Roofing in Clawson
Clawson sits two miles from Royal Oak and three from Madison Heights, and its housing is close to Madison Heights's 86.0 percent: 84.2 percent of homes were built before 1980, and the median home value is $250,800 (ACS 2023, 11,314 residents). You can compare Royal Oak and Madison Heights directly. LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List (revised Oct 6, 2026) marks Clawson's building enforcement as local. The city's Building and Planning department page is on cityofclawson.com, and the phone printed is the city main line, (248) 435-4500.
The page is not about roofing, so we cannot say what it asks of a re-roof; ask when you call. County figures come from Oakland, with NCEI listing 5 hail reports of an inch or larger on 4 days (largest 1.0 in), 37 wind reports of 50 knots or more on 15 days (largest 61 knots) and 1 tornado report between July 2024 and June 2026, and one storm may be counted in several reports.
Oakland County's ground snow load is 25 psf, a ground measurement and not a roof load. If wind has done damage, our guide on wind and hail claims lists what to photograph first.
What roofing costs near Clawson
We have collected no quotes for Clawson, 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 that are published. How we estimate costs.
Permits for roofing work in Clawson
Many cities run their own building department, so start by asking the City of Clawson building department who issues roofing permits.
Whether a re-roof needs a permit is decided city by city. Most Michigan cities with a published roofing rule ask for one, and Portage does not for a shingle-only replacement, so the building department is the office to ask.
Roofing jobs in Clawson
More on Michigan roofing
How to check a roofer's license · Roof permits in Michigan: what each city's building department says
Sources for Clawson
- 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.
- Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.30515 Ground snow loads (LII) Read Oct 19, 2026.
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, bulk details files d2024, d2025, d2026 Read Oct 19, 2026.
- Building and Planning, City of Clawson Read Oct 19, 2026. Confirm with the source before you rely on it.