Every range below states the specification it assumes
Concrete Driveway Cost Per Square Foot
Concrete driveway cost runs $7 to $12 per square foot for a standard 4-inch reinforced slab, and $10 to $16 at 5 inches for a truck or RV.
Below are the ranges by size, thickness and finish — and the four things that decide where in the range your job lands.
- Every price states the thickness and steel it assumes
- Removal, approach and sealing priced as their own lines
- Your fixed number comes from a free site visit
Tell us roughly how big it is and what parks on it. Someone attends, measures, and you get the number in writing.
A lower price per square foot buys less thickness, steel or base
Four things decide what a driveway costs, and all four are buried the moment the slab is poured: how thick it is, how much compacted base sits under it, whether the steel is held at mid-depth or just laid in the dirt, and whether the joints were cut to a plan.
A contractor can cut any of them and the finished drive looks identical on the day you pay for it.
So a price per square foot means nothing on its own. Every range on this page states the specification it assumes, so you can hold two quotes side by side and see what you are comparing.
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Concrete driveway cost per square foot runs $7 to $12 at standard spec
The 2026 market ranges, with the specification each number assumes. Your fixed number comes after a free site visit.
| Work | What the number assumes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Pouring the drive | ||
| Standard residential drive | 4in slab, 4,000 PSI, #3 rebar at 18in on center, broom finish | $7–$12 / sq ft |
| Drive for a truck, RV or trailer | 5in slab, #4 rebar at 18in on center, thickened edge | $10–$16 / sq ft |
| Apron and street approach | 5in over compacted base, #4 rebar, dowelled to the panels either side | $10–$16 / sq ft |
| Stamped or colored drive | pattern, integral color, release and penetrating sealer | $15–$25 / sq ft |
| Everything else on the invoice | ||
| Demolition and haul-off (national range) | existing 4–5in reinforced slab broken out, hauled and disposed of — published Houston figures for driveway removal read lower | $3–$6 / sq ft |
| Resurfacing instead of replacing | profiled and primed, polymer-modified overlay, broom finish | $4–$8 / sq ft |
| Replacing failed panels only | saw-cut to the joints, base rebuilt, dowelled and repoured | $8–$15 / sq ft |
| Sealing once it has cured | cleaned, then a penetrating sealer applied at the stated coverage | $1–$3 / sq ft |
A quote that says $9 per square foot and nothing else could describe a 4-inch slab on 4 inches of compacted base with chaired steel, or a 3.5-inch slab poured on grade with mesh lying in the dirt. Those are not the same driveway and they do not last the same length of time. The demolition line above is a national range and published Houston figures for driveway removal come in under it, so treat $3 to $6 as an outside number until your slab has been measured.
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Concrete driveway cost by size: a two-car drive runs $4,200 to $7,200
Slab AREA is what drives the total, so measure your own length by width and find the nearest row. Each figure is the area multiplied by the standard 4-inch rate of $7 to $12 per square foot.
| Work | What the number assumes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Total cost at standard 4-inch specification | ||
| 400 sq ft | a 20 ft x 20 ft pad, roughly a short two-car parking area | $2,800–$4,800 |
| 600 sq ft | roughly a typical two-car drive, about 24 ft x 25 ft | $4,200–$7,200 |
| 800 sq ft | roughly a longer two-car or short three-car drive | $5,600–$9,600 |
| 1,000 sq ft | a 100 ft run at 10 ft wide, or a side-entry or circular drive | $7,000–$12,000 |
| 1,200 sq ft | the same 100 ft run at 12 ft wide, or a long acreage approach | $8,400–$14,400 |
| The same 600 sq ft, priced differently | ||
| At 4in standard | 600 sq ft x $7–$12 | $4,200–$7,200 |
| At 5in for a truck or RV | 600 sq ft x $10–$16 | $6,000–$9,600 |
| Stamped or colored | 600 sq ft x $15–$25 | $9,000–$15,000 |
| Removing the old drive first | 600 sq ft x $3–$6 (a national range — Houston figures read lower), added to any of the above | $1,800–$3,600 |
These totals cover the slab itself. What sits outside them on a real quote: the driveway approach if it is being redone, any drainage or regrading the fall requires, and sealing. Each is priced as its own line.
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Concrete driveway cost in Houston is published at $6 to $11 a square foot
The same source puts an un-reinforced drive at $5 to $10, which is a narrower gap than most people expect for leaving the steel out.
Our standard range of $7 to $12 sits on top of that reinforced band. It is the plain broom finish; stamped and colored work is what reaches $15 to $25.
The same guide calls four to five inches the standard residential thickness, and six to eight inches the answer for heavier vehicles or poor soil conditions. Coastal-prairie clay is a poor soil condition, so many Pearland lots meet that second test.
If a quote you have been given falls well outside those numbers in either direction, ask what specification it assumes before you accept it or reject it.
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Concrete driveway prices move on four things: size, thickness, demolition and access
Thickness and reinforcement
Four inches with #3 rebar at 18 inches on center chaired to mid-depth is the residential standard. Five inches with #4 rebar is what a truck, RV, boat or trailer needs, and it is the cheapest insurance on the job because it cannot be added afterwards. Steel lying in the dirt costs the contractor nothing to skip and does almost nothing for the slab, which makes it the most common place a cheap quote saves money.
What is underneath
Four inches of compacted crushed base is the standard, and excavating to reach competent ground costs real money on a lot with fill or soft soil. This is where "unforeseen ground" appears on an invoice that never mentioned excavation depth in the first place. Our quotes state the excavation depth and the base.
Access for the truck
Concrete arriving by chute from a mixer truck at the curb is the cheap case. Concrete going around the side of a house by wheelbarrow, or needing a pump, is a different job at the same square footage. A closed gate, a steep approach or overhead cables all change the number, and all of them are visible at the estimate.
The finish
A broom finish is the standard and the cheapest. Stamped concrete roughly doubles the rate because it adds pattern mats, integral color, release agent and a sealer that has to be renewed. Exposed aggregate and saw-cut scoring sit in between. The structural slab underneath is identical in all of them, which is why our quotes separate structure from finish.
A new drive: concrete driveways. Failed sections: concrete repair. Sound but flaking: concrete resurfacing. Patterned: stamped concrete. Everything else: concrete services.
The spec goes on the quote before you decide anything.
Our concrete driveway quote states thickness, rebar, joints and haul-off
Same driveway, same square footage. The difference is what is written down before anyone pours.
| On the page | HTX Concrete Co. | A one-line quote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | One number for the job as scoped | A per-foot range that moves on the day |
| Slab thickness | Stated in inches | Not mentioned |
| Reinforcement | Rebar or mesh, size and spacing | "Reinforced" — the entire line |
| Joint spacing | Planned and written | Cut wherever, if at all |
| Haul-off and clean-up | In the price | Added at the end |
Take our quote to any other contractor and compare it line by line.
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Driveway resurfacing costs about half, and only on a slab that is still sound
A bonded overlay is $4 to $8 per square foot against $7 to $12 for a new slab — before the $3 to $6 it costs to break the old one out. On a 600 square foot drive that is roughly $2,400 to $4,800 instead of $6,000 to $10,800.
It is worth pricing before you accept a replacement quote, and it is also the easiest thing in this trade to oversell, because it is cheap, quick and looks transformative for about a year.
The catch is that resurfacing fixes appearance, not structure. Bonded onto a slab whose base has voided, the crack comes back through the new surface and you have paid twice.
So we check what is under the slab before quoting what goes on top of it.
We will tell you which one you need.
Working with us, in four steps
Four steps. You can stop after the second one and it has cost you nothing.
You call, we come out
We measure the area, check the ground and the access, and tell you what the job needs.
You get the price in writing
One fixed number, with the thickness, the base depth, the reinforcement and the joint spacing on the page.
We dig, form, tie the steel and pour
Old drive out if there is one, base excavated and compacted, steel set, then the pour and the joints.
We clear the site and the slab cures
You get the day it is ready to use, and that date was on your quote from the start.
Walk 24–48h · car 7 days · heavy 28 days
Step one costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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Send the rough size and what you want done. Someone comes out, measures, and you get one fixed number in writing — not a range that moves on the day. Nothing is owed if you don't go ahead.
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- Free on-site estimate across Pearland and the south Houston ring
- Fixed price in writing before we start
- Reinforcement and thickness stated on the quote
- Clean-up and haul-off included