Home age in ZIP 23504, Norfolk, VA: median built 1971

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23504 in Norfolk, VA: median home built 1971; 78.6% of homes (7,436) are older than 25 years and 8.8% (837) were built since 2010, out of 9,462 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23504.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23504 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 19.6 percent; 1940s 6.6 percent; 1950s 12.1 percent; 1960s 9.9 percent; 1970s 11.4 percent; 1980s 11.1 percent; 1990s 7.7 percent; 2000s 12.6 percent; 2010s 8.7 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 1,853 homes, 19.6%19.6%pre-1940Norfolk (independent city) County: 15.2%1940s: 627 homes, 6.6%6.6%1940sNorfolk (independent city) County: 10.1%1950s: 1,148 homes, 12.1%12.1%1950sNorfolk (independent city) County: 19.8%1960s: 941 homes, 9.9%9.9%1960sNorfolk (independent city) County: 12.4%1970s: 1,082 homes, 11.4%11.4%1970sNorfolk (independent city) County: 10.3%1980s: 1,054 homes, 11.1%11.1%1980sNorfolk (independent city) County: 10.9%1990s: 731 homes, 7.7%7.7%1990sNorfolk (independent city) County: 5.9%2000s: 1,189 homes, 12.6%12.6%2000sNorfolk (independent city) County: 6.9%2010s: 821 homes, 8.7%8.7%2010sNorfolk (independent city) County: 7.8%2020+: 16 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Norfolk (independent city) County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 78.6% of homes (7,436)ZIP 23504, built before 2000built 2000 or laterNorfolk (independent city) County

Share of the 9,462 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Norfolk (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 23504 next to Norfolk and Norfolk (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23504NorfolkNorfolk (independent city) CountyRank among 12 ZIPs of Norfolk on this site
Housing units9,462102,542102,5425th of 12 largest
Median year built19711964196410th of 12 oldest
Built before 198059.7%67.8%67.8%
Built before 200078.6%no data84.6%10th of 12 highest share
Built since 20108.8%no data8.5%
Owner-occupied homes35.1%45.7%45.7%9th of 12 highest share
Single-family units54%56.6%no data
Median home value$259,500 (+/- $16,622)$271,900$271,9008th of 12 highest
Median household income$43,156 (+/- $3,888)$64,017no data11th of 12 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 23504

BuiltShare of Norfolk (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23504
2020+0.7%0.2%16
2010s7.8%8.7%821
2000s6.9%12.6%1,189
1990s5.9%7.7%731
1980s10.9%11.1%1,054
1970s10.3%11.4%1,082
1960s12.4%9.9%941
1950s19.8%12.1%1,148
1940s10.1%6.6%627
pre-194015.2%19.6%1,853

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 23504

ZIP 23504 has 9,462 housing units: 7,436 (78.6%) were built before 2000, 837 (8.8%) in 2010 or later, and 1,853 (19.6%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1971 (Norfolk: 1964), so 7 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 35.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 54% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $259,500, give or take $16,622; median household income is $43,156, give or take $3,888; the ZIP holds 9.2% of the housing units the Census counts in Norfolk, 9,462 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, 6,705 units (70.9%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 731 (7.7%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,189 (12.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 837 (8.8%, 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 23504

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 23504 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 23504 among Norfolk’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23504 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 23503: 15,350 homes, 88.1% built before 2000, median year 1964ZIP 23518: 13,911 homes, 80.5% built before 2000, median year 1967ZIP 23505: 13,715 homes, 87.7% built before 2000, median year 1961ZIP 23513: 13,040 homes, 86.4% built before 2000, median year 1965ZIP 23502: 8,839 homes, 90.2% built before 2000, median year 1965ZIP 23325: 7,860 homes, 85.1% built before 2000, median year 1975ZIP 23508: 7,112 homes, 82.4% built before 2000, median year 1953ZIP 23509: 5,920 homes, 89.2% built before 2000, median year 195423509ZIP 23510: 4,948 homes, 66.6% built before 2000, median year 198323510ZIP 23507: 3,530 homes, 94.5% built before 2000, median year 1938ZIP 23523: 3,472 homes, 73.6% built before 2000, median year 197123523ZIP 23517: 2,901 homes, 90.6% built before 2000, median year 195023517ZIP 23504: 9,462 homes, 78.6% built before 2000, median year 197123504
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23504. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
235101.5 W198366.6%
235171.7 NW195090.6%
235091.7 N195489.2%
235231.8 S197173.6%
235072.1 W193894.5%
235132.7 NE196586.4%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Norfolk (independent city) County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Norfolk (independent city) County Relatively Moderate overall (81.2 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (68.8), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (71.4) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (74.1). NOAA logged 11 hail reports in the county, on 5 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 23504: Chesapeake, VA (3 miles), Newport News, VA (20 miles), Richmond, VA (80 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23504?

Of the 9,462 housing units, 5,651 (59.7%) were built before 1980, 7,436 (78.6%) before 2000 and 837 (8.8%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23504?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,651 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 (2.1 miles W) has the largest share built before 2000, 94.5%, against 78.6% in 23504.

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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