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Concrete Pour Cost
New concrete · by the yard and the square foot

What should your new concrete cost?

Put in the size and the job. You get the cubic yards to order, a price range per square foot from named cost guides — each with its date — and the line items a written bid should show. No sign-up, no form.

What are you pouring?
Drawing of the slab: 24 ft long, 20 ft wide, 4 in thick
Length and width drawn in true proportion; thickness drawn larger so you can see it.

Your pour, worked out as you go

Concrete
5.93 cu yd
Order with 4–10% allowance
6.16–6.52 cu yd
Area
480 sq ft

Installed, plain finish — each cost guide on its own line, never averaged:

  • HomeGuide$6–$10 / sq ft$2,880–$4,800
  • HomeAdvisor$6–$8 / sq ft$2,880–$3,840

Tear-out, reinforcement, other finishes, ready-mix and bag counts — plus every source with its date.

Cost guides by job

Slabs and ready-mix

Driveways

Patios and finishes

Walkways, steps and walls

All pour notes →

Block diagram of a new concrete slab on a gravel base inside wooden forms, with its outline highlighted
Every price starts from the same three numbers: length, width and thickness.

Illustrations here are AI-made sketches that show the idea. They are not photos of a real slab, driveway, product, job or person.

Before you build

Call 811 a few business days before any digging so buried utility lines get marked. Driveway aprons, foundations and taller retaining walls may need a permit — ask your local building department. Wet concrete can burn skin: crews wear gloves, boots and eye protection. Get the price, thickness, base and reinforcement in a written contract with a contractor who carries the license (where your state requires one) and insurance.

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