Free Asphalt Paving Cost Estimator
Asphalt is ordered in tons, delivered by the truckload, and often billed against a minimum the plant sets. So this page does three things a square-foot calculator does not: it takes several surfaces as separate lines, it turns the total into truckloads at a capacity you choose, and it checks the order against a minimum and shows what that minimum does to the bill.
Your estimate
7.54 short tons for 2 surfaces — 624 sq ft, 104.0 cu ft — in 1 truckload at 20 tons.
| Surface | Size | Area | Thickness | Tons | At your price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driveway | 24.0 × 20.0 ft | 480 sq ft | 2.00 in | 5.80 tons | $725.00 |
| Apron | 12.0 × 12.0 ft | 144 sq ft | 2.00 in | 1.74 tons | $217.50 |
| One order | 624 sq ft | 7.54 tons | $942.50 |
Delivery plan
- 20-ton trucks: 1 load, 1 trip — one load per trip. 7.54 ÷ 20 = 0.38, rounded up to whole loads.
- Material bill: 10.00 tons × $125.00 = $1,250.00.
Below your 10-ton minimum. You need 7.54 tons. A plant billing its minimum charges for 10 tons — $1,250.00 instead of $942.50, so the minimum adds $307.50 for asphalt you do not receive.
Installed cost in Texas
$1,456.00 – $2,496.00 for 624 sq ft, scaled from the source's 3-inch basis of $3.50–$6.00 per sq ft by each surface's own thickness.
Scaling rule (our method, not the source's figure): installed = surface area × the state range's $/sq ft × (surface thickness ÷ 3). The source states its table is standard 3-inch asphalt, compacted gravel base, professional installation. AS-30 records that basis and its source URL; the scaling applied to it is ours. AS-26: asphapro.com 2026 state table, secondary - third-party cost guide, not a DOT or supplier bid, read 2026-11-06. A published range for a typical job, not a quote for yours.
- Density AS-01: 145 lb per cubic foot (2,323 kg/m³), read 2026-11-06. Tons are short tons (2,000 lb).
- Waste allowance 0.0 % (0.00 tons) — none is added unless you set one.
- Thickness is your input. This page does not tell you how thick a driveway should be: that is a design decision, not a quantity.
Worth knowing:
- The order is 7.54 tons, below the 10-ton minimum you set. A plant billing that minimum charges for 10 tons and delivers what you ordered - so the minimum adds 2.46 tons to the bill without adding asphalt.
- The order is smaller than one full truckload; a part load may be charged as a full one.
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Installed asphalt cost per square foot, by state
These are the 25 states the source publishes. It does not publish the other 25, so they are not on this page and no figure is guessed for them. The basis the source states: standard 3-inch asphalt over a compacted gravel base, professionally installed; 2026 national survey pricing.
Last refreshed 2026-11-06. Every row was read on that date; the next refresh is due 2027-02-01 and runs as a Gate D data update, not a rebuild of the page. A second guide we read the same day quotes ranges roughly twice these; we did not average the two, because an average of two unexplained numbers is a third unexplained number.
| State | Installed $/sq ft | Source and read date |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4.00-6.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| California | 6.00-10.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Colorado | 5.00-8.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Florida | 3.50-5.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Georgia | 3.50-5.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Illinois | 4.50-7.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Indiana | 4.00-6.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Maryland | 5.00-8.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Massachusetts | 6.00-9.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Michigan | 4.50-7.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Minnesota | 4.50-7.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Missouri | 4.00-6.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Nevada | 4.50-7.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| New Jersey | 5.50-9.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| New York | 5.50-9.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| North Carolina | 4.00-6.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Ohio | 4.00-6.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Oregon | 5.50-8.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.00-8.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| South Carolina | 3.50-5.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Tennessee | 3.50-5.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Texas | 3.50-6.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Virginia | 4.50-7.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Washington | 5.50-9.00 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
| Wisconsin | 4.00-6.50 | https://asphapro.com/blog/asphalt-driveway-cost-per-square-foot.html read 2026-11-06 |
How this calculator works
Asphalt is ordered in tons, delivered by the truckload, and often billed against a minimum the plant sets. So this page does three things a square-foot calculator does not: it takes several surfaces as separate lines, it turns the total into truckloads at a capacity you choose, and it checks the order against a minimum and shows what that minimum does to the bill.
The tonnage is compacted volume at a density the register carries: 145 lb per cubic foot, which is the conventional hot-mix figure. A section is length × width × thickness, the thickness in inches, and the tons follow from the density — so doubling the thickness doubles the tons, and changing the state never changes the tonnage at all. It changes only the money.
The delivery plan is where an order stops being arithmetic. A 20-ton truck that carries 7.5 tons is one load and one trip, and a plant billing a 10-ton minimum charges for 10 tons while delivering 7.5. The page prints that gap as money instead of hiding it inside a rounded tonnage — the shortfall is a line item, not a footnote.
The installed price comes from a dated register, not from this page's imagination: one row per state, each carrying the source URL and the date it was read. The source publishes 25 states, so the page shows 25 and says so; the other 25 are absent rather than estimated. That is the difference between a price register and a price guess. The range is on the source's own 3-inch basis, so the card scales it by each surface's thickness and prints the basis and the rule — that scaling is our method, not the source's figure.
The quote button is a mailto:. It opens your own email app with the estimate already written into the message. Nothing is transmitted until you send it, no form endpoint exists on this site, and nothing you type is stored anywhere — the arithmetic runs in your browser and the mail client does the rest.
The formula, in symbols
For each surface:
F12 A = length × width sq ft
F13 V = A × (thickness ÷ 12) cu ft, thickness in inches
F14 tons = V × density ÷ 2,000 short tons, density 145 lb/cu ft
Then:
F15 order = Σ tons × (1 + waste ÷ 100)
F16 loads = ⌈order ÷ truck capacity⌉ one load per trip
F17 billed = max(order, minimum order)
F18 material cost = billed × your $/ton
F19 installed = Σ surface area × the state range's $/sq ft
× (surface thickness ÷ the register's 3-in basis, AS-30)
(that scaling is our method, not the source's figure)
Worked example — the values this page starts with
Driveway 24 × 20 ft at 2 in → A 480 sq ft, V 480 × (2 ÷ 12) = 80.0 cu ft
Apron 12 × 12 ft at 2 in → A 144 sq ft, V 144 × (2 ÷ 12) = 24.0 cu ft
one order: 624 sq ft, 104.0 cu ft
F14 tons = 104.0 × 145 ÷ 2,000 = 7.54 short tons
F16 loads = ⌈7.54 ÷ 20⌉ = 1 truckload, 1 trip
F17 the minimum you set is 10 tons, so the plant bills 10 tons:
material = 10 × $125 = $1,250.00
at the tonnage you need it would be 7.54 × $125 = $942.50
the minimum adds $307.50 for 2.46 tons you do not receive
F19 installed (Texas, AS-26, read 2026-11-06; basis AS-30 = 3 in):
scale 2 ÷ 3, so $3.50 × 2/3 = $2.3333 and $6.00 × 2/3 = $4.00 per sq ft
624 × $2.3333… = $1,456.00 … 624 × $4.00 = $2,496.00
(at 6 in the same 624 sq ft would be $4,368.00 … $7,488.00)
The density, the state range and the price-per-ton starting value are register rows with sources and dates. The 10-ton minimum and the 20-ton truck are our editable defaults (AS-02, AS-03) — not published standards. The 2-inch thickness and the two surfaces are example inputs, not a recommendation. The state range is the source's 3-inch basis (AS-30); scaling it by your thickness is our method, and the result card prints both the basis and the rule.
Questions people ask
How many tons of asphalt do I need?
Area × thickness in feet × 145 lb per cubic foot ÷ 2,000. A 624 sq ft job at 2 inches is 104 cu ft, which is 7.54 short tons. The density is register row AS-01, read 2026-11-06, and the page prints it beside every tonnage.
How much asphalt fits in a truckload?
That depends on the plant and the truck, so capacity is an input. The page starts at 20 tons, which is our editable default (AS-02) and not a specification for every supplier. Set it to what your plant tells you, and the load count and trip count follow.
Is there a minimum order for asphalt?
Often, yes, but no supplier or trade body publishes a universal one — a plant sets it as a commercial term. This page starts at 10 tons (AS-03, also our editable default) and shows the consequence plainly: if your order is below the minimum, the plant bills the minimum, so the page charges you for the gap while showing it delivers only what you ordered.
What does asphalt paving cost per square foot in my state?
The page carries a state-by-state installed range from one named cost guide, read 2026-11-06 (asphapro.com, 2026 state table), with the source URL and read date printed on every row. It covers 25 states; the source does not publish the other 25, so they are absent rather than guessed, and the page states when the register was last refreshed. The range is the source's 3-inch basis: the result card scales it to your thickness and prints that rule, which is our method rather than the source's figure.
Why will you not tell me how thick my driveway should be?
Because that is a design decision, not a quantity. Thickness depends on the mix, the base, the drainage and the traffic, and this page is a quantity and cost estimator. Thickness is an input here, the defaults are examples, and no recommended depth is printed anywhere on the site.
Does the "Get paving quotes" button send my details anywhere?
No. It is a mailto: link — it opens your own email app with a message pre-addressed to us and the estimate in the body. Nothing leaves your machine until you press send in that app. There is no form endpoint on this site, no third party, and no storage of anything you type.
Formula: F12–F19 — area × thickness, density to short tons, one order, loads at your chosen capacity, the minimum-order adjustment, material cost, then the installed range scaled from the register's 3-inch basis.
Density: 145 lb per cubic foot, AS-01, secondary - one cost guide quoting the conventional HMA figure; no Asphalt Institute or state DOT page was opened, read 2026-11-06.
Installed price: 25 state rows, AS-05–AS-29, secondary - third-party cost guide, not a DOT or supplier bid, each read 2026-11-06 from the source printed on the page. The range is the source's 3-inch basis (AS-30, secondary - the source's own stated basis; the thickness scaling is our method, not the source's); the result card scales it pro rata by each surface's thickness, which is our method, not the source's figure. States the source does not publish are not printed at all.
Truck capacity and minimum order: 20 and 10 tons, our editable defaults (AS-02, AS-03) — not published standards.
Overage: none added unless you set one.
Prices: you enter them; the shown price is an example.
Last updated: 2026-11-06 — see Methodology & Sources.
Found a number that looks wrong? Tell us on the contact page — we cite the source for every constant and correct errors in public with the date.