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Dayton Roofing Market

Replacement demand, competitive density and housing stock for roofing in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH, on the same basis as every other US metro. Every figure is computed from current Census, BLS and NOAA data and traceable to its source.

Annual market size
$288.84M
roofing replacement + new construction
Opportunity score
72.8
rank 27 of 935 metros
Owner-occupied homes
221,750
the buying population
Average home age
54 yrs
older stock replaces sooner

Market opportunity

How much roofing work the Dayton metro generates in a year, and what share of it a single branch or acquisition could realistically reach.

Demand and addressable value

Total roofing demand, per year
$288.84Mreplacement plus new construction
Reachable within a service area
$158.86M55% of total
Realistic 3-year capture on entry
$4.77M3% of reachable
Jobs per year across the metro
16,996
Homes that can buy this work
181,835
Model ticket price
$17,600

Housing stock and households

Population
813,608
Households
342,189
Owner-occupied homes
221,750
Single-family detached homes
259,583
Median home value
$186,200
Median household income
$69,752
Median year built
1968ACS published median
Average home age
53.7 yearsweighted mean across the stock
Share built before 1980
69.3%
Single-family permits, per year
1,298

Competition and exposure

Specialty-trade contractors
932NAICS 238, all trades
Owner-occupied homes per contractor
237.9higher means less crowded
Construction employment
14,417
Average weekly construction wage
$1,395
Damaging hail events, last 10 years
61

Market insight

Computed from the component scores below — not written by hand, and not generated.

Dayton, OH has an unusually large pool of addressable homes, storm exposure that pulls replacement forward and housing old enough to be replacing on a short cycle. That works out to 181,835 addressable homes and an effective replacement cycle of about 12 years, or $289M of roofing a year.

On these numbers it deserves real evaluation — a shortlist is where markets like this go to be admired and then forgotten.

How Dayton scores

Seven components, each a percentile against all 935 US metros. The opportunity score is their weighted average, tilted toward what roofing specifically depends on.

72.8 out of 100 Rank 27 of 935
Market size Absolute dollars of work available 95 Growth Permit intensity and construction momentum 45 Ability to pay Household income and home values 54 Storm exposure Damaging hail, per 1,000 sq mi, last 10 years 81 Climate load Heating and cooling degree days 50 Open market Homes per specialty-trade contractor 80 Housing age Median age of the housing stock 79

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Other service lines in Dayton

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Nearby roofing markets

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Compare against the rest of the country

This market on one page; the other 935 on two more.

Every US metro ranked by reachable roofing demand — where there is most work to go after, and how crowded each market already is.

The model, every weight and every known limitation — what the score is made of, and where it is weakest.

Dayton Roofing market — common questions

The questions worth answering before committing capital to a market.

How big is the Dayton roofing market?

The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro generates roughly $288.84M of roofing demand a year, across about 16,996 jobs. That combines replacement work on the existing housing stock — 181,835 homes that can buy this service, cycling at the typical replacement interval — with roofing work on new construction. A single operator serving part of the metro can realistically reach $158.86M of it.

Is Dayton a good roofing market to expand into?

Dayton scores 72.8 out of 100 for roofing, which ranks it 27 of 935 US metro areas. Dayton, OH has an unusually large pool of addressable homes, storm exposure that pulls replacement forward and housing old enough to be replacing on a short cycle.

How many roofing contractors are in Dayton?

There is no metro-level count of roofing firms specifically — the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes establishments at the trade-group level. For the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro that is 932 specialty-trade contracting establishments (NAICS 238, covering roofing, siding, windows, gutters and the other exterior trades). That works out to 237.9 owner-occupied homes per contractor — the higher that number, the less crowded the market.

How old is the housing stock in Dayton?

The average home in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro is about 53.7 years old, and 69% of homes predate 1980. The median year of construction is 1968 — that figure and the average age are two different statistics and will not line up exactly, because the average is a weighted mean across every construction-year band while the median is only the midpoint. Housing age is the single strongest driver of roofing replacement demand, because roofs, siding and windows are replaced on a cycle rather than bought on impulse.

Where does this Dayton market data come from?

Public sources only: the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey and Building Permits Survey for housing and households, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for contractor counts, and NOAA Storm Events and Climate Normals for hail and weather exposure. Market sizing applies published replacement cycles and average ticket prices to that stock — it is a model, not a measurement, and every assumption is visible inside the interactive report.

Is the Dayton Roofing market report free?

Yes. This page and the full interactive Dayton roofing market file are open access — no account, no card and no sales call. The methodology, including every weight and known limitation, is published in full.

Data sources

Public data only. No proprietary panels, no estimates of estimates — every figure on this page traces to one of these.

Figures reflect the most recent published vintage of each source as of 2026-08-13. Market sizing is a model, not a measurement: it applies replacement cycles and average ticket prices to the housing stock. Service areas are whole metros, so a single branch serving a drive-time radius will address less than the totals shown.