Cost to Install an Asphalt Driveway
Use our asphalt driveway calculator below to get an estimated cost for installing a new asphalt driveway, repaving your current blacktop driveway, or just extending your driveway to make it longer or wider.
Asphalt Driveway Cost Calculator
Cost Estimate Details
When you pave your asphalt driveway, it’s essential to have a clear understanding of what the contractor includes in their estimate and what might lead to additional costs. This asphalt driveway paving estimate aims to provide you with a detailed overview of the services and materials included, to make sure you’re fully informed about every aspect of your driveway project.
Included in this Driveway Estimate
- Basic site prep to prepare the area for a new driveway, or replacement of your existing asphalt driveway. For new driveways, this involves clearing of all grass and gravel to assure a smooth, level surface for the base asphalt. When repaving an asphalt driveway, all loose areas will be patched, cracks will be sealed and the surface fully prepared to allow the new top coat of asphalt proper adhesion to the surface.
- All material costs including gravel, base asphalt, top-coat asphalt and delivery to your project address.
- Labor costs to prepare the site, lay, spread and compact the asphalt, and finish the project including cleanup.
- All equipment fees used for delivery, spreading and rolling the asphalt.
- Any selected features like underground drain pipes, water lines, electrical conduit etc.
Not Included in this Cost Estimate
- Extensive sitework like the clearing of trees, brush, or large obstacles that are in the path of the new driveway.
- Relocating utilities or drain culverts.
- Obtaining permits or HOA approval.
- Extensive landscape work after the driveway is installed.
- Initial sealcoating of the driveway, which needs to be done within the first 30-45 days.
Estimate Cost for these Types of Driveways
Our asphalt driveway cost calculator is designed to help you get an estimate for the following types of driveway projects.
New Asphalt Driveways
Having a new driveway installed involves moderate excavation to level the surface, bringing in 3-4″ of base mix asphalt to act as the foundation, then covering it with a sand mix asphalt for a smooth finish.
Repaving Existing Asphalt Driveways
When a driveway is repaved, it can be done over your existing driveway if the surface is in good condition. For these paving jobs, the surface is thoroughly cleaned and all loose debris is removed. Cracks are filled with a sealant compound and the driveway is coated with a sealer before 1-2″ of new top-coat hot mix asphalt is applied and rolled smooth.
Extending or Adding-On to a Driveway
Adding a new parking space, widening your driveway, or making your driveway longer are all popular projects. Using the calculator above, enter the dimensions of the new area you want to add on to your driveway, and the estimated cost will be displayed once complete.
Data Resources for this Cost Calculator
We make use of several resources to compile data used in our driveway cost calculators. It assures you the most accurate cost estimates based on real scientific data from trusted resources. for this asphalt driveway calculator, we used the following sources:
- Cost of living data: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- Labor costs are taken from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Asphalt tonnage costs change often due to the reliance of crude oil and petroleum products. A few our tonnage price sources are: ST Wooten, Kelterite Corp, and Duval Asphalt.
- Estimated costs are compiled by a averaging the cumulative costs submitted by our partners who have used this as a driveway paving estimate tool for their own purposes and made their estimates public.
- We’ve removed all personal identifying data and used aggregate values only.