Costs · Camden Roofing Blog
It is the first question every homeowner asks, and the one the internet answers worst — usually with a national average dressed up as a local price. There is no published Camden-specific roof cost figure, so this guide does the honest thing: every number below is labelled with where it actually comes from.
New Jersey cost guides for 2026 put a full asphalt-shingle replacement at $8,000–$22,000 for most homes, with most homeowners paying $10,000–$16,000 and a statewide average around $11,900. Angi's adjusted New Jersey figures run $5–$12 per square foot installed, which is how the range gets so wide: a 1,200 sq ft ranch and a 2,800 sq ft two-story are both 'a roof.'
For the Philadelphia market — the metro Camden belongs to — Angi's replacement average is $8,067, with most jobs between $5,192 and $10,986. Treat that as the low-anchored end of the picture: Philadelphia row work and New Jersey suburb work price differently, and your written quote is the only number that is actually about your roof.
| Roof size | Typical NJ replacement range | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| ~1,000 sq ft | $5,000–$12,000 | Angi NJ-adjusted $5–$12/sq ft |
| ~1,500 sq ft | $7,500–$18,000 | Angi NJ-adjusted $5–$12/sq ft |
| ~2,000 sq ft | $10,000–$24,000 | Angi NJ-adjusted $5–$12/sq ft; a Modernize Philadelphia-metro estimate for shingle replacement at this size runs $13,500–$20,500 |
Size is the biggest driver, but not the only one: pitch, layers to tear off, deck repairs, and flashing detail all move the number. A steep, cut-up roof costs more per square than a simple ranch roof of the same area.
Flat work prices differently. Published Philadelphia flat-roof figures — the same rowhome stock as Camden's — put an EPDM replacement on a typical 800–1,200 sq ft row at $7,000–$11,000, and a targeted flat-roof patch at $400–$1,200. National per-square-foot references (HomeGuide) run EPDM at $3.50–$10, TPO at $4–$10, and modified bitumen at $4–$7.50 installed.
The fix is not a better table — it is a written scope you can compare line by line. Our inspections are free, and the number you get is in writing, for your roof, after we have been on it.
Replacement is the big number, but most calls are repairs. In the Philadelphia market, most roof repairs run $175–$7,600 with an average around $1,065 (Angi), and a flat-roof patch on a rowhome typically runs $400–$1,200 (Philadelphia flat-roof specialists). That gap is the whole repair-or-replace question in one view: a sound roof with one failed seam is a three-figure problem, and replacing it early wastes the years it has left.
The repair stops making sense when the failures stop being single. If you are paying for a second and third repair in different places within a year or two, price the replacement seriously — you are already spending replacement money in installments, without getting a new roof for it.
The inspection is free, and it comes with photos and a number in writing. Roofing Camden is all we do — this city and its inner-ring towns.
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