We Measured 277 Central Florida Roofs by Satellite. Here's What They Actually Measure.

Ask ten roofing websites what a roof costs and you'll get ten versions of "it depends on the size of your roof" — and no data on what roofs actually measure. We have that data. Our online estimator measures real roofs by satellite every day, and this summer it measured 277 Central Florida homes.

Here's what they measured, and what each size costs at our published rate.

The headline number

The median Central Florida roof in our data measures 2,635 square feet. At our published asphalt shingle rate — $3.25 per square foot of effective area (measured roof plus 15% waste) — that median roof prices at about $9,850 today.

The average is higher, 2,967 square feet, because big roofs pull the mean up. Nearly 4 in 10 roofs we measured (38.6%) came in at 3,000 square feet or more.

The full distribution

All 277 measurements, June 9 through August 18, 2026:

Where your roof falls	Measured roof area	Price at the published rate*
Smallest 10%	under 1,412 sq ft	under ~$5,280
Lower quarter	under 1,914 sq ft	under ~$7,150
Median roof	2,635 sq ft	~$9,850
Upper quarter	over 3,536 sq ft	over ~$13,220
Biggest 10%	over 4,617 sq ft	over ~$17,260

*Asphalt shingle replacement at $3.25 per square foot of effective area (measured × 1.15), rounded to the nearest $10. Metal and tile price differently — see the metal cost guide.

Only 27% of the roofs we measured came in under 2,000 square feet. If you've been budgeting off your house's living area, that's the trap: pitch, overhangs, garages, and porches all add roof you can't see from the front yard.

Median roof size by city

Where we've measured at least 7 roofs, city by city:

City	Roofs measured	Median roof size	Median price at the published rate*
Orlando	34	2,459 sq ft	~$9,190
Venice	12	2,830 sq ft	~$10,580
Bradenton	10	3,036 sq ft	~$11,350
Clermont	10	2,587 sq ft	~$9,670
Ocala	9	2,292 sq ft	~$8,570
Sarasota	9	2,250 sq ft	~$8,410
Davenport	9	2,371 sq ft	~$8,860
Winter Garden	7	3,331 sq ft	~$12,450

These are small samples — single neighborhoods can swing a city's number — so treat them as early signal, not gospel. We'll update this page as the dataset grows. The pattern worth noticing: the Gulf coast and west-Orlando suburbs (Bradenton, Winter Garden, Venice) are trending larger than the inland cities, which tracks with newer, bigger housing stock.

Why this beats every "average roof cost" article

Most cost articles start from national averages nobody measured. Every number above comes from an actual Central Florida roof, measured facet by facet from satellite imagery, priced with the same published rate every customer gets. No salesperson visit required to see where you fall:

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Method note

Data: 277 residential roof measurements from our online estimator, June 9 – August 18, 2026, across Central and Southwest Florida. We filtered to realistic residential sizes (500–15,000 square feet of measured roof area) and excluded test entries. Sizes are measured roof area, not effective area. Prices are today's published asphalt shingle rate applied to those measurements — historical quotes in the period varied as pricing changed. City medians use only cities with at least 7 measurements.