Popcorn Ceiling Removal Cost by City (2026)
Nationally, homeowners pay about $1,800 to remove a popcorn ceiling, ranging from $800 to $4,000. Prices swing with local labor and materials — pick your city for a localized estimate.
Low end$800
Average$1,800
High end$4,000
Popcorn Ceiling Removal cost by city
New York, NY$2,500San Francisco, CA$2,600San Jose, CA$2,600Los Angeles, CA$2,300San Diego, CA$2,300Oakland, CA$2,400Sacramento, CA$2,100Fresno, CA$1,900Seattle, WA$2,300Spokane, WA$1,850Portland, OR$2,100Boston, MA$2,400Providence, RI$2,100Hartford, CT$2,000Newark, NJ$2,200Jersey City, NJ$2,200Philadelphia, PA$2,000Pittsburgh, PA$1,750Washington, DC$2,300Baltimore, MD$2,000Richmond, VA$1,850Virginia Beach, VA$1,800Chicago, IL$2,100Minneapolis, MN$2,000Milwaukee, WI$1,850Detroit, MI$1,800Columbus, OH$1,750Cleveland, OH$1,750Cincinnati, OH$1,750Indianapolis, IN$1,700Kansas City, MO$1,750St. Louis, MO$1,700Denver, CO$2,100Colorado Springs, CO$1,900Salt Lake City, UT$1,850Boise, ID$1,850Las Vegas, NV$1,900Reno, NV$1,950Phoenix, AZ$1,850Tucson, AZ$1,700Albuquerque, NM$1,650Austin, TX$1,950Dallas, TX$1,850Fort Worth, TX$1,800Houston, TX$1,800San Antonio, TX$1,700El Paso, TX$1,600Oklahoma City, OK$1,600Tulsa, OK$1,600Atlanta, GA$1,850Charlotte, NC$1,800Raleigh, NC$1,800Greensboro, NC$1,700Nashville, TN$1,850Memphis, TN$1,600Knoxville, TN$1,650Chattanooga, TN$1,600Louisville, KY$1,650Birmingham, AL$1,600Jacksonville, FL$1,750Orlando, FL$1,800Tampa, FL$1,800Miami, FL$2,100New Orleans, LA$1,750Baton Rouge, LA$1,600Little Rock, AR$1,600Wichita, KS$1,600Omaha, NE$1,700Des Moines, IA$1,700Buffalo, NY$1,750Rochester, NY$1,750Honolulu, HI$2,700Toledo, OH$1,700Akron, OH$1,750Dayton, OH$1,750Youngstown, OH$1,600Fort Wayne, IN$1,650Evansville, IN$1,600South Bend, IN$1,650Grand Rapids, MI$1,750Ann Arbor, MI$1,950Lansing, MI$1,700Flint, MI$1,650Madison, WI$1,850Green Bay, WI$1,750Lincoln, NE$1,650Sioux Falls, SD$1,700Fargo, ND$1,750Springfield, MO$1,600Columbia, MO$1,700Topeka, KS$1,600Cedar Rapids, IA$1,700St. Paul, MN$2,000Rochester, MN$1,800Peoria, IL$1,650Springfield, IL$1,650Rockford, IL$1,700Naperville, IL$2,000Fort Collins, CO$1,950Aurora, CO$2,000Provo, UT$1,800Ogden, UT$1,750Billings, MT$1,750Cheyenne, WY$1,750Eugene, OR$1,950Salem, OR$1,850Bend, OR$2,000Tacoma, WA$2,100Bellevue, WA$2,400Vancouver, WA$2,000Chandler, AZ$1,850Mesa, AZ$1,800Scottsdale, AZ$2,000Gilbert, AZ$1,850Henderson, NV$1,900Santa Fe, NM$1,800Las Cruces, NM$1,600Arlington, TX$1,800Plano, TX$1,900Frisco, TX$1,950Corpus Christi, TX$1,650Lubbock, TX$1,600Amarillo, TX$1,600Waco, TX$1,600McAllen, TX$1,600Savannah, GA$1,750Augusta, GA$1,650Athens, GA$1,700Durham, NC$1,800Winston-Salem, NC$1,700Fayetteville, NC$1,650Asheville, NC$1,850Cary, NC$1,850Columbia, SC$1,700Charleston, SC$1,850Greenville, SC$1,700Huntsville, AL$1,650Montgomery, AL$1,600Mobile, AL$1,600Jackson, MS$1,550Shreveport, LA$1,600Lafayette, LA$1,650Fort Lauderdale, FL$2,000St. Petersburg, FL$1,850Tallahassee, FL$1,750Fort Myers, FL$1,850Sarasota, FL$1,900Cape Coral, FL$1,800West Palm Beach, FL$2,000Clarksville, TN$1,650Murfreesboro, TN$1,750Lexington, KY$1,700Norfolk, VA$1,800Chesapeake, VA$1,800Roanoke, VA$1,700Frederick, MD$2,000Wilmington, DE$1,900Erie, PA$1,650Reading, PA$1,750Scranton, PA$1,700Lancaster, PA$1,750Allentown, PA$1,750Trenton, NJ$2,000Edison, NJ$2,200Paterson, NJ$2,100Camden, NJ$1,900Yonkers, NY$2,400Syracuse, NY$1,750Albany, NY$1,850Bridgeport, CT$2,100New Haven, CT$2,000Stamford, CT$2,400Worcester, MA$2,100Springfield, MA$1,900Cambridge, MA$2,400Manchester, NH$1,950Portland, ME$1,950Burlington, VT$2,000Warwick, RI$2,000
What affects popcorn ceiling removal cost
- Square footage
- Whether it contains asbestos (testing)
- Re-texture and repaint
- Room prep and height