Roofers in Carlisle, AR

Carlisle is a city in eastern Lonoke County on Interstate 40, described as a bedroom community for the Little Rock area, with 2,033 people at the 2020 Census. It is about 44 miles from our Maumelle office.

Carlisle has about the same houses it had in 1990

Carlisle counted 1,021 housing units in 1990 and 994 in 2020, according to Metroplan's census table, and the population peaked at 2,567 in 1980. The count has barely changed in thirty years, so most roofs in town are on houses that were likely already standing in 1990, and many of those houses are probably on their second or third set of shingles.

The ground matters here as well. Carlisle is on the Grand Prairie, where the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission says a clay hardpan keeps rainwater from soaking in very deep, the same clay that made the area good rice country. That makes where your roof water lands a bigger question than in most towns.

Rice built Carlisle. W. H. Fuller proved the crop could pay on the Grand Prairie when he harvested 5,225 bushels from 70 acres here in 1904, and the Carlisle Rice Mill, chartered in 1909 and now Riviana Foods, still processes about two million hundredweight a year. Downtown, the Dairyman's Bank building from about 1901 is on the National Register, and the city park keeps a monument to local war heroes, among them Footsie Britt, next to a WPA gym that now serves as the community center.

Storms have landed in town, not just nearby. A tornado was reported in Carlisle on May 2, 2008, cutting power to a gas station, and StormerSite's NWS reports put half-dollar hail about a mile from town on December 23, 2015.

Sources: metroplan.org · encyclopediaofarkansas.net · arkansasheritage.com · stormersite.com · stormersite.com

Carlisle housing and roofs

Half of Carlisle's homes were built in 1977 or earlier, based on the Census median year built (ACS 2020-2024), so many are now close to 50 years old.

Carlisle storm history

• June 25, 2023. Damaging thunderstorm gusts blew a tree onto a mobile home in Carlisle, killing two people and injuring a third. National Weather Service
• October 21, 2019. A 58 mph wind gust was measured at Carlisle Municipal Airport. National Weather Service

Hail and wind damage is often invisible from the yard. A roof inspection comes with a 21-point report and photos.

Carlisle landmarks

Landmarks in and near Carlisle include Dairyman's Bank Building, Carlisle city park and community center, Carlisle library, Carlisle Municipal Airport and Interstate 40.

Our roofing services in Carlisle

After hail or wind in Carlisle, start with a roof inspection; a Patriot team member can meet your adjuster. For a leak, the $79.99 repair visit includes our 21-point inspection and attic analysis, and Care Club members pay no service fee.

When it is time for a new roof, you choose from Shield, Defender, Guardian and Armor, each with its own Patriot Leak Free Guarantee term. Financing is available with approved credit.

Contact us whenever you are ready.

Carlisle at a glance

Population

2,033 (2020 Census)

Median year homes were built

1977 (Census ACS 2020 to 2024)

Distance from our office

About 44 miles from Maumelle

County

Lonoke County