Home age in ZIP 23321, Chesapeake, VA: median built 1988

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23321 in Chesapeake, VA: median home built 1988; 71.1% of homes (10,554) are older than 25 years and 14.1% (2,093) were built since 2010, out of 14,836 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23321.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23321 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.8 percent; 1940s 0.8 percent; 1950s 4 percent; 1960s 13.5 percent; 1970s 17.8 percent; 1980s 17 percent; 1990s 17.2 percent; 2000s 14.8 percent; 2010s 12.1 percent; 2020+ 2.1 percentpre-1940: 121 homes, 0.8%0.8%pre-1940Chesapeake (independent city) County: 2.2%1940s: 119 homes, 0.8%0.8%1940sChesapeake (independent city) County: 1.8%1950s: 594 homes, 4.0%4%1950sChesapeake (independent city) County: 5.5%1960s: 2,001 homes, 13.5%13.5%1960sChesapeake (independent city) County: 9.1%1970s: 2,646 homes, 17.8%17.8%1970sChesapeake (independent city) County: 13.0%1980s: 2,522 homes, 17.0%17%1980sChesapeake (independent city) County: 20.5%1990s: 2,551 homes, 17.2%17.2%1990sChesapeake (independent city) County: 19.6%2000s: 2,189 homes, 14.8%14.8%2000sChesapeake (independent city) County: 13.3%2010s: 1,788 homes, 12.1%12.1%2010sChesapeake (independent city) County: 13.5%2020+: 305 homes, 2.1%2.1%2020+Chesapeake (independent city) County: 1.5%Built 1999 or earlier: 71.1% of homes (10,554)ZIP 23321, built before 2000built 2000 or laterChesapeake (independent city) County

Share of the 14,836 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Chesapeake (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 23321 next to Chesapeake and Chesapeake (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23321ChesapeakeChesapeake (independent city) CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Chesapeake on this site
Housing units14,83695,99795,9974th of 6 largest
Median year built1988198919893rd of 6 oldest
Built before 198036.9%31.6%31.6%
Built before 200071.1%no data71.7%4th of 6 highest share
Built since 201014.1%no data15%
Owner-occupied homes77.3%73.8%73.8%3rd of 6 highest share
Single-family units83.6%80.7%no data
Median home value$352,000 (+/- $14,556)$359,100$359,1003rd of 6 highest
Median household income$98,257 (+/- $7,506)$94,189no data3rd 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 23321

BuiltShare of Chesapeake (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23321
2020+1.5%2.1%305
2010s13.5%12.1%1,788
2000s13.3%14.8%2,189
1990s19.6%17.2%2,551
1980s20.5%17.0%2,522
1970s13.0%17.8%2,646
1960s9.1%13.5%2,001
1950s5.5%4.0%594
1940s1.8%0.8%119
pre-19402.2%0.8%121

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 23321

ZIP 23321 has 14,836 housing units: 10,554 (71.1%) were built before 2000, 2,093 (14.1%) in 2010 or later, and 2,646 (17.8%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1988 (Chesapeake: 1989), so 1 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 77.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 83.6% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $352,000, give or take $14,556; median household income is $98,257, give or take $7,506; the ZIP holds 15.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Chesapeake, 14,836 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, 8,003 units (53.9%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 2,551 (17.2%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,189 (14.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,093 (14.1%, 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 23321

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 23321 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 23321 among Chesapeake’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23321 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 23320: 26,131 homes, 66.4% built before 2000, median year 199323320ZIP 23322: 22,386 homes, 73.9% built before 2000, median year 199223322ZIP 23323: 15,064 homes, 65.5% built before 2000, median year 199123323ZIP 23324: 9,834 homes, 79.6% built before 2000, median year 197323324ZIP 23325: 7,860 homes, 85.1% built before 2000, median year 197523325ZIP 23508: 7,112 homes, 82.4% built before 2000, median year 195323508ZIP 23510: 4,948 homes, 66.6% built before 2000, median year 198323510ZIP 23507: 3,530 homes, 94.5% built before 2000, median year 193823507ZIP 23523: 3,472 homes, 73.6% built before 2000, median year 197123523ZIP 23517: 2,901 homes, 90.6% built before 2000, median year 195023517ZIP 23321: 14,836 homes, 71.1% built before 2000, median year 198823321
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23321. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
233237.5 S199165.5%
235077.9 NE193894.5%
235108.0 NE198366.6%
233248.2 E197379.6%
235088.5 NE195382.4%
235238.5 E197173.6%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Chesapeake (independent city) County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Chesapeake (independent city) County Relatively Low overall (80.8 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (61.4), Very Low for strong wind (9.5) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (71.8). NOAA logged 21 hail reports in the county, on 9 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 23321: Norfolk, VA (8 miles), Newport News, VA (20 miles), Richmond, VA (76 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23321?

Of the 14,836 housing units, 5,481 (36.9%) were built before 1980, 10,554 (71.1%) before 2000 and 2,093 (14.1%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23321?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,481 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 6 closest ZIP areas we cover, 23507 (7.9 miles NE) has the largest share built before 2000, 94.5%, against 71.1% in 23321.

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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