Asphalt shingle roof cost in Chicago, IL: what 751 permits declare

The median declared cost of asphalt shingle roof on Chicago building permits filed 2024–2026 is $16,569. Half of all permits fall between $10,861 and $25,000. The national sourced whole-project range on our asphalt shingle roof cost guide is $8,419–$11,665.

Median declared cost

$16,569

751 permits

Middle half

$10,861–$25,000

p25–p75

Full span after trimming

$1,500–$72,781

$500 floor, top 1% removed

Among the 751 permits that state a project size, the median is $10.3 per sq ft.

Cost by project size

Size	Median declared cost	Permits
0–1,500 sq ft	$12,800	307
1,500–2,500 sq ft	$17,897	346
2,500+ sq ft	$23,020	97

How to read this

These figures are the project values applicants declared to the Chicago permitting office, which uses them to calculate permit fees. Declared values tend to sit below the final invoice, and jobs done without a permit are not counted at all. Read the median as a floor for a permitted asphalt shingle roof job in Chicago, then check it against the sourced national range and get local quotes.

Where the data comes from

Source: Chicago open-data portal, dataset ydr8-5enu. Filter: residential permits issued 2024-09-09 to 2026-09-09 whose description matcheswork_description like 'SCOPE: ROOF REPLACEMENT%' AND upper(work_description) like '%ASPHALT SHINGLE%'. Compiled 2026-09-09. Full method on the methodology page; every cell is in the CSV download.