Home age in ZIP 23220, Richmond, VA: median built 1946

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23220 in Richmond, VA: median home built 1946; 83.3% of homes (13,796) are older than 25 years and 9.7% (1,604) were built since 2010, out of 16,561 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23220.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23220 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 46 percent; 1940s 6.9 percent; 1950s 7.5 percent; 1960s 5.6 percent; 1970s 6.7 percent; 1980s 5.8 percent; 1990s 5 percent; 2000s 7 percent; 2010s 8.5 percent; 2020+ 1.2 percentpre-1940: 7,614 homes, 46.0%46%pre-1940Richmond (independent city) County: 28.6%1940s: 1,140 homes, 6.9%6.9%1940sRichmond (independent city) County: 9.0%1950s: 1,234 homes, 7.5%7.5%1950sRichmond (independent city) County: 14.1%1960s: 926 homes, 5.6%5.6%1960sRichmond (independent city) County: 11.1%1970s: 1,104 homes, 6.7%6.7%1970sRichmond (independent city) County: 8.7%1980s: 953 homes, 5.8%5.8%1980sRichmond (independent city) County: 7.3%1990s: 825 homes, 5.0%5%1990sRichmond (independent city) County: 5.7%2000s: 1,161 homes, 7.0%7%2000sRichmond (independent city) County: 5.9%2010s: 1,402 homes, 8.5%8.5%2010sRichmond (independent city) County: 8.6%2020+: 202 homes, 1.2%1.2%2020+Richmond (independent city) County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 83.3% of homes (13,796)ZIP 23220, built before 2000built 2000 or laterRichmond (independent city) County

Share of the 16,561 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Richmond (independent city) County. This counts houses, not roofs: a roof is replaced several times in the life of a house, and no federal survey records when.

ZIP 23220 next to Richmond and Richmond (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23220RichmondRichmond (independent city) CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Richmond on this site
Housing units16,561112,848112,8483rd of 6 largest
Median year built1946195919593rd of 6 oldest
Built before 198072.6%71.5%71.5%
Built before 200083.3%no data84.5%4th of 6 highest share
Built since 20109.7%no data9.7%
Owner-occupied homes32.8%43.5%43.5%5th of 6 highest share
Single-family units39.5%52.5%no data
Median home value$468,900 (+/- $35,098)$328,100$328,1003rd of 6 highest
Median household income$56,681 (+/- $4,308)$62,671no data5th of 6 highest

City figures are for the Census place, county figures for the county; “no data” means the Census file does not publish that figure. Value and income are survey estimates, the plus-or-minus is the 90% margin of error.

Every decade in ZIP 23220

BuiltShare of Richmond (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23220
2020+1.1%1.2%202
2010s8.6%8.5%1,402
2000s5.9%7.0%1,161
1990s5.7%5.0%825
1980s7.3%5.8%953
1970s8.7%6.7%1,104
1960s11.1%5.6%926
1950s14.1%7.5%1,234
1940s9.0%6.9%1,140
pre-194028.6%46.0%7,614

Counts are Census estimates of housing units by year built (table B25034). If a roof had never been replaced, it would be 3 to 6 years old on a house from the 2020s, 17 to 26 on one from the 2000s, 37 to 46 on one from the 1980s and 87 or more on one from before 1940. Most older houses have had at least one replacement, and the Census does not record when.

What the numbers say about ZIP 23220

ZIP 23220 has 16,561 housing units: 13,796 (83.3%) were built before 2000, 1,604 (9.7%) in 2010 or later, and 7,614 (46%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1946 (Richmond: 1959), so 13 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 32.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 39.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $468,900, give or take $35,098; median household income is $56,681, give or take $4,308; the ZIP holds 14.7% of the housing units the Census counts in Richmond, 16,561 of them. These are survey estimates with margins of error, and for a small ZIP the margin can be wide.

Reading this for roofs, carefully: the Census records when a house was built, never when its roof was last replaced. If every roof were still the one installed with its house, 12,971 units (78.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 825 (5%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,161 (7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,604 (9.7%, 2010 onward) would be younger than it. Most older roofs have been replaced, so treat these as the pool of houses where an old roof is possible, not as a count of old roofs.

Roof age calculator for ZIP 23220

Enter the year your house was built, and the year the roof was last replaced if you know it. It starts at the median year built for this ZIP. The share of neighbours’ homes older than yours comes from this ZIP’s own decade counts.

–years old (roof)
–of homes in ZIP 23220 are older
–vs. the ZIP median year built

Material ranges are general planning figures (the same ones as on our roof-age page), not warranties. Sun, storms, attic ventilation and installation quality move them. The decade shares assume homes were built evenly within each decade. This is not an inspection: a roofer on the roof decides.

Map: ZIP 23220 among Richmond’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23220 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 23225: 21,545 homes, 87% built before 2000, median year 197023225ZIP 23224: 18,201 homes, 78.5% built before 2000, median year 196723224ZIP 23226: 7,827 homes, 88.4% built before 2000, median year 195323226ZIP 23221: 7,776 homes, 96.6% built before 2000, median year 194123221ZIP 23219: 3,488 homes, 78% built before 2000, median year 194523219ZIP 23220: 16,561 homes, 83.3% built before 2000, median year 194623220
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23220. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
232191.5 SE194578.0%
232211.7 W194196.6%
232253.4 SW197087.0%
232243.6 S196778.5%
232263.9 NW195388.4%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Richmond (independent city) County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Richmond (independent city) County Relatively Low overall (78.4 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (59.4), Relatively Low for strong wind (29.5) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (66.8). NOAA logged 3 hail reports in the county, on 2 days with hail of 1 inch or more in the full years 2014 to 2025.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 version, county level. This product uses FEMA’s National Risk Index data but is not endorsed by FEMA.

Where to go from here

Other roofing cities near ZIP 23220: Newport News, VA (63 miles), Norfolk, VA (81 miles), Chesapeake, VA (82 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23220?

Of the 16,561 housing units, 12,018 (72.6%) were built before 1980, 13,796 (83.3%) before 2000 and 1,604 (9.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23220?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 12,018 units built before 1980 in this ZIP, many roofs are replacements rather than originals. Ask the seller for permit records or have a roofer inspect the roof.

Which nearby ZIP has the oldest housing?

Of the 5 closest ZIP areas we cover, 23221 (1.7 miles W) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.6%, against 83.3% in 23220.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019 to 2023, tables B25034 (year structure built), B25035, B25003, B25024, B25077 and B19013, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas; ZIP-to-city assignment from the Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (a ZIP is assigned to a city when more than half of its land area lies inside it). A ZCTA is not a USPS ZIP code: it approximates one and can differ at the edges. Public domain. The 12 ZIP-specific figures above differ from ZIP to ZIP.

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