Storm door cost in Roanoke, VA

Local wages behind the labor line

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 2 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Roanoke is 0.82 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $22.62 an hour, which is 22% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $19.19 and $26.78 an hour. BLS counts 830 of them working in the area, 53.9 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper than average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 20% of the weighting: a median of $23.50 an hour, in line with the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $18.95 and $29.38 an hour. About 1,360 work in the metro. That is 88.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($26.78 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $30. At the 25th percentile ($19.19) it shrinks by about $25. The total moves by 5.1% or 4.2%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 153,980 jobs in the Roanoke area. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.10% of US employment.

Storm door: what moves the price in Roanoke

• Permit

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

• Door style

  A mid-view door is $350-$700 installed, a full-view door $425-$950, and a low-E full-view door $475-$1,000 (HomeGuide).

• Replacing versus new

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

Related projects, priced for Roanoke

Because every project leans on different trades, Roanoke's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, garage door runs −7% and patio door −11%.

When to schedule storm door in Roanoke

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Roanoke Rgnl Ap (5 miles from the city center). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

Weather is not a serious constraint for exterior installation in Roanoke: 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.

Roanoke gets about 43 inches of precipitation in a normal year, including roughly 15 inches of snow. The wettest months are May, June and July (4.7 inches in June). The station averages about 30 days a year at 90°F or above.

Does the season change the price? Probably, but we do not have a sourced seasonal price curve, so the estimator shows a year-round figure and does not adjust by month. When you collect quotes, ask whether scheduling in a slower month gets a better rate.

Roanoke against nearby metros and the rest of Virginia

Same job, same size (1 door), priced for the nearest metros. Charlottesville is the priciest of the group at $620.

Across 300 US metros, Roanoke comes in at #229 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Roanoke is 7% below the Virginia figure.

Other Virginia metros

Cities with a workforce like Roanoke's

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

Roanoke: what basic, standard and premium work costs

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Roanoke wages and prices. They overlap on purpose: a good standard job and a modest premium job can cost the same. The grid below prices the same bands at 2 common sizes.