Home age in ZIP 24017, Roanoke, VA: median built 1961

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 24017 in Roanoke, VA: median home built 1961; 93.2% of homes (10,492) are older than 25 years and 1.9% (216) were built since 2010, out of 11,263 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 24017.

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Share of homes in ZIP 24017 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 13.9 percent; 1940s 10.6 percent; 1950s 24.5 percent; 1960s 17.6 percent; 1970s 14.2 percent; 1980s 9.3 percent; 1990s 3.1 percent; 2000s 4.9 percent; 2010s 1.7 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 1,565 homes, 13.9%13.9%pre-1940Roanoke (independent city) County: 25.1%1940s: 1,196 homes, 10.6%10.6%1940sRoanoke (independent city) County: 10.1%1950s: 2,761 homes, 24.5%24.5%1950sRoanoke (independent city) County: 17.2%1960s: 1,980 homes, 17.6%17.6%1960sRoanoke (independent city) County: 11.9%1970s: 1,598 homes, 14.2%14.2%1970sRoanoke (independent city) County: 12.5%1980s: 1,042 homes, 9.3%9.3%1980sRoanoke (independent city) County: 8.2%1990s: 350 homes, 3.1%3.1%1990sRoanoke (independent city) County: 6.2%2000s: 555 homes, 4.9%4.9%2000sRoanoke (independent city) County: 5.5%2010s: 190 homes, 1.7%1.7%2010sRoanoke (independent city) County: 3.0%2020+: 26 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Roanoke (independent city) County: 0.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 93.2% of homes (10,492)ZIP 24017, built before 2000built 2000 or laterRoanoke (independent city) County

Share of the 11,263 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Roanoke (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 24017 next to Roanoke and Roanoke (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 24017RoanokeRoanoke (independent city) CountyRank among 4 ZIPs of Roanoke on this site
Housing units11,26348,93148,9311st of 4 largest
Median year built1961195919594th of 4 oldest
Built before 198080.8%76.8%76.8%
Built before 200093.2%no data91.2%3rd of 4 highest share
Built since 20101.9%no data3.3%
Owner-occupied homes52.4%51.7%51.7%2nd of 4 highest share
Single-family units72.5%64.8%no data
Median home value$139,800 (+/- $10,725)$180,500$180,5002nd of 4 highest
Median household income$45,954 (+/- $4,190)$52,671no data3rd of 4 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 24017

BuiltShare of Roanoke (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 24017
2020+0.3%0.2%26
2010s3.0%1.7%190
2000s5.5%4.9%555
1990s6.2%3.1%350
1980s8.2%9.3%1,042
1970s12.5%14.2%1,598
1960s11.9%17.6%1,980
1950s17.2%24.5%2,761
1940s10.1%10.6%1,196
pre-194025.1%13.9%1,565

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 24017

ZIP 24017 has 11,263 housing units: 10,492 (93.2%) were built before 2000, 216 (1.9%) in 2010 or later, and 2,761 (24.5%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1961 (Roanoke: 1959), so 2 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 52.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 72.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $139,800, give or take $10,725; median household income is $45,954, give or take $4,190; the ZIP holds 23.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Roanoke, 11,263 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, 10,142 units (90%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 350 (3.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 555 (4.9%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 216 (1.9%, 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 24017

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 24017 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 24017 among Roanoke’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 24017 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 24015: 7,593 homes, 97.9% built before 2000, median year 195124015ZIP 24016: 5,602 homes, 90.1% built before 2000, median year 194224016ZIP 24013: 3,334 homes, 97.3% built before 2000, median year 193824013ZIP 24017: 11,263 homes, 93.2% built before 2000, median year 196124017
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 24017. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
240162.6 SE194290.1%
240153.0 S195197.9%
240134.3 SE193897.3%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Roanoke (independent city) County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Roanoke (independent city) County Relatively Low overall (72.9 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (47.2), Relatively High for strong wind (88.9) and Relatively Low for tornado (33.0). NOAA logged 2 hail reports in the county, on 1 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 24017: Lynchburg, VA (47 miles), Winston-Salem, NC (84 miles), Burlington, NC (88 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 24017?

Of the 11,263 housing units, 9,100 (80.8%) were built before 1980, 10,492 (93.2%) before 2000 and 216 (1.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 24017?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,100 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 3 closest ZIP areas we cover, 24015 (3.0 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 97.9%, against 93.2% in 24017.

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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