Roofing in Traverse City
Traverse City's pay data is local: roofers in the Traverse City metro have a median of $24.38 an hour, or $50,720 a year, with the middle half at $21.68 to $28.45 (medium confidence, BLS via O*NET). That is what roofers are paid, not what you will be charged. The housing is 71.3 percent pre-1980, and the median home value is $367,600 (Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates). The LARA Statewide Jurisdiction List marks the City of Traverse City as local for building enforcement.
The office our research found is the Grand Traverse County Construction Code office, 2650 LaFranier Road, Traverse City, MI 49686, phone 231-995-6044, which we read for trade permits, so we cannot say which of the two handles a re-roof or what either requires; ask both before you schedule. We did not pull Grand Traverse County's storm reports (our NOAA pull covers 20 counties), so this page says nothing about local hail or wind history. The county-by-county storm history tool shows the counties we did pull. Cadillac is 36.0 miles away.
What roofing costs near Traverse City
We have collected no quotes for Traverse City, so there is no price for the city itself. The statewide estimates are on each service page, and the Michigan page lists them with what roofers are paid (the Michigan median in BLS data for May 2025 is $28.62 an hour, which is pay, not price) and the permit fees we could read. How we estimate costs.
Permits for roofing work in Traverse City
Many cities run their own building department, so start by asking the City of Traverse City building department who issues roofing permits.
Whether a re-roof needs a permit is decided city by city. Most of the cities whose pages we read ask for one, and Portage does not for a shingle-only replacement, so the building department is the office to ask.
Roofing jobs in Traverse City
More on Michigan roofing
How to check a roofer's license · Roof permits in Michigan: what each city's building department says
Sources for Traverse City
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates (tables B01003, B25034, B25077) Read Oct 19, 2026.
- LARA Statewide Jurisdiction List (Rev. 10/6/2026) Read Oct 19, 2026.
- Grand Traverse County Construction Code Read Oct 19, 2026.
- BLS May 2025 wages for roofers (SOC 47-2181), Traverse City, MI, as shown by O*NET OnLine Read Oct 19, 2026. Confirm with the source before you rely on it.