Home age in ZIP 24502, Lynchburg, VA: median built 1979

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 24502 in Lynchburg, VA: median home built 1979; 67.9% of homes (12,620) are older than 25 years and 14.3% (2,659) were built since 2010, out of 18,576 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 24502.

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Share of homes in ZIP 24502 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 4.9 percent; 1940s 4.2 percent; 1950s 11.4 percent; 1960s 14.8 percent; 1970s 16.6 percent; 1980s 9.6 percent; 1990s 6.5 percent; 2000s 17.7 percent; 2010s 13.1 percent; 2020+ 1.2 percentpre-1940: 904 homes, 4.9%4.9%pre-1940Lynchburg (independent city) County: 19.1%1940s: 777 homes, 4.2%4.2%1940sLynchburg (independent city) County: 5.9%1950s: 2,111 homes, 11.4%11.4%1950sLynchburg (independent city) County: 12.3%1960s: 2,752 homes, 14.8%14.8%1960sLynchburg (independent city) County: 12.8%1970s: 3,086 homes, 16.6%16.6%1970sLynchburg (independent city) County: 16.3%1980s: 1,779 homes, 9.6%9.6%1980sLynchburg (independent city) County: 8.8%1990s: 1,211 homes, 6.5%6.5%1990sLynchburg (independent city) County: 5.6%2000s: 3,297 homes, 17.7%17.7%2000sLynchburg (independent city) County: 11.3%2010s: 2,434 homes, 13.1%13.1%2010sLynchburg (independent city) County: 7.1%2020+: 225 homes, 1.2%1.2%2020+Lynchburg (independent city) County: 0.8%Built 1999 or earlier: 67.9% of homes (12,620)ZIP 24502, built before 2000built 2000 or laterLynchburg (independent city) County

Share of the 18,576 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Lynchburg (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 24502 next to Lynchburg and Lynchburg (independent city) County

IndicatorZIP 24502LynchburgLynchburg (independent city) CountyRank among 1 ZIPs of Lynchburg on this site
Housing units18,57634,00934,009
Median year built197919701970
Built before 198051.8%66.4%66.4%
Built before 200067.9%no data80.8%
Built since 201014.3%no data7.9%
Owner-occupied homes53.7%49.1%49.1%
Single-family units63%63.6%no data
Median home value$214,300 (+/- $6,081)$211,800$211,800
Median household income$66,027 (+/- $3,222)$59,808no data

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 24502

BuiltShare of Lynchburg (independent city) CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 24502
2020+0.8%1.2%225
2010s7.1%13.1%2,434
2000s11.3%17.7%3,297
1990s5.6%6.5%1,211
1980s8.8%9.6%1,779
1970s16.3%16.6%3,086
1960s12.8%14.8%2,752
1950s12.3%11.4%2,111
1940s5.9%4.2%777
pre-194019.1%4.9%904

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 24502

ZIP 24502 has 18,576 housing units: 12,620 (67.9%) were built before 2000, 2,659 (14.3%) in 2010 or later, and 3,297 (17.7%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 1979 (Lynchburg: 1970), so 9 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 53.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 63% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $214,300, give or take $6,081; median household income is $66,027, give or take $3,222; the ZIP holds 54.6% of the housing units the Census counts in Lynchburg, 18,576 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, 11,409 units (61.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,211 (6.5%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 3,297 (17.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,659 (14.3%, 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 24502

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 24502 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 24502 among Lynchburg’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 24502 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 24502: 18,576 homes, 67.9% built before 2000, median year 197924502
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 24502. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Storm backdrop: Lynchburg (independent city) County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Lynchburg (independent city) County Relatively Low overall (49.3 of 100), Very Low for hail (28.3), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (78.4) and Relatively Low for tornado (31.8). NOAA logged 14 hail reports in the county, on 7 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 24502: Roanoke, VA (40 miles), Harrisonburg, VA (78 miles), Burlington, NC (88 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 24502?

Of the 18,576 housing units, 9,630 (51.8%) were built before 1980, 12,620 (67.9%) before 2000 and 2,659 (14.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 24502?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,630 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.

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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