# Roof replacement cost in Sacramento | Costolio URL: https://costolio.com/home/roof-replacement-cost/sacramento/ Updated: 2026-11-02 # Roof replacement cost in Sacramento In Sacramento, the median declared value on 10236 roof replacement permits issued 2022-01-02 to 2025-12-31 was $15,000, according to BldgPermitIssued_Archive permit data (checked 2026-11-02). n = 10236 permits Median$15,000 25th percentile$10,000 75th percentile$20,117 ## Roof replacement cost in Sacramento: permit figures 10236 permits · 2022-01-02 to 2025-12-31 · [BldgPermitIssued_Archive](https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer) | Figure | Value | | Median | $15,000 | | 25th percentile | $10,000 | | 75th percentile | $20,117 | How this was counted10236 permits · 2022-01-02 to 2025-12-31 · Source: [BldgPermitIssued_Archive](https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer) · Filter: https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer/0/query where=(1=1) AND (Status_Date LIKE '%/2022%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2023%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2024%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2025%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2026%') ; rule: keyword /RE-?ROOF|RE ROOF|ROOF(ING)? REPLACE|REPLACE (THE |EXISTING |EXIST\.? |\(E\) )?ROOF|TEAR[- ]?OFF|ROOF COVERING|ROOF OVERLAY|ROOFING/ AND NOT /ROOF ?DECK(?!ING)|ROOFTOP DECK|SOLAR|PHOTOVOLTAIC|\bPV\b|ROOF[- ]MOUNT|NEW (SFD|S\.?F\.?D|SINGLE[- ]FAMILY|DWELLING|HOUSE|HOME|BUILDING|\d+[- ]STORY|DUPLEX|CONDO|APARTMENT)|ADDITION|\bADU\b/ ; residential only ; cost>0 · Pulled: 2026-11-02T14:19:22-08:00 · Checked on: 2026-11-02 ## What a roof replacement permit usually covers Tearing off and replacing roofing on a house. Tearing off old roofing and installing new roofing material over the roof deck. Replacing rotten sheathing, gutters, skylights and solar removal are often extra and may not show in the declared value. ## Roof replacement in Sacramento compared with other places Among the 4 places where we have roof replacement figures, Sacramento has the median at position 2 from lowest. Lower medians: Los Angeles. Higher medians: San Francisco, Santa Monica. Other Sacramento projects with figures: Heat pump installation. Read this first. Permit values are self-reported by the applicant to set permit fees. They often leave out materials or labor, and they are not what the contractor actually charged. A quote above or below this range can be reasonable. ## About this Sacramento sample - 10236 permits after dropping $0 or blank values (0% of keyword matches had no cost) - cost field Valuation in BldgPermitIssued_Archive - permits issued 2022-01-02 to 2025-12-31 ## Roof replacement permits in Sacramento by year 3,214 of these permits were issued in 2023, the busiest year in this sample. Counting only full years, the number of permits went up in 2023, then down in 2024. The median declared value went about the same in 2023, then about the same in 2024. 2022 and 2025 are partial years here, so their counts are lower. Roof replacement permits and median in Sacramento by year | Year issued | Permits | Median | | 2022 | 2,022 | $14,308 | | 2023 | 3,214 | $14,712 | | 2024 | 2,734 | $15,025 | | 2025 | 2,266 | $15,000 | By month issued, the busiest months were April, October, May, and the quietest were December, January, November. ## Roofing material named in Sacramento roof replacement permits Read from the description only. 70% of these Sacramento permits are described with composition shingle. - Composition shingle: 7,096 (70%) - Flat or low-slope roofing: 224 (2%) - Clay or concrete tile: 119 (1%) - Wood shake: 65 (1%) - Metal: 5 (0%) - Not stated in the description: 2,624 (26%) ## Other work listed on the same Sacramento permits Out of 10,133 Sacramento roof replacement permits with a description of their own, 274 (2.7%) also mention windows or doors; 263 (2.6%) also mention electrical work; 177 (1.7%) also mention mechanical or HVAC; 170 (1.7%) also mention plumbing; 106 (1.0%) also mention structural or framing. ## How we matched roof replacement permits in Sacramento Sacramento has no permit type for this work, so we count a permit when its description mentions reroof, roof replacement, tear-off or roofing. We leave out permits whose description mentions roof decks, rooftop decks, solar, solar panels, roof-mounted equipment, new homes and buildings, additions or ADUs. We keep only permits for homes, not commercial buildings, and only permits with a declared value above $0. Counted from the same 10236 permits as the figures above (2022-01-02 to 2025-12-31). Source: [BldgPermitIssued_Archive](https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer). ## Related - [Roof replacement in Los Angeles](https://costolio.com/home/roof-replacement-cost/los-angeles/) - [Roof replacement in San Francisco](https://costolio.com/home/roof-replacement-cost/san-francisco/) - [All costs in Sacramento](https://costolio.com/home/cities/sacramento/) - [Compare my quote with permit records](https://costolio.com/home/quote-check/?project=roof-replacement&city=sacramento) [Got a quote?See where it sits next to these permit values.](https://costolio.com/home/quote-check/?project=roof-replacement&city=sacramento)