Research
HyreRoof roofing data
What each of the eleven studies is built from, at what geography, and where it stops being reliable.
Packaged downloads are not published yet. There is no tidy CSV per study.
The work can still be reproduced today. Every study states its sources, retrieval dates and method on its own page, and the underlying data is public at the agencies listed below. For the working data behind one study, ask us.
What each study is built from
| Study | Primary sources | Geography | Key limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is roofing even licensed where you live? | State licensing statutes and boards | State | Eight states, read at the statute and the issuing board. |
| Is there really a roofer shortage? | BLS OEWS employment; Census ACS housing units | 50 metros, state | OEWS excludes self-employed roofers, so the counts run low. |
| The roofing fatality atlas | BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries; OSHA enforcement data | National, state | CFOI suppresses small counts, so a quiet small state is not a safety record. |
| The roofing inflation index | BLS producer price, earnings and consumer price series | National | Producer prices are not what a homeowner pays. |
| Homes entering the roof replacement window | Census ACS year built (B25034); American Housing Survey | National, state, metro | A model run at three assumptions, not a forecast. |
| America’s oldest housing stock, city by city | Census ACS 2023 5-year (B25034, B25035, B25037) | 100 largest cities, state | Building age, not roof age. |
| The ice barrier line | IRC R905.1.2 text; seven jurisdictions’ own tables; NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals | Jurisdiction; 62 weather stations | Seven jurisdictions is a sample; there is no national map. |
| Municipal roofing licensing | City codes and application forms | City (Colorado and Texas) | Ten programs, not a survey of cities. |
| Does your roofer have to be insured? | State statutes, board rules and city codes | State, city | What a jurisdiction requires, not what a given company carries. |
| The laws written for roofers who follow storms | State statutes; state contractor registers; NOAA SPC hail reports | State | Nine states read at the statute. |
| Inside the Florida roofing market | Florida statutes; DBPR license records; NOAA SPC hail reports; Census population | State, county, city | One state; the findings do not transfer. |
Each study page carries its own retrieval dates, full variable list and method. This table is the index, not the documentation.
Where the source data lives
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment, wages, occupational fatalities, price series
- Census American Community Survey: housing units and year built
- Census American Housing Survey: roofing projects and spending
- NOAA Storm Prediction Center: severe hail reports
- NOAA NCEI climate normals: January temperature and snowfall
- State statutes, licensing boards and city codes, named individually in each study
How to cite this research
Cite the study, not this page. The format we ask for:
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