Sod Cost 2026: $1,000–$3,000 Typical Installed Range

One residential lawn at a US single-family yard — about 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, the sod, the delivery, the basic soil prep, the old-lawn removal, and the labor in one price, with a yard the crew can reach — often clusters around $1,000–$3,000. That is the typical sod cost. Sod prices, in that scope, are that lawn, not a pallet on the drive and not a yard of new beds. The cost of sod, when the prep and the labor are in the price, is the same band. How much sod costs, for that same lawn, is the same band. Sod installation cost, for that same lawn, is $1–$2 a square foot. A lawn about 500 square feet is $500–$1,000. A lawn about 1,000 square feet is $1,000–$2,000. A lawn about 2,000 square feet is $2,000–$4,000. The wider national spread, about $500–$17,400, covers that 500-square-foot lawn at the low end and a lawn about 8,700 square feet, about a fifth of an acre, at $2 a square foot at the high end. The beds and the mulch around the lawn are the landscaping guide. Water for the new grass is the sprinkler system guide. A slab beside the lawn is the concrete patio guide. These are typical planning ranges, not a survey and not a quote.

This page is one lawn at one yard. A bid may call it sod cost, sod prices, the cost of sod, how much sod costs, or sod installation cost. The prep, the removal, and the labor are in the price when the number is the typical band. It is not a landscaping project, which is the landscaping guide. It is not an in-ground sprinkler system, which is the sprinkler system guide. It is not a concrete patio, which is the concrete patio guide. A few rolls the owner lays on soil that is already level are a smaller product. This page does not price them as the typical band.

The price of the job is the lawn the crew lays and the hour that puts the labor in the price. The lawn is the first cut. Whether the prep and the labor are already in the price is the second. A 500-square-foot lawn, a standard lawn, a 1,000-square-foot lawn, and a 2,000-square-foot lawn are ways to buy one lawn. The lawn replaces a different lawn. It is not a second lawn under a price you already have.

The rows below are ways to read one job. They are not added together. The job table is one lawn at a yard the crew can reach. The typical band is one lawn about 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, prep and labor in: that row in full. A 500-square-foot lawn replaces that rate from $500 to $1,000. A 1,000-square-foot lawn replaces it from $1,000 to $2,000. A 2,000-square-foot lawn replaces it from $2,000 to $4,000. Use a rate row only for a line the lawn row does not include. A rate the proposal already includes is not a second line.

Job	Typical cost
About 500 square feet	$500–$1,000
Standard lawn, about 1,000 to 1,500 square feet	$1,000–$3,000
About 1,000 square feet	$1,000–$2,000
About 2,000 square feet	$2,000–$4,000

Rate or added line	Typical planning range
Per square foot, installed	$1–$2
Sod only, per square foot	$0.30–$0.80
Pallet, about 450 square feet, sod only	$130–$360
Delivery, if the lawn left it out	$50–$200
Grading, if the lawn left it out, per square foot	$1–$3

The job rows replace one another. Do not add a 1,000-square-foot price on top of a standard-lawn price for the same lawn. The rate row is a line the lawn left out, or another reading of the same lawn. A rate the proposal already includes is not the rate row on top. Grading the bid already folded into $1,000–$3,000 is not the grading row on top.

A standard lawn — about 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, the prep and the labor in one price — is typically $1,000–$3,000. The floor of the row is the typical floor. The top of the row is the typical top. The whole row is the typical band. One thousand is 1,000 square feet at $1. Three thousand is 1,500 square feet at $2. One thousand can be this row at its floor, a 1,000-square-foot lawn at its floor, a 500-square-foot lawn at its top, or grading on 1,000 square feet at its floor. Three thousand can be this row at its top, a 1,500-square-foot lawn at $2, or grading on 1,000 square feet at its top. Ask which reading the bid is.

A lawn about 500 square feet — not the common lawn — is typically $500–$1,000. Five hundred is the wider floor and the floor of this row. One thousand is the typical floor and the top of this row. From $500–$1,000 the job sits under the typical band except at $1,000, and it stays inside the wider spread. Five hundred can be this row at its floor. It is not the typical band with a discount. One thousand can be this row at its top or a standard lawn at the typical floor. A project minimum of $500–$1,000 replaces this row when the square-foot math sits under the trip. It is not this row plus the minimum. Do not add the standard-lawn row under a 500-square-foot price for the same trip.

A lawn about 1,000 square feet is typically $1,000–$2,000. The whole row sits inside the typical band. One thousand is the typical floor and the floor of this row. Two thousand is $1,000 under the typical top and the top of this row. From $1,000–$2,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. One thousand can be this row at its floor or a standard lawn at the typical floor. Two thousand can be this row at its top or a standard lawn inside the typical band. A standard-lawn price does not get this row on top.

A lawn about 2,000 square feet is typically $2,000–$4,000. The overlap with the typical band is $2,000–$3,000. Two thousand is $1,000 above the typical floor and the floor of this row. Three thousand is the typical top and inside this row. Four thousand is $1,000 past the typical top, $13,400 under the wider top, and the top of this row. From $2,000–$3,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. From $3,000–$4,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Two thousand can be this row at its floor or a 1,000-square-foot lawn at its top. Four thousand can be this row at its top. A standard-lawn price does not get this row on top. A straightforward 1,000-square-foot lawn can still be the typical band when the bid is that lawn, not this row with a second name.

Sod cost

Sod cost is this page when the crew is at the yard and the prep and the labor are in the price. Sod costs, for that lawn, are the same price. A bid that says sod cost and a bid that says the cost of sod are the same dollars when the yard, the lawn, and the labor match. The typical band, $1,000–$3,000, is one standard lawn. It is not a second lawn stacked on a face you already have.

The lawn is often a short run of a day or two. The removal and the prep are inside the lawn price. They are not a second bill on a number that was already the lawn. A rate of $1–$2 a square foot is a way to read the same lawn. One thousand square feet at $1 is $1,000, the typical floor. One thousand five hundred square feet at $2 is $3,000, the typical top. One thousand square feet at $2 is $2,000, inside the typical band and $1,000 under the typical top. The rate and the lump sum are two readings of one lawn. They are not added. A bid that already names $1,000–$3,000 does not get the square feet on top.

An hour is often $50–$100, and that rate is another reading of the same lawn. Twenty hours at $50 is $1,000, the typical floor. Sixty hours at $50 is $3,000, the typical top. Ten hours at $100 is $1,000, the typical floor. Thirty hours at $100 is $3,000, the typical top. Twenty hours at $100 is $2,000, inside the typical band and $1,000 under the typical top. Forty hours at $50 is $2,000, the same dollars. The hours and the lump sum are two readings of one lawn. They are not added. A bid that already names $1,000–$3,000 does not get the hours on top.

Sod prices

Sod prices are the lawn price, not the price of one roll on a pallet. For one standard lawn, that cost is $1,000–$3,000. A bid that prices the crew and a bid that prices a pallet the owner lays in a garden bed are not the same number. Keep the prep and the labor in the number when a crew is who lays the lawn.

Sod only is $0.30–$0.80 a square foot. On the 1,000 square feet of a common face, that reading is $300–$800. Three hundred is $200 under the wider floor. Eight hundred is $300 above the wider floor and $200 under the typical floor. From $300–$500 the grass sits under the wider spread except at $500. From $500–$800 the grass is inside the wider spread and under the typical band. It is another reading of the same face, not a second lawn, and it is the grass without the labor. Three hundred can be this reading at its floor. Eight hundred can be this reading at its top. A standard-lawn price does not get the sod-only row on top.

A pallet of about 450 square feet, sod only, is $130–$360. One hundred thirty is $370 under the wider floor. Three hundred sixty is $140 under the wider floor. From $130–$360 the pallet sits under the wider spread. It is the grass for a patch, not the installed lawn. One hundred thirty can be this row at its floor. Three hundred sixty can be this row at its top. A 500-square-foot price does not get the pallet on top.

Kentucky bluegrass, sod only, is $0.30–$0.55 a square foot. On 1,000 square feet, that reading is $300–$550. The overlap with the sod-only row is $300–$550. Three hundred is the floor of both readings and $200 under the wider floor. Five hundred fifty is $50 above the wider floor, $450 under the typical floor, and the top of this reading. From $300–$500 the grass sits under the wider spread except at $500. From $500–$550 the grass is inside the wider spread and under the typical band. Three hundred can be this reading at its floor or sod only at its floor. Five hundred fifty can be this reading at its top. A sod-only price does not get the bluegrass row on top.

Bermuda, sod only, is $0.40–$0.85 a square foot. On that same 1,000 square feet, the reading is $400–$850. Four hundred is $100 under the wider floor. Eight hundred fifty is $350 above the wider floor, $150 under the typical floor, and the top of this reading. From $400–$500 the grass sits under the wider spread except at $500. From $500–$800 the grass is inside the wider spread, under the typical band, and inside the sod-only row. From $800–$850 the grass is inside the wider spread, under the typical band, and $50 past the sod-only top. Four hundred can be this reading at its floor. Eight hundred fifty can be this reading at its top. A bluegrass price does not get the Bermuda row on top.

Zoysia, sod only, is $0.70–$1.30 a square foot. On that same 1,000 square feet, the reading is $700–$1,300. The overlap with the typical band is $1,000–$1,300. Seven hundred is $200 above the wider floor and $300 under the typical floor. One thousand is the typical floor and inside this reading. One thousand three hundred is $300 above the typical floor, $1,700 under the typical top, and the top of this reading. From $700–$1,000 the grass is inside the wider spread and under the typical band except at $1,000. From $1,000–$1,300 the grass is inside the typical band and inside this reading. Seven hundred can be this reading at its floor. One thousand three hundred can be this reading at its top or a standard lawn inside the typical band. A Bermuda price does not get the zoysia row on top. The zoysia row is still the grass. It is not the crew.

Cost of sod

The cost of sod is the labor on one lawn, not a pallet with the labor left out. When the job is one standard lawn, that cost is $1,000–$3,000. A price near $500 should say a 500-square-foot lawn at the floor of the wider spread, not a 1,000-square-foot lawn with the labor in. A price near $1,000 should say whether the labor and the prep are both in. One thousand can be this band at its floor. It can also be a 1,000-square-foot lawn at its floor, a 500-square-foot lawn at its top, or grading on 1,000 square feet at its floor. Those can be the same dollars and the same job, read two ways. They are not two bills.

A lawn about 1,000 square feet is often $1,000–$2,000. The whole row sits inside the typical band. One thousand is the typical floor. Two thousand is $1,000 under the typical top. From $1,000–$2,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. It is another reading of one lawn, not a second lawn. One thousand can be this row at its floor. Two thousand can be this row at its top or a standard lawn inside the typical band. A 500-square-foot price does not get this row on top.

A project minimum is often $500–$1,000. Five hundred is the wider floor. One thousand is the typical floor and the top of this row. From $500–$1,000 the minimum is inside the wider spread and under the typical band except at $1,000. It replaces a patch whose square-foot math sits under the 500-square-foot row. It is not added to that face. Five hundred can be this row at its floor or a 500-square-foot lawn at its floor. One thousand can be this row at its top or a standard lawn at the typical floor. A standard-lawn price does not get the minimum on top.

Delivery the same lawn left out is $50–$200. Fifty is $450 under the wider floor. Two hundred is $300 under the wider floor. It is an added line, not the standard lawn. One thousand plus $50 is $1,050, inside the typical band, only when the $1,000 left the delivery out. One thousand plus $200 is $1,200, inside the typical band, only when the $1,000 left the delivery out. Three thousand plus $50 is $3,050, which is $50 past the typical top and $14,350 under the wider top. Three thousand plus $200 is $3,200, which is $200 past the typical top and $14,200 under the wider top. A bid that already names the delivery does not get this row on top.

Grading the same lawn left out is $1–$3 a square foot. On the 1,000 square feet of a common face, that reading is $1,000–$3,000. The rows meet across the whole typical band. It is an added line, not the standard lawn. One thousand plus $1,000 is $2,000, inside the typical band, only when the $1,000 left the grade out. One thousand plus $3,000 is $4,000, which is $1,000 past the typical top, the top of the 2,000-square-foot row, and $13,400 under the wider top. Three thousand plus $1,000 is $4,000, the same dollars, only when the $3,000 left the grade out. Three thousand plus $3,000 is $6,000, which is $3,000 past the typical top and $11,400 under the wider top. A bid that already names the grade does not get this row on top.

How much does sod cost

How much sod costs is the lawn at one yard. One standard lawn, prep and labor in, is $1,000–$3,000. A bid that says how much sod costs and a bid that says sod cost are the same dollars when the yard, the lawn, and the labor match. A price near $500 should say a 500-square-foot lawn, not the common lawn. A price near $3,000 should say whether the number is this band at its top, a 1,500-square-foot lawn at $2, or grading on 1,000 square feet at its top.

A lawn about 500 square feet is typically $500–$1,000. Five hundred is the wider floor and the floor of this row. One thousand is the typical floor. From $500–$1,000 the job sits under the typical band except at $1,000, and it stays inside the wider spread. Five hundred can be this row at its floor. One thousand can be this row at its top. A standard-lawn price does not get this row on top.

A lawn about 1,500 square feet is typically $1,500–$3,000. The whole row sits inside the typical band. One thousand five hundred is $500 above the typical floor and the floor of this row. Three thousand is the typical top and the top of this row. From $1,500–$3,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. One thousand five hundred can be this row at its floor or a standard lawn inside the typical band. Three thousand can be this row at its top or a standard lawn at the typical top. A 1,000-square-foot price does not get this row on top.

Three thousand plus $200 for delivery the lawn left out is $3,200, which is $200 past the typical top and $14,200 under the wider top. That $3,200 can be a standard lawn at the typical top plus a delivery at its top, or a 2,000-square-foot lawn inside its row. Ask which reading the bid is.

Sod installation cost

Sod installation cost is the lawn an installer lays, not a roll on a receipt. One standard lawn, prep and labor in, is $1,000–$3,000. A bid that says sod installation cost and a bid that says sod cost are the same dollars when the yard, the lawn, and the labor match. A price near $1 a square foot should say the installed floor, not a pallet. A price near $17,400 should say whether the number is a lawn about 8,700 square feet at the top of the wider spread.

An installed foot is $1–$2. The overlap with the typical lump sum is the whole standard lawn, because 1,000 of those feet at $1 are the floor and 1,500 of those feet at $2 are the top. One thousand times $1 is $1,000. One thousand five hundred times $2 is $3,000. One dollar can be this foot at its floor. Two dollars can be this foot at its top. A lump sum does not get the foot on top.

A 500-square-foot lawn is $500–$1,000. Five hundred times $1 is $500, the wider floor. Five hundred times $2 is $1,000, the typical floor. The 500-square-foot lawn sits under the typical band except at $1,000. A 1,000-square-foot price does not get the 500-square-foot lawn on top.

A lawn about 8,700 square feet, about a fifth of an acre, is $8,700–$17,400. The overlap with the typical band is none. Eight thousand seven hundred is $5,700 past the typical top and the floor of this row. Seventeen thousand four hundred is the wider top, the top of this row, and $14,400 past the typical top. From $8,700–$17,400 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. It is the job when that large lawn is what the bid priced. Three thousand plus $8,700 is $11,700, which is $5,700 under the wider top, only when the $3,000 left that lawn out. Three thousand plus $17,400 is $20,400, which is $3,000 past the wider top, only when the $3,000 left that lawn out. A bid that already names the 8,700-square-foot lawn does not get this row on top.

A lawn about 2,000 square feet is $2,000–$4,000. Two thousand is $1,000 above the typical floor and the floor of this row. Four thousand is $1,000 past the typical top, $13,400 under the wider top, and the top of this row. From $2,000–$3,000 the job is inside the typical band and inside this row. From $3,000–$4,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Two thousand can be this row at its floor or a 1,000-square-foot lawn at its top. Four thousand can be this row at its top or two 1,000-square-foot lawns at the top of that row. One thousand plus $1,000 is $2,000. Two thousand plus $2,000 is $4,000. That $4,000 is two 1,000-square-foot lawns at $2, or one 2,000-square-foot lawn at $2. It is not one 500-square-foot lawn. A number above $17,400 should name a larger lawn, a second lawn, a landscaping project, a sprinkler system, or a concrete patio. Ask which reading the bid is.

What the range includes

The typical band assumes one standard lawn. The sod is in. The delivery is in. The basic soil prep is in. The old-lawn removal is in. The labor is in. The yard is reachable. The lawn is about 1,000 to 1,500 square feet. The standard-lawn row, $1,000–$3,000, is the band. A 500-square-foot lawn sits under the band except at $1,000. A 1,000-square-foot lawn is in the band from $1,000 to $2,000. A 1,500-square-foot lawn is in the band from $1,500 to $3,000. A 2,000-square-foot lawn is in the band only from $2,000 to $3,000. Sod only on 1,000 square feet sits under the band. Zoysia on 1,000 square feet is in the band only from $1,000 to $1,300. A landscaping project, an in-ground sprinkler system, and a concrete patio are not in the band.

How long the work takes depends on the lawn, and the bid’s schedule is the one that counts. A lawn of one standard face is often a day or two. The time is a way to read that lawn. It is not a second clock on a price that was already the face. The next season’s water is not in this price.

The floor of the wider spread, $500, is a 500-square-foot lawn at its low end. It is not a standard lawn someone discounted. The top, $17,400, is a lawn about 8,700 square feet at $2 a square foot. It is not the standard-lawn row plus every add-on. Three thousand plus $3,000 for grading is $6,000, not $17,400. Three thousand plus $3,000 for a second lawn at the typical top is $6,000, not $17,400. Two times $3,000 is $6,000, which is $11,400 under the wider top. A number above $17,400 should name a larger lawn, a second lawn, or a job past this page. Ask which one.

None of the bands include delivery on a lawn the bid already priced, except where that delivery is a line the lawn left out. The delivery line is $50–$200. Fifty is $450 under the wider floor. A completed lawn price does not get this row. Three thousand plus $200 is $3,200 only when the $3,000 left the delivery out.

None of the bands include grading on a price the bid already built, except where that grading is a line the new lawn left out. The grading line, on the 1,000 square feet of a common face, is $1,000–$3,000. One thousand is the typical floor. Three thousand is the typical top. One thousand plus $1,000 is $2,000, inside the typical band, only when the $1,000 left the grade out. Three thousand plus $3,000 is $6,000, which is $3,000 past the typical top and $11,400 under the wider top. A lawn that already names the grade does not get $1,000–$3,000 on top.

None of the bands include a patch the new-lawn price left out, except as its own row. One pallet, about 450 square feet of grass only, is $130–$360. One hundred thirty is $370 under the wider floor. Three hundred sixty is $140 under the wider floor. A new lawn does not get the pallet row. A pallet that already is the job does not get $1,000–$3,000 on top.

None of the bands include a landscaping project, which is the landscaping guide, often $1,200–$6,000 for one basic yard, inside a wider spread of about $300–$24,000. One thousand two hundred is the floor of that typical band. One thousand two hundred is also $200 above this page’s typical floor and $1,800 under this page’s typical top. It can be that yard at its floor. It is not a 500-square-foot lawn inside this page. One thousand plus $1,200 is $2,200, inside this page’s typical band and inside that guide’s typical band. One thousand plus $6,000 is $7,000, which is $4,000 past this page’s typical top and $10,400 under this page’s wider top. Three thousand plus $1,200 is $4,200, which is $1,200 past this page’s typical top and $13,200 under this page’s wider top. Three thousand plus $6,000 is $9,000, which is $6,000 past this page’s typical top and $8,400 under this page’s wider top. That sum is a lawn plus a landscaping project only when each bid left the other out. A yard price that already includes the lawn does not get this page on top. That guide’s sod line, when the beds left the lawn out, is $950–$4,300. The overlap with this page’s typical band is $1,000–$3,000. Nine hundred fifty is $50 under this page’s typical floor and $450 above this page’s wider floor. Four thousand three hundred is $1,300 past this page’s typical top and $13,100 under this page’s wider top. From $950–$1,000 that line sits under this page’s typical band except at $1,000. From $1,000–$3,000 that line is this page’s typical band. From $3,000–$4,300 that line has left this page’s typical band and stays inside this page’s wider spread. Nine hundred fifty can be that line at its floor. Four thousand three hundred can be that line at its top or a 2,000-square-foot lawn inside its row. A lawn this page already priced does not get $950–$4,300 on top.

None of the bands include an in-ground sprinkler system, which is the sprinkler system guide, often $2,500–$8,000 for a suburban lawn, inside a wider spread of about $800–$22,000. Two thousand five hundred is the floor of that typical band. Two thousand five hundred is also inside this page’s typical band, $1,500 above this page’s typical floor, and $500 under this page’s typical top. It can be that system at its floor or a lawn inside this page. Ask which. One thousand plus $2,500 is $3,500, which is $500 past this page’s typical top, inside the 2,000-square-foot row, and $13,900 under this page’s wider top. One thousand plus $8,000 is $9,000, which is $6,000 past this page’s typical top and $8,400 under this page’s wider top. Three thousand plus $2,500 is $5,500, which is $2,500 past this page’s typical top and $11,900 under this page’s wider top. Three thousand plus $8,000 is $11,000, which is $8,000 past this page’s typical top and $6,400 under this page’s wider top. That sum is a lawn plus a sprinkler system only when each bid left the other out. A sprinkler price that already includes the lawn does not get this page on top.

None of the bands include a concrete patio, which is the concrete patio guide, often $1,500–$7,000 for a plain patio from a 10×10 through a straightforward 16×20, inside a wider spread of about $1,000–$18,000. One thousand five hundred is the floor of that typical band. One thousand five hundred is also a 1,500-square-foot lawn at $1, $500 above this page’s typical floor, and $1,500 under this page’s typical top. It can be that patio at its floor or a lawn inside this page. Ask which. One thousand plus $1,500 is $2,500, inside this page’s typical band and inside that guide’s typical band. One thousand plus $7,000 is $8,000, which is $5,000 past this page’s typical top and $9,400 under this page’s wider top. Three thousand plus $1,500 is $4,500, which is $1,500 past this page’s typical top and $12,900 under this page’s wider top. Three thousand plus $7,000 is $10,000, which is $7,000 past this page’s typical top and $7,400 under this page’s wider top. That sum is a lawn plus a concrete patio only when each bid left the other out. A patio price that already includes the lawn does not get this page on top.

The band is the lawn price. A coupon on the lawn is not subtracted. Read the form before you take a number off the bid. A credit you have not received is not inside the planning range. This page does not price a coupon, and it does not name a percentage of the cost that comes back at resale.

Warranties are part of the contract, and this page is not a reading of one company’s form. A lawn, when the company offers a return for a roll the crew missed, is about that roll. Read it. The return visit is not a dollar line in the planning range.

A standard homeowners policy is built around sudden and accidental damage. A lawn you left to die is the kind of maintenance those policies commonly leave with the owner. A storm that damages a covered structure, when the form responds to it, is a different question from a lawn you are buying. Read the form before you treat the policy as the budget. The $1,000–$3,000 band is not an insurance estimate.

A permit the city requires is a line on that bid. This page does not price a city’s fee on top of a complete lawn price. A like-for-like lawn on an existing yard is not a permitted building in the ordinary case. A lawn that already names a fee does not get that fee on top.

As a cross-check, not a bid: one standard lawn, prep and labor in, is $1,000–$3,000, the typical band. A 500-square-foot lawn is $500–$1,000. A 1,000-square-foot lawn is $1,000–$2,000. A 2,000-square-foot lawn is $2,000–$4,000. Grading the lawn left out, on 1,000 square feet, is $1,000–$3,000. If a bid and that reading are far apart, the bid is a different lawn, a left-out grade, a second lawn, a patio, a landscaping project, or a sprinkler system.

What moves the price

Driver	How it changes the bid
The lawn	One standard lawn, prep and labor in, is $1,000–$3,000, the typical band. A 500-square-foot lawn is $500–$1,000, and the typical band includes that row only at $1,000. A 1,000-square-foot lawn is $1,000–$2,000, and the whole row sits inside the typical band. A 2,000-square-foot lawn is $2,000–$4,000, and the typical band includes that row only from $2,000 to $3,000. The lawn picks the row. It is not a second bill.
The foot	A rate of $1–$2 a square foot is a reading of the same lawn. One thousand square feet at $1 is $1,000. One thousand five hundred square feet at $2 is $3,000. The foot is not a second bill.
The grass	Sod only on 1,000 square feet is $300–$800, and it sits under the typical band. Kentucky bluegrass on that face is $300–$550. Bermuda on that face is $400–$850. Zoysia on that face is $700–$1,300, and the typical band includes that reading only from $1,000 to $1,300. A standard-lawn price does not get the zoysia row.
The hours	An hourly rate of $50–$100 is a reading of the same lawn. Twenty hours at $50 is $1,000. Sixty hours at $50 is $3,000. The hours are not a second bill.
The minimum	A project minimum of $500–$1,000 replaces a patch under the 500-square-foot row. Five hundred is the wider floor. A completed price of $1,000–$3,000 already holds a trip the bid named. The minimum is not a second bill.
The delivery	Delivery the bid leaves out is $50–$200. Fifty is $450 under the wider floor. A completed price of $1,000–$3,000 already holds a delivery the bid named. Three thousand plus $200 is $3,200 only when the $3,000 left the delivery out.
The grade	Grading on 1,000 square feet is $1,000–$3,000. One thousand is the typical floor. A completed price of $1,000–$3,000 already holds a grade the bid named. Three thousand plus $3,000 is $6,000 only when the $3,000 left the grade out.
The pallet	One pallet, sod only, is $130–$360. One hundred thirty is $370 under the wider floor. A completed price of $1,000–$3,000 already holds the grass the bid named. The pallet is not a second bill.
The second lawn	Two lawns at the typical top are $6,000, which is $11,400 under the wider top. That reading is two lawns. It is not one 500-square-foot lawn.
The other job	A basic landscaping project is $1,200–$6,000 on the landscaping guide. An in-ground sprinkler system is $2,500–$8,000 on the sprinkler system guide. A plain concrete patio is $1,500–$7,000 on the concrete patio guide. A yard the bid is planting, a system the bid is trenching, or a patio the bid is pouring does not get this page on top when that price already includes the lawn.

The lawn is the first cut, and it is not a rate you add to itself. A standard lawn at $1,000, a 1,000-square-foot lawn at $1,000, and a 500-square-foot lawn at its top can share those dollars. They are not the same lawn three times. One thousand is the typical floor, the floor of the 1,000-square-foot row, and the top of the 500-square-foot row. Ask which lawn is in the price.

The size is the second cut. A standard lawn at $3,000, a 1,500-square-foot lawn at $2, and grading on 1,000 square feet at its top can share those dollars. One is the typical top. One is the 1,500-square-foot row at its top. One is the grading line at its top. The higher number is not a typical lawn that someone misread as a second face.

The same standard lawn in a lower-cost area and in a high-labor city can sit at opposite ends of $1,000–$3,000 without either bid being wrong. Ask whether the price is the lawn, the foot, or both, and ask whether delivery, grading, or a second lawn is in. Landscaping, sprinkler system installation, and concrete patio installation are the projects that meet this lawn and are not the lawn. Price them on their own pages. Two bids that disagree about the lawn, the foot, and whether the prep is included are not the same job.

DIY or hire

Hire the lawn when the grade, the old grass, and the delivery are the job. Soil that has to drain, a pallet that has to be laid the day it arrives, and a seam that dries out are where a small miss becomes a dead lawn. The labor, the prep, and the removal are the job. A Saturday with a hose is where those three get missed.

A few rolls on soil the owner already leveled are a different product. That number is not on this page, and it is not the crew’s lawn. On the one pro lawn, one standard sod lawn is $1,000–$3,000. That is the labor for the face.

A pallet on the drive is also a different product. That number is the grass, $130–$360, not a crew at the yard. Do not treat the pallet as the lawn. If the prep, the removal, and the laying still have to be done, you are pricing a crew’s job without the crew. The person at the yard should say what happens if a roll fails. Laying a few rolls on level soil is the owner’s part. A receipt for a pallet is not this installed rate.

Repair or replace

Repair the lawn when the face is sound and the house is staying. A small repair is one pallet of sod, about 450 square feet of grass only, typically $130–$360. One hundred thirty is $370 under the wider floor. Three hundred sixty is $140 under the wider floor. That pallet replaces the new lawn. It is not the typical band with a different name. A quote near $500 should say a 500-square-foot lawn at the wider floor, or a minimum at its floor, not a 1,000-square-foot lawn. A quote near $1,000 should say whether the labor and the prep are both in. A quote near $3,000 can be a standard lawn at its top, a 1,500-square-foot lawn at its top, or grading on 1,000 square feet at its top. Ask which reading the bid is.

Price a 500-square-foot lawn on $500–$1,000. Price a 1,000-square-foot lawn on $1,000–$2,000. Price a 2,000-square-foot lawn on $2,000–$4,000, and do not read that 2,000-square-foot lawn as the standard band with a different name. Do not read a landscaping project as the lawn band with a different name.

Replace the lawn when the grass has failed and the yard is staying. That job is the typical band, $3,000 at the top and $1,000 at the floor, when the method is that 1,000-to-1,500-square-foot lawn. Grading the new lawn left out, on 1,000 square feet, is $1,000–$3,000, and it is not already inside a price that named the grade. Send a yard of beds and mulch, with the lawn already out of the question, to the landscaping guide, typically $1,200–$6,000. Send an in-ground system for the lawn to the sprinkler system guide, typically $2,500–$8,000. Send a plain patio beside the lawn to the concrete patio guide, typically $1,500–$7,000. If the same season includes any of those, they are separate scopes. Do not fold them into the lawn price.

How long a new lawn lasts is not a number on this page. A one-yard lawn is not a warranty that the grass will stay green. A new lawn is not a warranty that the yard will never need another face. The bid’s scope is the work you bought.

How to use this number

Ask two or three installers for a written price that names the square feet, the grass, whether the price is a lump sum or a per-square-foot rate, whether the prep, the removal, the delivery, and the labor are included, whether grading is already inside the price, and what happens if a roll fails. Compare one standard lawn, prep and labor in, with $1,000–$3,000. Compare a 500-square-foot lawn with $500–$1,000, a 1,000-square-foot lawn with $1,000–$2,000, a 2,000-square-foot lawn with $2,000–$4,000, and an installed foot with $1–$2. Keep the lawn and the labor inside those rows. Put a left-out delivery at $50–$200, and grading on 1,000 square feet at $1,000–$3,000, on their own lines.

A very low bid on one lawn is a reason to ask whether the labor is included, not a reason to celebrate. A quote near $300 should say sod only on 1,000 square feet, not a crew on that lawn. A quote near $1,000 should say whether the prep is in. A high bid should point at size, zoysia, a tight access, or the labor market. Two or three local bids on the same lawn, the same foot, and the same prep are the number that matters. How this site sets the band is explained on the methodology page.