Home age in ZIP 23224, Richmond, VA: median built 1967

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23224 in Richmond, VA: median home built 1967; 78.5% of homes (14,286) are older than 25 years and 15.8% (2,874) were built since 2010, out of 18,201 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23224.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23224 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 12.6 percent; 1940s 9.9 percent; 1950s 17.1 percent; 1960s 14 percent; 1970s 9.1 percent; 1980s 9.8 percent; 1990s 6 percent; 2000s 5.7 percent; 2010s 14 percent; 2020+ 1.8 percentpre-1940: 2,301 homes, 12.6%12.6%pre-1940Richmond (independent city) County: 28.6%1940s: 1,793 homes, 9.9%9.9%1940sRichmond (independent city) County: 9.0%1950s: 3,121 homes, 17.1%17.1%1950sRichmond (independent city) County: 14.1%1960s: 2,545 homes, 14.0%14%1960sRichmond (independent city) County: 11.1%1970s: 1,653 homes, 9.1%9.1%1970sRichmond (independent city) County: 8.7%1980s: 1,787 homes, 9.8%9.8%1980sRichmond (independent city) County: 7.3%1990s: 1,086 homes, 6.0%6%1990sRichmond (independent city) County: 5.7%2000s: 1,041 homes, 5.7%5.7%2000sRichmond (independent city) County: 5.9%2010s: 2,547 homes, 14.0%14%2010sRichmond (independent city) County: 8.6%2020+: 327 homes, 1.8%1.8%2020+Richmond (independent city) County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 78.5% of homes (14,286)ZIP 23224, built before 2000built 2000 or laterRichmond (independent city) County

Share of the 18,201 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 23224 next to Richmond and Richmond (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23224RichmondRichmond (independent city) CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Richmond on this site
Housing units18,201112,848112,8482nd of 6 largest
Median year built1967195919595th of 6 oldest
Built before 198062.7%71.5%71.5%
Built before 200078.5%no data84.5%5th of 6 highest share
Built since 201015.8%no data9.7%
Owner-occupied homes34.6%43.5%43.5%4th of 6 highest share
Single-family units54.4%52.5%no data
Median home value$189,200 (+/- $7,973)$328,100$328,1006th of 6 highest
Median household income$49,263 (+/- $3,722)$62,671no data6th 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 23224

BuiltShare of Richmond (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23224
2020+1.1%1.8%327
2010s8.6%14.0%2,547
2000s5.9%5.7%1,041
1990s5.7%6.0%1,086
1980s7.3%9.8%1,787
1970s8.7%9.1%1,653
1960s11.1%14.0%2,545
1950s14.1%17.1%3,121
1940s9.0%9.9%1,793
pre-194028.6%12.6%2,301

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 23224

ZIP 23224 has 18,201 housing units: 14,286 (78.5%) were built before 2000, 2,874 (15.8%) in 2010 or later, and 3,121 (17.1%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1967 (Richmond: 1959), so 8 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 34.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 54.4% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $189,200, give or take $7,973; median household income is $49,263, give or take $3,722; the ZIP holds 16.1% of the housing units the Census counts in Richmond, 18,201 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, 13,200 units (72.5%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,086 (6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,041 (5.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,874 (15.8%, 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 23224

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 23224 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 23224 among Richmond’s ZIP areas

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

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
232252.8 NW197087.0%
232193.5 NE194578.0%
232203.6 N194683.3%
232213.8 N194196.6%
232266.3 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 23224: Newport News, VA (62 miles), Norfolk, VA (79 miles), Chesapeake, VA (81 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23224?

Of the 18,201 housing units, 11,413 (62.7%) were built before 1980, 14,286 (78.5%) before 2000 and 2,874 (15.8%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23224?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 11,413 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 (3.8 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.6%, against 78.5% in 23224.

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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