Roofing for Winfield homes: replacement, leaks and storm damage. In Winfield, the 2018 IRC is in force and the median home was built in 2000. Any permit the job needs is ours to pull.
It sits about 39 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis. We cover ZIP code 63389.
No completed roof in Winfield is logged in our job records yet.
Most newer homes in Winfield have OSB decking, architectural shingles and a real ridge vent, so they start ahead. What varies is the grade of shingle: much of the 2000s building used builder-grade product whose warranty on paper outlasts its working life, and those roofs are wearing out now. Hail is the other variable. A young roof can still be bruised, and a damaged mat may look perfect from the driveway for a couple of years before it starts to fail, so a roof never checked after a storm is due a look.
Winfield has 626 homes in the Census Bureau's count and a median year built of 2000. 50 of them (8%) went up before 1940 — 21st of 48 places on this site for pre-1940 share — and 318 (51%) in 2000 or later. The 2000s were the busiest decade, adding 264 of today's homes (42%). That is above Lincoln County's 5%.
Missouri's Department of Commerce and Insurance puts the useful life of a roof at usually about 25 years. That puts 308 homes in Winfield, the 49% built before 2000, past at least one full roof life; 126 of them (20%) predate 1970, old enough for two replacements already. Homes from the 2000s (264 in Winfield) are reaching their first replacement, while the 54 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with.
By building type: 432 detached houses (69%), 3 attached (0%). 137 homes (22%) sit in two- to nine-unit buildings. The count also takes in 54 mobile homes, which are a different kind of roof job. Owners live in 65% of the 591 occupied homes. With houses like these, the jobs we expect most are first replacements on 2000s builder-grade shingles, flat and low-slope sections, which turn up more on attached and multi-unit buildings and hail checks on newer roofs that look fine from the driveway.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 50 | 8% | |
| 1940s | 11 | 2% | |
| 1950s | 48 | 8% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 40 | 6% | |
| 1980s | 41 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 101 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 264 | 42% | |
| 2010s | 54 | 9% | |
| 2020 or later | 0 | 0% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 626 homes, 591 occupied. Survey estimates.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center logged 2 reports of hail 1 inch or larger within 5 miles of Winfield’s center from 2016 through 2025, on 2 different days. None was 1.75 inches or larger. The largest, 1 inch, came on April 16, 2024, about 0.6 miles northeast of the center. Counts follow people as much as storms, since every report is a spotter’s or a resident’s.
Hail damage rarely shows from the ground; a storm inspection photographs each slope so you know either way.
Winfield's code adopts the residential code for the construction, alteration, replacement and repair of one- and two-family homes and provides for permits (Section 150.21), but neither the code nor the city's changes to it name re-roofing either way. We ask the city before work starts and pull whatever it requires.
Winfield enforces the 2018 IRC. City Code Section 150.21 adopts the 2018 International Residential Code, with the city's changes in Section 150.21.1, both as amended by Ordinance No. 2021-013 on October 19, 2021. The city adopted the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code at the same time (Section 150.26).
The published number is 636-668-8100. The city code sets out duties for a Building Inspector and a Building Commissioner (Sections 150.44 and 150.45) but does not name them.
Wind 115 mph (ultimate) and ground snow 20 psf, the same across the metro; see the roofing code guide for what they govern.
Also in Lincoln County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | Not published | 2018 IRC | 2000 |
| Elsberry | Not published | Not published | 1965 |
| Moscow Mills | Not published | 2021 IRC | 2007 |
| Troy | Not published | 2015 IRC | 2000 |
All 4 Lincoln County cities side by side →
Winfield's code adopts the residential code for the construction, alteration, replacement and repair of one- and two-family homes and provides for permits (Section 150.21), but neither the code nor the city's changes to it name re-roofing either way. We ask the city before work starts and pull whatever it requires.
Winfield enforces the 2018 IRC. City Code Section 150.21 adopts the 2018 International Residential Code, with the city's changes in Section 150.21.1, both as amended by Ordinance No. 2021-013 on October 19, 2021. The city adopted the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code at the same time (Section 150.26).
Older than most people guess: the Census puts 49% of Winfield's homes before 2000 and 20% before 1970, with a median year built of 2000 (2020–2024 estimates). A roof usually lasts about 25 years, so the deck and the layers get checked before any quote.
2 reports of 1-inch-plus hail fell within 5 miles of Winfield between 2016 and 2025, the biggest 1 inch on April 16, 2024 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center).
Not yet: no completed roof in Winfield is in our job records, so this page shows no job count.
Researched 2026-10-24; housing, Census ACS 2020–2024; hail, NOAA SPC. Sources: ecode360.com · ecode360.com · www.winfieldmo.org · www.winfieldmo.org · www.winfieldmo.org · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
