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Newport · Sullivan County · labor +7.9%
Roof replacement cost in Newport, NH
A 2,000 sq ft roof in architectural asphalt shingles comes to about $8,250 to $12,500 in Newport once the national installed price is adjusted for what roofers earn locally. The town's fee schedule names this work puts the permit at $100 for a job at the midpoint.
Figures checked October 20, 2026 · sources
- 1Architectural, 2,000 sq ft $8,250–$12,500
- 2Labor index +7.9% vs US
- 3Newport permit $100
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Roof replacement prices in Newport by material
Each row starts from the installed price per square foot of roof published in a national cost guide, then moves only the labor part of that price by Newport's labor index. For 2,000 sq ft:
| Material | National | Newport | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt 3-tab shingles | $6,000–$10,000 | $6,250–$10,500 | $8,350 |
| Architectural asphalt shingles | $8,000–$12,000 | $8,250–$12,500 | $10,350 |
| Metal roofing | $10,000–$32,000 | $10,250–$32,500 | $21,350 |
By size
| Roof area (sq ft) | Newport estimate | Permit at midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1,200 sq ft | $4,950–$7,500 | $100 |
| 1,500 sq ft | $6,200–$9,350 | $100 |
| 2,000 sq ft | $8,250–$12,500 | $100 |
| 2,500 sq ft | $10,300–$15,600 | $100 |
| 3,000 sq ft | $12,350–$18,700 | $100 |
Architectural asphalt shingles.
Permit fee in Newport
Named in the schedule The fee schedule names this kind of work.
“Building Permit Application (to include new, repair and renovation) $50+”
“Roofing/Siding $50”
Applied to a 2,000 sq ft roof estimated at $8,250 to $12,500, that gives $100 to $100, about 0.97% of the midpoint price. Among the 11 towns on this site whose schedules cover this work, Newport ranks 3 from the cheapest; Bow is lowest at $40 and Lebanon highest at $148.05 for its own midpoint job. Read as the $50 application fee plus the $50 roofing/siding line.
Schedule: Town of Newport, Residential Permit Application Fee Schedule (2024 schedule (no effective date printed)). The building department decides whether a permit is required and what valuation it accepts; the national guide puts roof permits at $100–$500.
Why Newport differs from the national price
Newport is in Sullivan County, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area nonmetropolitan area. BLS publishes no roofers wage for that area (too few survey responses), so the New Hampshire median, $28.76 an hour against $26.65 nationally, stands in: a labor factor of 1.079 (+7.9%).
On this job the labor portion is $3,000 to $6,000 at national rates and $3,250 to $6,500 at Newport rates, so the midpoint rises $360 above the national figure. Against the New Hampshire statewide wage it is the same. Materials are priced at the national figure: shingle, lumber and equipment prices are set by distributors, not by a town.
A second published benchmark points the same way for the region: Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs Value report prices its “Roofing Replacement, Asphalt Shingles” job at $31,850 nationally and $35,700 in New England, and its “Roofing Replacement, Metal” job at $51,850 nationally and $56,300 in New England. Those are fixed specification jobs, not per-square-foot prices, so they are shown for comparison only.
Newport at a glance
Newport had 6,528 residents in the state's 2025 estimate, up 0.3% from 6,507 in 2010, slower than the state's 7.5%. At 151 people per square mile it is one of the most rural towns on this site (15 of 19 by density); travel time to outlying jobs is part of what a contractor prices in.
66.9% of Newport's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, fewer than the 72.8% statewide, and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,900 (New Hampshire: $402,500). The midpoint estimate for this roof works out to 4.6% of that median value.
Taking off the old roof
Tear off the old roof adds $1 to $5 per sq ft nationally (“The cost to tear off a roof is $1 to $5 per square foot for labor to remove the old material”). That work is all labor, so at Newport's index it is $2,150 to $10,800 for 2,000 sq ft, on top of the estimate above.
Before asking for quotes
- The Newport building department can say for free whether this job needs a permit and what it will cost; the schedule linked above is its own published document.
- Written quotes that list the same scope (area, material line, removal, disposal, permit) can be compared line by line; the quote comparison guide walks through it with these numbers.
- A quote far below $8,250 or above $12,500 is not wrong in itself, but it is worth asking what it includes or leaves out.
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Roof replacement in nearby towns
| Town | Labor area | Estimate | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow | Central NH | $8,350–$12,700 | $40 |
| Durham | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $8,600–$13,200 | $126.21 |
| Exeter | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $8,600–$13,200 | $104.43 |
| Lebanon | Northern NH | $8,250–$12,500 | $148.05 |
| Londonderry | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $8,600–$13,200 | $112.09 |
More: all roof replacement town pages · permit fees by town · labor costs in New Hampshire
Sources
- Installed price: HomeGuide: Roof replacement cost (Nov 7, 2025) — “architectural $4 – $6 (cost to reshingle, per sq ft)”.
- Labor portion: HomeGuide: Roof replacement cost (Nov 7, 2025) — “Roofing labor costs $1.50 to $3.00 per square foot or $150 to $300 per square on average”.
- Labor index: O*NET OnLine, Roofers (47-2181.00), New Hampshire local wages; area definitions: BLS, May 2025 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions.
- Permit: Town of Newport, Residential Permit Application Fee Schedule.
- Population: NH Office of Planning and Development, 2025 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns (published July 17, 2026); housing: Census QuickFacts, Newport.
All figures checked October 20, 2026. Estimates are ranges built from published averages, not quotes; a contractor's price depends on the house, access, the season and the scope written into the quote. Cost by Town does not perform or arrange work.