Roofing in Howell
Livingston County's NCEI record for July 2024 to June 2026 is the part of Howell's story we can tell with numbers: 4 hail reports of an inch or larger on 3 days, the largest 1.25 in, 15 wind reports of 50 knots or more on 8 days with a high of 70 knots, and 1 tornado report. A low count does not mean low risk, and one storm can produce several reports.
Our county storm history tool lays the counties we pulled side by side. The City of Howell, at 611 East Grand River Avenue, 517-546-3500, lists a trade permit application among its planning, zoning and building forms, and the county page says the Livingston County Building Department does not handle Howell's trade permits. LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List (revised Oct 6, 2026) marks Howell's building enforcement as local. This page is for a trade permit, so what a re-roof requires is a question for the city.
About 52.3 percent of Howell's homes were built before 1980, the median home value is $240,700 and 10,074 people live here. The nearest listed neighbors are Fenton, 17.3 miles away, and South Lyon, 17.6. If a storm has already hit, our roof repair page covers what to line up first.
What roofing costs near Howell
We have collected no quotes for Howell, 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 Howell
Many cities run their own building department, so start by asking the City of Howell 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 Howell
More on Michigan roofing
How to check a roofer's license · Roof permits in Michigan: what each city's building department says
Sources for Howell
- 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.
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, bulk details files d2024, d2025, d2026 Read Oct 19, 2026.
- City Forms and Policies, City of Howell Read Oct 19, 2026.