Storm door cost in Longview, TX

Specs and site conditions that change a Longview 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.

What local crews earn in Longview

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 Longview the blend is 0.80.

Carpenters (47-2031), 80% of the weighting: a median of $22.19 an hour, 24% below the US median of $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $21.58 and $27.83 an hour. About 370 work in the metro. That is 31.3 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 $22.33 an hour, which is 6% below the national $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $17.77 and $28.65 an hour. BLS counts 1,420 of them working in the area, 120.3 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 $40 to the midpoint estimate; the 25th percentile takes off about $5. That is a swing of roughly 0.8% to 7.1% of the total, which is useful for judging whether a bid reflects wages or something else, such as scope or margin.

Longview has 118,060 jobs in total (BLS, May 2025), ranking 186th by size among the 300 metros on this site.

Longview: what basic, standard and premium work costs

The cited range is split into basic, standard and premium bands, then scaled to Longview. 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.

Longview against nearby metros and the rest of Texas

Of the five closest metros, 3 are cheaper than Longview. Texarkana is the lowest at about $550 (midpoint, 1 door), 75 miles away.

Out of the 300 metros we cover, Longview ranks #279 for the cost of this job (#1 is the most expensive). Statewide, Longview is 4% below the Texas figure.

Elsewhere in Texas

Metros of a similar size

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

Longview weather and the storm door calendar

Climate numbers on this page come from NOAA's 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals at the nearest suitable station, Longview #2 (5 miles from the city center). They are 30-year averages, so any one year can run hotter, colder or wetter.

For exterior installation, the comfortable months in Longview are October through May: 8 of 12. Outside them, June, July, August and September have an average daytime high of 90°F or more.

Longview gets about 51 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are March, April and December (5.3 inches in December). Inside the workable window, January and November are the driest, at 4.2 and 3.4 inches. The station averages about 112 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.

What nearby projects cost in Longview

Jobs that often go together with storm door are priced below at their usual sizes, using the same Longview wage and price inputs. Compared with national midpoints, front door comes out highest (−10%) and patio door lowest (−15%); the gap comes from the trades each job uses.