Calculators / Driveways
What does a gravel driveway cost?
Put in the size. You’ll see each guide’s installed range for gravel, the cheapest surface by far.
Updated · How we check our numbers
Expect to pay about
$530 to $3,380
For a 40 × 12 ft gravel driveway (480 sq ft), from 3 published price guides. The middle of them is about $1,235.
- Area
- 480 sq ft
- Permit
- $50 to $500This Old House, Bob Vila
Estimate for planning only, not professional advice. Check the manufacturer’s instructions, your local code and a licensed professional before you buy, build or install. Use at your own risk. Terms.
area = 40 × 12 = 480 sq ft
Bob Vila: 480 × $1.25 to $1.80 = $600 to $864
This Old House: 480 × $2 to $6 = $960 to $2,880
LawnStarter: 480 × $1 to $3 = $480 to $1,440
The driveway, by price guide
Gravel- Bob Vila, 2022–2024$1.25 to $1.80 a sq ft installed$600 to $864
- This Old House, Jun 2026$2 to $6 a sq ft installed$960 to $2,880
- LawnStarter, 2025–2026$1 to $3 a sq ft installed$480 to $1,440
Installed prices per square foot, as each guide publishes them. Removal and the permit are added to the total above.
These are national published ranges, and they’re wide. Get two or three local quotes.
The strip between the street and the sidewalk usually sits on city land. Most cities want a permit and their own spec for it, often 6 in of concrete.
How we work it out
We multiply the driveway's area by each price guide's installed cost per square foot, then add taking out the old driveway and a permit if you pick them.
cost = length × width × installed $ per sq ft + removal + permit
The ranges come from Bob Vila, This Old House and LawnStarter, each as the guide publishes it, with its date. We left out figures a guide gives for materials only. Removal is $1 to $4 a sq ft, the figure Fixr, This Old House and Bob Vila all give, and a permit $50 to $500.
HomeGuide, Angi, HomeAdvisor and Forbes Home wouldn't let us read their pages, so they aren't here.
Where the numbers come from
- Bob Vila: how much it costs to pave a driveway (Jun 2024)
- This Old House: cost to repave a driveway (Jun 2026)
- Bob Vila: concrete driveway cost
- LawnStarter: concrete driveway price
- Bob Vila: asphalt driveway cost
- LawnStarter: asphalt driveway price
- Bob Vila: gravel driveway cost
- LawnStarter: gravel driveway price
- LawnStarter: paver driveway price
- Bob Vila: heated driveway cost
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