Concrete Driveway Cost Calculator
A 20×20 ft, 4 in concrete driveway costs $3,230 to $6,410 nationally. Set the thickness field above to match your plan if your driveway needs to be poured thicker than the default.
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Estimated total
$3,230 – $6,410
typical ≈ $4,820
$8.06 – $16.03 per sq ft
400 sq ft
Prices for: United States (national average)
Data: wages May 2025 · material: Census baseline, index-adjusted to August 2026
Cost breakdown
Mobilization (site setup & delivery) (estimate)$970 – $1,930 (typical ≈ $1,450)
- ESTIMATEConcreteCostCalc estimate (no public data available) · Data: September 2026
Concrete material (incl. forms)$600 – $1,190 (typical ≈ $900)
- ESTIMATEConcreteCostCalc estimate (no public data available) · Data: September 2026
- SOURCEDDerived by ConcreteCostCalc from U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 Economic Census (product statistics) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Producer Price Index · PCU327320327320 · Data: August 2026 · Level: national
- SOURCEDU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Producer Price Index (national index, baseline for regional factors) · PCU327320327320 · Data: August 2026 · Level: national
- CALIBRATEDPublished home-improvement cost guides (used for calibration only) · Data: 2026
Labor & placement$1,480 – $2,930 (typical ≈ $2,200)
- CALIBRATEDPublished home-improvement cost guides (used for calibration only) · Data: 2026
- SOURCEDDerived by ConcreteCostCalc from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (national estimate: employment-weighted average across 393 metro areas; not a BLS-published national figure) · Data: May 2025 · Level: national
- SOURCEDU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Construction (NAICS 23, private industry) · Data: Q2 2026 · Level: national
- CALIBRATEDDerived by ConcreteCostCalc from U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 Economic Census, NAICS 238110 (Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors) · Data: 2022 (Census EC2223BASIC) / 2026-Q2 (ECEC) · Level: national
Subbase (5 in)$180 – $360 (typical ≈ $270)
- CALIBRATEDPublished home-improvement cost guides (used for calibration only) · Data: 2026
- CALIBRATEDIndustry technical guidance (American Concrete Pavement Association and building-material installation guides) · Data: 2024-08 / 2025
What drives the cost of a concrete driveway
A driveway carries vehicle loads, the main thing that sets it apart from a patio or a light pad. It may need a thicker slab, a deeper base, and a removal step if you are replacing an old driveway. This concrete driveway calculator defaults to a 4 in slab, the same start point as the pad and patio calculators. Set the thickness field above if your plan calls for something thicker.
Setup is a flat fee behind every driveway pour
Every pour carries a flat setup fee: the crew and truck show up, gear gets staged, and the site gets laid out, no matter how big the driveway is. Like the pad and patio pages, this fee is our own estimate, since no public source breaks out setup costs on their own. It matters most on a narrow one-car driveway; on a wide two-car driveway it is a smaller share of the total. Every concrete driveway cost estimate here breaks that setup fee out as a separate line.
Removing an existing driveway
Check the Remove existing slab box above when a driveway is being replaced. Leave it unchecked when you pour on bare ground or an existing gravel base instead.
Why driveways need a deeper subbase
A packed gravel subbase matters more under a driveway than under a patio. A car parked in one spot for years will find any weak point in the base and crack the slab above it. This calculator sets driveways to a deeper subbase than the patio page uses. You can raise or lower that default if your site needs something different.
What the material cost includes
Concrete volume comes from your driveway’s area and thickness, plus a waste share, priced against a national material rate adjusted for your region. Material pricing only exists at the national and four-region level in public data. It does not reach the metro level, a real gap in the data behind this site. Edge forms are priced per linear foot around the edge, and an order under a typical plant minimum picks up a small-load fee.
Labor and finish options
The concrete driveway cost calculator prices labor by the hour, using a metro wage figure for cement masons and concrete finishers, marked up for typical costs and overhead. Your metro pick above moves the labor line, and the same pick nudges the material line too, but only at the coarser four-region level. Wire mesh or a rebar grid adds crack resistance, and finish choices range from a plain broom finish up through stamped or exposed-aggregate work. If truck access to the site is tight, the pump option adds a flat charge for a concrete pump.
These concrete driveway cost figures use the same metro wage and material data as the related calculators below. For a lighter pour with no vehicle loads, see the patio calculator or the general pad calculator. For delivered concrete pricing alone, see the yard calculator.
Concrete driveway cost by size
| Size | Total | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 12×20 | $2,420 – $4,800 | $10.07 – $20.02 |
| 20×20 | $3,230 – $6,410 | $8.06 – $16.03 |
| 24×24 | $4,180 – $8,320 | $7.27 – $14.44 |
| 20×40 | $5,410 – $10,760 | $6.77 – $13.45 |
U.S. national average, at a 4 in thickness. Select your metro above for a local price, and adjust the thickness there if needed.
Cost to replace a concrete driveway
Tearing out an existing driveway adds a demolition line on top of a normal pour. This calculator prices removal and haul-away of the old slab per sq ft, separate from the new concrete.
The cost to replace a concrete driveway runs $5,730 to $11,380 for a 24×24 ft driveway, a common two-car footprint. Demolition makes up $1,540 to $3,070 of that figure, close to 27% of the price. The remaining $4,180 to $8,320 is the same total a fresh pour costs on bare ground.
Demolition on this driveway runs $2.68 to $5.32 per sq ft, priced from public demolition cost guides. That rate already covers both breaking up the old slab and hauling it away.
Demolition's share of the price grows with size: about 21% on a one-car driveway, versus 27% on this two-car one. It scales with area the same way material and labor do, while the setup fee alone stays fixed.
A driveway on bare ground or an existing gravel base skips this line entirely, since there is nothing to remove. Demolition only applies when an old slab is coming out.
Switching location above changes labor and material for this estimate. Site setup and the demolition rate are priced the same nationally, regardless of where the driveway is.
One-car and two-car driveway costs
Driveway size is usually described by how many cars fit, more than by square footage. One-car and two-car are common industry shorthand for those sizes. They are not a fixed standard, so actual dimensions vary from house to house.
A larger driveway costs less per sq ft than a smaller one. This two-car size runs $7.27 to $14.44, since the same setup fee spreads across more area than on the one-car size.
The two-car example is 2.4 times the one-car example's area, yet costs just $1,760 to $3,520 more. The setup fee does not scale with area, so the price gap stays far smaller than the area gap.
The setup fee makes up about 40% of the one-car price, against about 23% of the two-car price. That gap is the whole reason the smaller size costs more for each square foot.
Both examples use the 4 in thickness this calculator defaults to.
| Driveway | Total | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| One-car (12×20 ft) | $2,420 – $4,800 | $10.07 – $20.02 |
| Two-car (24×24 ft) | $4,180 – $8,320 | $7.27 – $14.44 |
Worked example: a 24×24 ft concrete driveway in the Houston, TX area
This is our estimate for a 24×24 ft, 4 in concrete driveway in the Houston, TX area. A contractor's written quote can come in above or below it.
Cement mason wages here run about 16% below the national average, the main reason this estimate differs from the national figure. The South material rate is only about 1% below the national baseline, a much smaller factor.
Both ends differ from the national $4,180 to $8,320: the low end is about 9% lower and the high end about 8% lower. This range is wider than the national one because local cement mason wages have a wider spread than wages nationwide, per BLS OEWS wage percentiles.
| Line item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Mobilization (site setup & delivery) | $970 – $1,930 |
| Concrete material (incl. forms) | $820 – $1,640 |
| Labor & placement | $1,760 – $3,530 |
| Subbase (5 in) | $260 – $520 |
| Total | $3,810 – $7,620 |
How this estimate is calculated
This concrete driveway cost calculator adds a flat setup fee, metro-specific labor, and material for every size. It also prices a driveway-appropriate subbase depth and optional removal of an existing driveway on its own.
Concrete driveway questions
What is the average cost of a concrete driveway?
A typical two-car driveway (400 sq ft) costs $3,230 to $6,410 nationally, at the standard 4 in thickness this calculator defaults to. A wider driveway, a thicker slab, or removal of an old driveway all raise that total.
How much does it cost to replace a concrete driveway?
Replacing a 20×20 ft driveway, including demolition and haul-away of the old slab, costs $4,300 to $8,540 nationally. Demolition is priced as its own line item, separate from the new pour, so you can see how much of the total is removal work.
What does a concrete driveway cost per square foot?
Driveway cost per square foot runs about $8.06 to $16.03 nationally for a 20×20 ft pour. A narrow single-car driveway typically costs more per square foot than a wide two-car driveway, since the mobilization fee is spread across less area.