Home age in ZIP 23603, Newport News, VA: median built 1984

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23603 in Newport News, VA: median home built 1984; 89.2% of homes (1,491) are older than 25 years and 6.5% (109) were built since 2010, out of 1,671 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23603.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23603 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 3.5 percent; 1940s 0.6 percent; 1950s 7.6 percent; 1960s 4.4 percent; 1970s 16.5 percent; 1980s 38.8 percent; 1990s 17.9 percent; 2000s 4.2 percent; 2010s 5.7 percent; 2020+ 0.8 percentpre-1940: 58 homes, 3.5%3.5%pre-1940Newport News (independent city) County: 4.6%1940s: 10 homes, 0.6%0.6%1940sNewport News (independent city) County: 4.7%1950s: 127 homes, 7.6%7.6%1950sNewport News (independent city) County: 10.3%1960s: 73 homes, 4.4%4.4%1960sNewport News (independent city) County: 14.6%1970s: 276 homes, 16.5%16.5%1970sNewport News (independent city) County: 16.6%1980s: 648 homes, 38.8%38.8%1980sNewport News (independent city) County: 17.0%1990s: 299 homes, 17.9%17.9%1990sNewport News (independent city) County: 13.9%2000s: 71 homes, 4.2%4.2%2000sNewport News (independent city) County: 10.1%2010s: 96 homes, 5.7%5.7%2010sNewport News (independent city) County: 7.8%2020+: 13 homes, 0.8%0.8%2020+Newport News (independent city) County: 0.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 89.2% of homes (1,491)ZIP 23603, built before 2000built 2000 or laterNewport News (independent city) County

Share of the 1,671 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Newport News (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 23603 next to Newport News and Newport News (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23603Newport NewsNewport News (independent city) CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Newport News on this site
Housing units1,67181,85081,8507th of 8 largest
Median year built1984197919795th of 8 oldest
Built before 198032.6%50.8%50.8%
Built before 200089.2%no data81.7%3rd of 8 highest share
Built since 20106.5%no data8.2%
Owner-occupied homes60.7%48.1%48.1%1st of 8 highest share
Single-family units65.2%59.1%no data
Median home value$253,100 (+/- $48,425)$243,300$243,3003rd of 7 highest
Median household income$85,762 (+/- $15,193)$66,718no data1st of 8 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 23603

BuiltShare of Newport News (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23603
2020+0.3%0.8%13
2010s7.8%5.7%96
2000s10.1%4.2%71
1990s13.9%17.9%299
1980s17.0%38.8%648
1970s16.6%16.5%276
1960s14.6%4.4%73
1950s10.3%7.6%127
1940s4.7%0.6%10
pre-19404.6%3.5%58

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 23603

ZIP 23603 has 1,671 housing units: 1,491 (89.2%) were built before 2000, 109 (6.5%) in 2010 or later, and 648 (38.8%) in the 1980s, its largest era. The median year built is 1984 (Newport News: 1979), so 5 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 60.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 65.2% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $253,100, give or take $48,425; median household income is $85,762, give or take $15,193; the ZIP holds 2.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Newport News, 1,671 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, 1,192 units (71.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 299 (17.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 71 (4.2%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 109 (6.5%, 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 23603

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 23603 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 23603 among Newport News’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23603 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 23602: 18,876 homes, 78.5% built before 2000, median year 198523602ZIP 23608: 18,448 homes, 81.3% built before 2000, median year 198523608ZIP 23606: 13,186 homes, 73.2% built before 2000, median year 198323606ZIP 23601: 12,593 homes, 86.4% built before 2000, median year 196823601ZIP 23607: 10,764 homes, 89.9% built before 2000, median year 196423607ZIP 23605: 6,944 homes, 90% built before 2000, median year 196723605ZIP 23604: 946 homes, 38.8% built before 2000, median year 200323604ZIP 23603: 1,671 homes, 89.2% built before 2000, median year 198423603
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23603. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
236083.2 S198581.3%
236045.2 S200338.8%
236026.0 SE198578.5%
236069.1 S198373.2%
2360111.6 SE196886.4%
2360513.8 SE196790.0%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Newport News (independent city) County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Newport News (independent city) County Relatively Low overall (72.2 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (60.6), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (78.9) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (74.1). NOAA logged 13 hail reports in the county, on 6 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 23603: Norfolk, VA (28 miles), Chesapeake, VA (30 miles), Richmond, VA (54 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23603?

Of the 1,671 housing units, 544 (32.6%) were built before 1980, 1,491 (89.2%) before 2000 and 109 (6.5%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23603?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 544 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, 23605 (13.8 miles SE) has the largest share built before 2000, 90%, against 89.2% in 23603.

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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