Need a new roof in Nashville, TN? Is your biggest concern how much a roof replacement costs right now in 2025?
Getting a new roof is an expensive investment that most homeowners put off as long as possible. And honestly, I get it.
I’m a roofing contractor, and I even understand that buying a new roof isn't fun. It’s not a jet ski or a new car.
But your roof is your home’s first line of defense from the elements, so it’s a necessity. Unfortunately, a new roof’s cost is guaranteed to cause sticker shock if you don’t know what to expect.
I don’t want that to happen to you.
For over 30 years, Bill Ragan Roofing has been upfront with homeowners in Nashville and surrounding Middle Tennessee areas about everything cost-related. Because of this, I’ll break down how much you can expect a new roof to cost in our area.
This article answers the following questions:
According to the 2024 COST VS VALUE REPORT, the average cost of a roof replacement in Nashville, Tennessee, is $24,533. This is based on tearing off and installing 30 squares of architectural asphalt shingles with 30-lb. felt (or equivalent synthetic) underlayment, galvanized drip edge, and mill-finish aluminum flashing on a rectangular hip roof with two average-size skylights.
However, every roof is different, and the average is a little skewed. So many homeowners can expect a new roof to cost around $15,000 to $20,000 in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2025.
Unfortunately, prices are expected to continue increasing in 2025 because of price increases for roofing materials (the first was on April 1st, 2025). However, this is across the United States, not just local to Nashville.
Having the average cost of a new roof in Nashville is great, but you can get more specific using your roof’s square footage based on the roofing material. Other than the Nashville roofing contractor you hire, the roofing material you choose has the biggest impact on pricing.
Below is a table with the 2025 cost per square foot of the top roofing materials used in Nashville, Tennessee. Keep in mind that each price is for a full roof replacement, which includes labor and material costs.
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Roofing Material |
2025 Cost Per Square Foot |
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$4.00 |
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$5.86 |
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$8.50 |
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$4.50 |
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$16.00 |
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$30.00 - $50.00 |
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$15.00 - $20.00 |
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$25.00 |
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$25.00 - $30.00 |
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$14.00 |
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$14.00 |
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$14.00 |
(Click the link on an individual roofing material to learn more)
Just know that these are rough cost numbers for each roofing material because it’s impossible to be exact without an inspection. However, your new roof’s cost should be in the ballpark with the prices above.
As I said, the roofing material greatly impacts the cost of your new roof. However, more things impact your roof replacement’s price.
Below are the factors that impact the cost of your new roof in Nashville, Tennessee.
The roofing material plays a huge role in pricing, but the other components that make up the rest of a roof system also factor in. Every single piece plays an important role in keeping your roof sealed and home protected.
Including the main roofing material, the components you'll pay for when getting a new roof are:
Every component and material listed here should be included in your roof replacement. If just one is missing or left off to save money, I guarantee you’ll have problems.
The most obvious factor is the square footage of your roof. Your roof’s square footage affects the amount of materials used, labor, and time needed to complete the job.
I say square footage because it’s what homeowners are familiar with. However, you’ll also hear a Nashville roofing contractor say “price per roofing square” (100 square feet).
A roofing contractor needs an access point for every part of the roof replacement process. The harder your roof is to access, the more it impacts the cost.
Some things that make a roof hard to access are:
Even if the roofs are the exact same, a home with an easy access point will have lower labor costs than a home with the things listed above.
A roof penetration is anything that comes through your roof, like plumbing vents, gas vents, kitchen/bathroom vents, skylights, and chimneys. The more penetrations your roof has, the more it impacts the cost.
Smaller pipes or vents won’t impact much, but skylights and chimneys add more to a new roof’s cost because they take longer to flash and work around.
Roof pitch is your roof's slope (angle), which can go from flat to almost completely vertical. The steeper the roof pitch, the more it costs to replace due to moving slower and safely.
Roof pitch is important enough to mention on its own, but it’s also part of complexity. Complexity is how your roof is cut up with different facets, hips, valleys, and stories off the ground.
Your roof’s complexity has a huge impact on the cost based on how it’s cut up with different facets, hips, valleys, and stories off the ground. So, a roof with a high number of facets at multiple angles, hips, valleys, and two or more stories off the ground is more difficult and takes a lot longer to roof than a ranch-style home’s roof.
Tearing off your old roof always factors into the cost of a new roof, both in labor and dump fees. But if your roof has more than one layer, it requires more labor and increases the amount of debris coming off your roof.
This not only increases labor costs but also the dump fees when getting rid of the torn-off materials. There will be an initial labor and dump fee for the first layer, plus an added cost for each additional layer.
As I’m sure you noticed, labor and time have a huge impact on all the factors I’ve already mentioned. If anything takes time and labor, it factors into a roof replacement’s cost.
Unfortunately, there’s no set price for labor and time because it depends on the Nashville roofing contractor you hire. But the more manpower and time it takes to replace your roof, the higher the cost.
Just like labor costs, every roofing company has different overhead and operating costs. These operating costs plus the required profit factor into each line item to keep the business running.
Some common operating costs are:
These are just some fixed operating costs to run a roofing company, which must be accounted for in every job. And as you know, profit is required to grow, continue operating, and be there to honor warranties in the future.
After reading this article, you have an idea of how much a new roof costs in Nashville, Tennessee, on average, and based on the roofing material in 2025, plus what impacts the cost. If you want to play around with cost numbers based on your roof’s square footage, check out our Roof Cost Calculator.
But no matter what, you’ll need to find a local Nashville roofing contractor you can trust for an honest roof assessment. Let Bill Ragan Roofing be that roofing contractor.
Since 1990, Bill Ragan Roofing has provided thousands of residents in Nashville and surrounding Middle Tennessee areas with high-quality, head-turning roofs. We take extreme pride in our work, which is why we proudly offer a lifetime craftsmanship guarantee on our workmanship.
That’s why we say, “When you work with us, you’ll never worry about your roof again.”
Request a Quote or call us at (615) 242-0333 today to schedule a free estimate for your new roof in Nashville or a surrounding Middle Tennessee area.