Home age in ZIP 23608, Newport News, VA: median built 1985

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 23608 in Newport News, VA: median home built 1985; 81.3% of homes (15,004) are older than 25 years and 6.3% (1,164) were built since 2010, out of 18,448 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23608.

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Share of homes in ZIP 23608 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.2 percent; 1940s 0.5 percent; 1950s 5.1 percent; 1960s 12.1 percent; 1970s 21.5 percent; 1980s 22 percent; 1990s 19.9 percent; 2000s 12.4 percent; 2010s 6.2 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 39 homes, 0.2%0.2%pre-1940Newport News (independent city) County: 4.6%1940s: 94 homes, 0.5%0.5%1940sNewport News (independent city) County: 4.7%1950s: 948 homes, 5.1%5.1%1950sNewport News (independent city) County: 10.3%1960s: 2,229 homes, 12.1%12.1%1960sNewport News (independent city) County: 14.6%1970s: 3,973 homes, 21.5%21.5%1970sNewport News (independent city) County: 16.6%1980s: 4,051 homes, 22.0%22%1980sNewport News (independent city) County: 17.0%1990s: 3,670 homes, 19.9%19.9%1990sNewport News (independent city) County: 13.9%2000s: 2,280 homes, 12.4%12.4%2000sNewport News (independent city) County: 10.1%2010s: 1,135 homes, 6.2%6.2%2010sNewport News (independent city) County: 7.8%2020+: 29 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Newport News (independent city) County: 0.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 81.3% of homes (15,004)ZIP 23608, built before 2000built 2000 or laterNewport News (independent city) County

Share of the 18,448 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 23608 next to Newport News and Newport News (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 23608Newport NewsNewport News (independent city) CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Newport News on this site
Housing units18,44881,85081,8502nd of 8 largest
Median year built1985197919796th of 8 oldest
Built before 198039.5%50.8%50.8%
Built before 200081.3%no data81.7%5th of 8 highest share
Built since 20106.3%no data8.2%
Owner-occupied homes51.4%48.1%48.1%4th of 8 highest share
Single-family units60.2%59.1%no data
Median home value$243,300 (+/- $8,083)$243,300$243,3004th of 7 highest
Median household income$67,556 (+/- $4,232)$66,718no data6th 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 23608

BuiltShare of Newport News (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 23608
2020+0.3%0.2%29
2010s7.8%6.2%1,135
2000s10.1%12.4%2,280
1990s13.9%19.9%3,670
1980s17.0%22.0%4,051
1970s16.6%21.5%3,973
1960s14.6%12.1%2,229
1950s10.3%5.1%948
1940s4.7%0.5%94
pre-19404.6%0.2%39

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 23608

ZIP 23608 has 18,448 housing units: 15,004 (81.3%) were built before 2000, 1,164 (6.3%) in 2010 or later, and 4,051 (22%) in the 1980s, its largest era. The median year built is 1985 (Newport News: 1979), so 6 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 51.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 60.2% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $243,300, give or take $8,083; median household income is $67,556, give or take $4,232; the ZIP holds 22.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Newport News, 18,448 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, 11,334 units (61.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 3,670 (19.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,280 (12.4%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,164 (6.3%, 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 23608

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 23608 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 23608 among Newport News’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 23608 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 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 23603: 1,671 homes, 89.2% built before 2000, median year 198423603ZIP 23604: 946 homes, 38.8% built before 2000, median year 200323604ZIP 23608: 18,448 homes, 81.3% built before 2000, median year 198523608
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  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 23608. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
236022.7 SE198578.5%
236033.2 N198489.2%
236043.4 SW200338.8%
236065.9 S198373.2%
236018.4 SE196886.4%
2360510.7 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 23608: Norfolk, VA (25 miles), Chesapeake, VA (27 miles), Richmond, VA (56 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 23608?

Of the 18,448 housing units, 7,283 (39.5%) were built before 1980, 15,004 (81.3%) before 2000 and 1,164 (6.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 23608?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,283 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 (10.7 miles SE) has the largest share built before 2000, 90%, against 81.3% in 23608.

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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