can file many entries. The file supports no claim about how many Houston roofs hail has damaged, and no rate above is adjusted for it.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database. Built October 9, 2026, records through June 2, 2026. Preliminary: Yes. NCEI keeps 2026 open, so that row can change; the years before it are final. Storm-by-storm detail sits on the Houston hail and wind history page.
Where Are The Hail Reports Around Houston Concentrated?
The hail table above totals the file by year. This block reads the same NOAA Storm Events file a second way, by county and by the size of the stone each report measured. The file holds 387 reports across 8 counties from 2010 to June 2, 2026, and 195 of them, about 50 percent, name Harris County. One date can carry reports in several counties, so the county day column below adds to more than the 121 distinct metro days in the file.
| County | Reports | Hail days | Largest stone (in) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 195 | 70 | 2.75 |
| Brazoria | 44 | 22 | 2.75 |
| Fort Bend | 44 | 21 | 2.75 |
| Montgomery | 44 | 28 | 3 |
| Galveston | 27 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Liberty | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| Waller | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Chambers | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| All counties, metro days distinct | 387 | 121 | 4.5 |
Harris and Brazoria carry about 62 percent of the reports between them. Chambers carries the fewest, 3 on 3 days. The largest stone recorded in a county runs from 2 inches in Chambers to 4.5 inches in Galveston.
34 of the 387 reports, about 9 percent, measured 2 inches or wider. The five largest stones in the file are below, each with the date and the place its report names.
| Date | Location | County | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2013 | Hitchcock | Galveston | 4.5 |
| May 25, 2011 | Cleveland | Liberty | 4 |
| May 25, 2011 | Fostoria | Montgomery | 3 |
| May 25, 2011 | Cleveland | Liberty | 3 |
| April 4, 2012 | Alvin Arpk | Brazoria | 2.75 |
The five largest stones fall on 3 distinct dates across 4 counties. A stone size is a reported diameter, not an inspection of a roof, and the file records no damage figure with it. The five days with the most reports in the file each carried at least 11 reports, against 121 hail days in all.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database. File built October 9, 2026, records through June 2, 2026. Preliminary: yes, NCEI keeps the 2026 record open, so counts reported for that year can change. County totals cover the 8 counties this site reads around Houston. County detail storms by storm sits on the Houston hail and wind history page.
Related pages
- Roof replacement cost in Houston
- Roof tear-off cost in Houston
- Metal roof cost in Houston
- Roof replacement cost calculator
- Roof replacement cost by metro in Texas
More questions homeowners ask in Houston
Frequently Asked Questions
- Roof replacement cost per square in Houston
- Architectural shingle runs $350 to $1,000 per roofing square installed in Houston, and standing seam metal $800 to $1,600, from published Houston price pages read October 25, 2026.
- What is a roofing square?
- One hundred square feet of roof surface. A Houston roof surface is larger than the house footprint by the pitch multiplier, 1.118 at a 6 in 12 pitch.
- Is tear-off included in the per-square price?
- Not in the Houston ranges above. A per-square tear-off rate is Not sourced for Houston, so ask the bidder to show tear-off as its own line.
- How old are these rates?
- The Houston rates were read October 25, 2026, they are refreshed at least twice a year, and each Houston source above carries its own page.
Where these figures come from
- Rise Roofing Houston, published price page. https://www.riseroofinghouston.com/roof-cost-per-square-foot-houston/. Read October 26, 2026.
- 12 Stones Roofing, published price page. https://12stonesroofing.com/blog/the-price-of-protection-a-houston-roofing-cost-guide/. Read October 26, 2026.
- All Over Exterior Roofing, published price page. https://allovertxroofing.com/?p=1774. Read October 26, 2026.
- Houston Strong Roofing, published price page. https://houstonstrongroofing.com/roof-replacement-cost-houston/. Read October 26, 2026.
- CK Roofing, published price page. https://ckroofingtx.com/how-much-does-a-new-roof-in-houston-cost/. Read October 26, 2026.
- Silver Ridge Roofing, published price page. https://silverridgeroofing.com/roof-replacement-cost-houston-2026/. Read October 26, 2026.
- Terzo Roofing Texas, published price page. https://www.terzoroofingtexas.com/blog/how-much-does-a-new-roof-cost-in-houston-texas/. Read October 26, 2026.
- Jerry's Roofing, published price page. https://www.roofingbyjerry.com/roof-replacement-cost-katy-tx. Read October 26, 2026.
- Handnail Roofing, published price page. https://www.handnailroofing.com/new-roof-cost-calculator/. Read October 26, 2026.
- Invictus Exterior Construction, published price page. https://invictusexterior.com/blog/roof-replacement-cost-houston-2026. Read October 26, 2026.
How Houston Compares With The Other Texas Metros
On this roof cost per square page, Houston is placed against the other Texas metros on two public figures. Houston has no usable declared permit valuation, so it takes no rank on that column. Insurers paid $490 in Wind losses per policy in Harris County in 2025, the lowest of 4 among the 4 metros.
| Metro | Permit valuation median | Rank | Wind loss per policy, 2025 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | Not sourced | Not ranked | $594 | 3 of 4 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | $12,198 | 2 of 2 | $885 | 2 of 4 |
| Houston (this page) | Not sourced | Not ranked | $490 | 4 of 4 |
| Austin | $23,150 | 1 of 2 | $897 | 1 of 4 |
Source for the Houston permit column on this roof cost per square page: no city file for Houston holds a usable valuation, so the column says Not sourced. Source for the Houston Wind column on this roof cost per square page: Texas Department of Insurance homeowners losses by county, Harris County, 2025, file read October 10, 2026. Neither Houston column on this roof cost per square page is preliminary, because the cities publish issued permits and the Department marks no year preliminary. In the Houston rows of this roof cost per square page, rank 1 is the highest figure, and a permit value is declared by the applicant, so it is not a price.
Cost Pages For This Metro
- Houston roof replacement cost: permit valuations and insurer paid losses.
- Houston metal roof cost: what the public files can and cannot say about metal.
- Houston roof tear-off cost: what the public files can and cannot say about tear-off.
- Roof Replacement Cost By Metro In Texas: how Houston compares with the other Texas metros.