Home age in ZIP 23518, Norfolk, VA: median built 1967

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23518 in Norfolk, VA: median home built 1967; 80.5% of homes (11,201) are older than 25 years and 10.8% (1,508) were built since 2010, out of 13,911 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23518.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23518 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 2.1 percent; 1940s 4.9 percent; 1950s 31.8 percent; 1960s 16.3 percent; 1970s 9.3 percent; 1980s 10.2 percent; 1990s 5.9 percent; 2000s 8.6 percent; 2010s 9.5 percent; 2020+ 1.3 percentpre-1940: 287 homes, 2.1%2.1%pre-1940Norfolk (independent city) County: 15.2%1940s: 682 homes, 4.9%4.9%1940sNorfolk (independent city) County: 10.1%1950s: 4,430 homes, 31.8%31.8%1950sNorfolk (independent city) County: 19.8%1960s: 2,270 homes, 16.3%16.3%1960sNorfolk (independent city) County: 12.4%1970s: 1,297 homes, 9.3%9.3%1970sNorfolk (independent city) County: 10.3%1980s: 1,414 homes, 10.2%10.2%1980sNorfolk (independent city) County: 10.9%1990s: 821 homes, 5.9%5.9%1990sNorfolk (independent city) County: 5.9%2000s: 1,202 homes, 8.6%8.6%2000sNorfolk (independent city) County: 6.9%2010s: 1,325 homes, 9.5%9.5%2010sNorfolk (independent city) County: 7.8%2020+: 183 homes, 1.3%1.3%2020+Norfolk (independent city) County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 80.5% of homes (11,201)ZIP 23518, built before 2000built 2000 or laterNorfolk (independent city) County

Share of the 13,911 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 23518 next to Norfolk and Norfolk (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23518NorfolkNorfolk (independent city) CountyRank among 12 ZIPs of Norfolk on this site
Housing units13,911102,542102,5422nd of 12 largest
Median year built1967196419649th of 12 oldest
Built before 198064.5%67.8%67.8%
Built before 200080.5%no data84.6%9th of 12 highest share
Built since 201010.8%no data8.5%
Owner-occupied homes56.3%45.7%45.7%2nd of 12 highest share
Single-family units66.4%56.6%no data
Median home value$280,200 (+/- $7,367)$271,900$271,9006th of 12 highest
Median household income$73,899 (+/- $4,265)$64,017no data4th 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 23518

BuiltShare of Norfolk (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23518
2020+0.7%1.3%183
2010s7.8%9.5%1,325
2000s6.9%8.6%1,202
1990s5.9%5.9%821
1980s10.9%10.2%1,414
1970s10.3%9.3%1,297
1960s12.4%16.3%2,270
1950s19.8%31.8%4,430
1940s10.1%4.9%682
pre-194015.2%2.1%287

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 23518

ZIP 23518 has 13,911 housing units: 11,201 (80.5%) were built before 2000, 1,508 (10.8%) in 2010 or later, and 4,430 (31.8%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1967 (Norfolk: 1964), so 3 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 56.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 66.4% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $280,200, give or take $7,367; median household income is $73,899, give or take $4,265; the ZIP holds 13.6% of the housing units the Census counts in Norfolk, 13,911 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, 10,380 units (74.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 821 (5.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,202 (8.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,508 (10.8%, 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 23518

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 23518 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 23518 among Norfolk’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23518 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 23503: 15,350 homes, 88.1% built before 2000, median year 196423503ZIP 23505: 13,715 homes, 87.7% built before 2000, median year 196123505ZIP 23513: 13,040 homes, 86.4% built before 2000, median year 196523513ZIP 23504: 9,462 homes, 78.6% built before 2000, median year 197123504ZIP 23502: 8,839 homes, 90.2% built before 2000, median year 196523502ZIP 23508: 7,112 homes, 82.4% built before 2000, median year 195323508ZIP 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 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 23518: 13,911 homes, 80.5% built before 2000, median year 196723518
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23518. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
235132.2 SW196586.4%
235093.6 SW195489.2%
235033.6 NW196488.1%
235023.9 S196590.2%
235054.7 W196187.7%
235044.9 SW197178.6%

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 23518: Chesapeake, VA (7 miles), Newport News, VA (18 miles), Richmond, VA (80 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23518?

Of the 13,911 housing units, 8,966 (64.5%) were built before 1980, 11,201 (80.5%) before 2000 and 1,508 (10.8%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23518?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 8,966 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, 23502 (3.9 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 90.2%, against 80.5% in 23518.

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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