Paver Calculator
Plan your paver patio or walkway. Enter the area to cover, your paver size, and a waste allowance to get the number of pavers and an estimated installed cost.
Your project
Estimate
Pavers needed · Includes waste allowance
- Area to cover
- 192ft²
- Estimated material cost
- $1,692.00
Estimates are guidance only and exclude tax, labor, and site conditions unless stated. Confirm with a local pro.
How it's calculated
No black boxes — here is the exact math behind your estimate, so you can check it or adapt it for your own quote.
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Area (ft²) = length × width - 2
Area with waste = area × (1 + waste% ÷ 100) - 3
Pavers = ⌈ area with waste ÷ paver size (ft²) ⌉ - 4
Cost = pavers × price per paver
Worked example
A 16 ft × 12 ft patio using 6"×9" pavers with 10% waste.
Inputs
- Patio length
- 16 ft
- Patio width
- 12 ft
- Waste allowance
- 10 %
- Paver size
- 0.375
- Price per paver
- 3 $/paver
Result
- Pavers needed
- 564 pavers
- Area to cover
- 192 ft²
- Estimated material cost
- $1,692.00
Tools & materials for this project
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- Polymeric sand Locks paver joints and resists weeds.
- Paver edging Holds the field of pavers in place at the borders.
- Rubber mallet Seat each paver into the bedding sand.
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Pavers cost by state
The calculator does the quantity math exactly. What it can't know is what a fair unit price looks like where you live — a paver patio runs 61% more in the priciest US market than the cheapest.
Pavers cost in all 50 states + DC US average $20.00 per square foot installed · regional averages, full ranked table, and typical project totals.