CostolioRoof replacement cost in Santa Monica
In Santa Monica, the median declared value on 136 roof replacement permits issued to was $19,612, according to Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only) permit data (checked ).
Roof replacement cost in Santa Monica: permit figures
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median | $19,612 |
| 25th percentile | $9,988 |
| 75th percentile | $30,900 |
How this was counted
136 permits · 2024-02-07 to 2026-10-31 · Source: Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only) · Filter: https://data.santamonica.gov/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql sql: SELECT ... FROM "d6867c7d-89bc-4975-be35-4d2673a4764b" WHERE "date_issued" >= '2022-01-01' ; rule: code: permit_sub_type IN (Roofing) ; minus exclusions /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/ ; cost>0 · Pulled: 2026-11-02T14:19:22-08:00 · Checked on: 2026-11-02 · Contains data from Santa Monica, made available under the ODC-BY 1.0
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 Santa Monica compared with other places
Among the 4 places where we have roof replacement figures, Santa Monica has the median at position 4 from lowest. Lower medians: Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco. Santa Monica has the highest median of these.
Other Santa Monica projects with figures: Window replacement, Electrical panel upgrade, Seismic retrofit (foundation), 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 Santa Monica sample
- 136 permits after dropping $0 or blank values (0% of keyword matches had no cost)
- cost field
valuationin Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only) - permits issued 2024-02-07 to 2026-10-31
Roof replacement permits in Santa Monica by year
126 of these permits were issued in 2026, the busiest year in this sample. 2024 and 2026 are partial years here, so their counts are lower.
| Year issued | Permits | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | fewer than 30 permits |
| 2025 | 8 | fewer than 30 permits |
| 2026 | 126 | $19,778 |
By month issued, the busiest months were October, September, August, and the quietest were April, December, November.
What the Santa Monica roof replacement permits describe
We read the description each applicant wrote, leave out the standard wording the city adds to every permit, and sort the permit by the words it uses. The permit type the city chose is not used here. Where the description does not say, we count it as not stated. The most common kind here is reroof, method not given.
- Reroof, method not given: 54 permits (40%), median $15,000
- Tear-off and new roof: 38 permits (28%), median $24,114
- Overlay: 1 permits (1%)
- Not stated in the description: 43 permits (32%), median $20,000
Roofing material named in Santa Monica roof replacement permits
Read from the description only. 23% of these Santa Monica permits are described with composition shingle.
- Composition shingle: 30 (23%)
- Flat or low-slope roofing: 26 (20%)
- Clay or concrete tile: 6 (5%)
- Not stated in the description: 66 (52%)
Other work listed on the same Santa Monica permits
Out of 128 Santa Monica roof replacement permits with a description of their own, 1 (0.8%) also mention plumbing.
How we matched roof replacement permits in Santa Monica
We count a permit when its permit sub-type in the Santa Monica dataset is “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 with a declared value above $0.
Roof replacement across Los Angeles County
Putting together every roof replacement permit on a published page in Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, Santa Monica) gives 58,783 permits with a combined median of $5,600. Santa Monica supplies 0% of them, and its own median is 250% higher than the combined one. Each place covers its own dates, so treat this as a rough guide.
Counted from the same 136 permits as the figures above (2024-02-07 to 2026-10-31). Source: Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only).
Contains data from Santa Monica (source), made available under the ODC-BY 1.0.
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