Installing a tile roof can cost anywhere from $8,000 to $90,000 depending on the roof’s size and style, but most homeowners will pay around $28,000 for a new tile roof, including labor and materials.

The handcrafted clay roof tiles may have been a ubiquitous feature in small towns and villages a few decades ago. Yet, a walk through one of them now will see a near absence of their presence, the ...