Home age in ZIP 23221, Richmond, VA: median built 1941

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23221 in Richmond, VA: median home built 1941; 96.6% of homes (7,511) are older than 25 years and 2.7% (209) were built since 2010, out of 7,776 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23221.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23221 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 48.3 percent; 1940s 17.3 percent; 1950s 12.8 percent; 1960s 8.2 percent; 1970s 5 percent; 1980s 3.2 percent; 1990s 1.6 percent; 2000s 0.7 percent; 2010s 2.7 percent; 2020+ 0 percentpre-1940: 3,759 homes, 48.3%48.3%pre-1940Richmond (independent city) County: 28.6%1940s: 1,349 homes, 17.3%17.3%1940sRichmond (independent city) County: 9.0%1950s: 995 homes, 12.8%12.8%1950sRichmond (independent city) County: 14.1%1960s: 638 homes, 8.2%8.2%1960sRichmond (independent city) County: 11.1%1970s: 390 homes, 5.0%5%1970sRichmond (independent city) County: 8.7%1980s: 252 homes, 3.2%3.2%1980sRichmond (independent city) County: 7.3%1990s: 128 homes, 1.6%1.6%1990sRichmond (independent city) County: 5.7%2000s: 56 homes, 0.7%0.7%2000sRichmond (independent city) County: 5.9%2010s: 208 homes, 2.7%2.7%2010sRichmond (independent city) County: 8.6%2020+: 1 homes, 0.0%0%2020+Richmond (independent city) County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 96.6% of homes (7,511)ZIP 23221, built before 2000built 2000 or laterRichmond (independent city) County

Share of the 7,776 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 23221 next to Richmond and Richmond (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23221RichmondRichmond (independent city) CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Richmond on this site
Housing units7,776112,848112,8485th of 6 largest
Median year built1941195919591st of 6 oldest
Built before 198091.7%71.5%71.5%
Built before 200096.6%no data84.5%1st of 6 highest share
Built since 20102.7%no data9.7%
Owner-occupied homes50.5%43.5%43.5%2nd of 6 highest share
Single-family units49.4%52.5%no data
Median home value$544,400 (+/- $33,426)$328,100$328,1001st of 6 highest
Median household income$97,006 (+/- $10,440)$62,671no data2nd 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 23221

BuiltShare of Richmond (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23221
2020+1.1%0.0%1
2010s8.6%2.7%208
2000s5.9%0.7%56
1990s5.7%1.6%128
1980s7.3%3.2%252
1970s8.7%5.0%390
1960s11.1%8.2%638
1950s14.1%12.8%995
1940s9.0%17.3%1,349
pre-194028.6%48.3%3,759

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 23221

ZIP 23221 has 7,776 housing units: 7,511 (96.6%) were built before 2000, 209 (2.7%) in 2010 or later, and 3,759 (48.3%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1941 (Richmond: 1959), so 18 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 50.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 49.4% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $544,400, give or take $33,426; median household income is $97,006, give or take $10,440; the ZIP holds 6.9% of the housing units the Census counts in Richmond, 7,776 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, 7,383 units (94.9%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 128 (1.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 56 (0.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 209 (2.7%, 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 23221

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 23221 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 23221 among Richmond’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23221 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 23220: 16,561 homes, 83.3% built before 2000, median year 194623220ZIP 23226: 7,827 homes, 88.4% built before 2000, median year 195323226ZIP 23219: 3,488 homes, 78% built before 2000, median year 194523219ZIP 23221: 7,776 homes, 96.6% built before 2000, median year 194123221
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23221. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
232201.7 E194683.3%
232252.4 SW197087.0%
232262.6 NW195388.4%
232193.2 E194578.0%
232243.8 S196778.5%

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 23221: Newport News, VA (64 miles), Norfolk, VA (82 miles), Chesapeake, VA (84 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23221?

Of the 7,776 housing units, 7,131 (91.7%) were built before 1980, 7,511 (96.6%) before 2000 and 209 (2.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23221?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,131 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, 23226 (2.6 miles NW) has the largest share built before 2000, 88.4%, against 96.6% in 23221.

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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