Compare asphalt, concrete, pavers & tar-and-chip side by side
Quick Compare — Typical Installed Cost
Ballpark national ranges for comparison only. Pick a material below for your exact quantities and cost.
Material Specifications
Typical residential driveway: 2 in binder + 1.5–2 in wearing course.
Typical residential driveway: 4–6 in.
Typical: 1.5–2.375 in pavers on a 1 in bedding sand layer.
Typical: 0.4–0.5 gal/yd² emulsion with 25–30 lbs/yd² chip stone.
Sub-Base Prep & Excavation
Leave blank if no new base is being added. Typical: 4–6 in for asphalt/concrete, 6–8 in for pavers.
Leave blank to use the default: 145 lb/ft³.
Leave blank to use the default: 105 lb/ft³ (compacted class II road base).
Please enter a valid area and material thickness first.
Total Material Needed
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Enter your project details and calculate to see results.
Excavation & Sub-Base Take-Off
Equipment & Tool Rental
Long-Term Cost of Ownership
Project Inputs
Estimates are approximate. Quick Compare ranges are national averages for ballpark comparison only. Confirm exact quantities and pricing with your local supplier or contractor before ordering.
QuickTonnage's driveway cost calculator, also searched as a driveway concrete cost calculator, asphalt paving cost calculator, or paver cost tool depending on your material, compares four options side by side:
Scroll to the comparison table after calculating to see how your material stacks up against the other three for the same area.
Worked example: run a 100 ft driveway, sometimes searched as a 100 foot driveway through the calculator and you'll typically see a wide swing in total between materials for the exact same footprint. That's a fast way to compare the cost of a driveway by material before you even talk to a contractor.
It depends almost entirely on material choice and size, that's the whole reason this tool compares four materials side by side instead of giving one flat national number for how much it costs to do a driveway.
Pavers run the highest cost per square foot of the four materials here, mainly due to labor-intensive installation. Switch to the Pavers tab above to see an exact number for a specific square footage.
Similar math to a new install, plus removal of the old surface factor that into the waste/prep allowance, or add a line item if a contractor bids it separately.
A 2-car driveway is usually somewhere in the 500–600 sq ft range depending on layout plug that figure into the calculator with a preferred material to see a number specific to the job rather than a generic size assumption.
Run the numbers through this calculator first for an instant estimate, then use that figure as a baseline when requesting real driveway quotes it helps spot a bid that's unusually high or low right away.
Multiply length by width for a rectangle. For an L-shaped or irregular driveway, break it into rectangles, calculate each separately, and add them together or just measure the total and enter it directly using "Total Area" mode above.