Storm door cost in Kingsport, TN

What nearby projects cost in Kingsport

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Kingsport wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, window replacement comes out highest (−7%) and patio door lowest (−10%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.

How Kingsport compares

Of the five closest metros, 1 is cheaper than Kingsport. Johnson City is the lowest at about $590 (midpoint, 1 door), 25 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Kingsport ranks #231 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Kingsport is 2% below the Tennessee figure.

Elsewhere in Tennessee

Metros of a similar size

Big cities and small ones price differently, so here is Kingsport against the 4 metros with the closest total employment.

Specs and site conditions that change a Kingsport bid

• Replacing versus new

  Replacing an old storm door runs $400-$1,050 because the old door has to come off.

• Screens and features

  Self-storing and retractable screens, ventilating glass and security features all raise the price.

• Permit

  No permit fee is included in this estimate; storm doors rarely need one.

Who does the work: Kingsport trade wages

The labor line is built from BLS wage data, one trade at a time. This job draws on 2 trades. We compare each trade's local median with the US median, weight the ratios by how much of the job each trade does, and apply the blend to the national labor cost. For Kingsport the blend is 0.83.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $23.24 an hour, 20% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $18.84 and $27.43 an hour. About 390 work in the metro. That is 32.6 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 43.1 nationally, so expect fewer local crews to bid.

For general maintenance and repair workers (49-9071, weighted 20%) the local median is $22.37 an hour, which is 6% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.01 and $28.89 an hour. BLS counts 1,430 of them working in the area, 119.6 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 98.4), so the local bench is deeper than average.

A quick sensitivity check: moving the lead trade (carpenters) from the median to the 75th percentile wage adds about $30 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $30. That is a swing of roughly 5.4% to 5.1% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Kingsport-Bristol has 119,560 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 183rd by size among the 300 metros on this site.

The best months for storm door in Kingsport

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Kingsport (in the city). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

Weather is not a serious constraint for exterior installation in Kingsport: no month in the averages is cold enough (an average daytime high under 45°F) or hot enough (an average daytime high of 90°F or more) to rule it out, so the workable window is all year.

Kingsport gets about 45 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 5 inches of snow. The wettest months are February, March and July (5.0 inches in July). The station averages about 28 days a year at 90°F or above.

We do not adjust the estimate by month, because we have no reliable published data on seasonal pricing. It is still worth asking contractors whether an off-peak start date changes their bid.

Kingsport: what basic, standard and premium work costs

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Kingsport. Bands overlap, because plenty of standard jobs cost as much as a light premium one. Sizes run from one storm door to front and back doors.