Home age in ZIP 27101, Winston-Salem, NC: median built 1971

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 27101 in Winston-Salem, NC: median home built 1971; 78.7% of homes (9,415) are older than 25 years and 12.7% (1,522) were built since 2010, out of 11,958 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 27101.

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Share of homes in ZIP 27101 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 21.3 percent; 1940s 5.8 percent; 1950s 8.7 percent; 1960s 13 percent; 1970s 14.1 percent; 1980s 9.4 percent; 1990s 6.4 percent; 2000s 8.5 percent; 2010s 11.5 percent; 2020+ 1.2 percentpre-1940: 2,546 homes, 21.3%21.3%pre-1940Forsyth County: 6.2%1940s: 694 homes, 5.8%5.8%1940sForsyth County: 3.5%1950s: 1,039 homes, 8.7%8.7%1950sForsyth County: 9.9%1960s: 1,555 homes, 13.0%13%1960sForsyth County: 10.2%1970s: 1,688 homes, 14.1%14.1%1970sForsyth County: 15.2%1980s: 1,126 homes, 9.4%9.4%1980sForsyth County: 14.8%1990s: 767 homes, 6.4%6.4%1990sForsyth County: 14.7%2000s: 1,021 homes, 8.5%8.5%2000sForsyth County: 14.4%2010s: 1,373 homes, 11.5%11.5%2010sForsyth County: 10.0%2020+: 149 homes, 1.2%1.2%2020+Forsyth County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 78.7% of homes (9,415)ZIP 27101, built before 2000built 2000 or laterForsyth County

Share of the 11,958 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Forsyth 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 27101 next to Winston-Salem and Forsyth County

IndicatorZIP 27101Winston-SalemForsyth CountyRank among 5 ZIPs of Winston-Salem on this site
Housing units11,958113,441173,2205th of 5 largest
Median year built1971198019831st of 5 oldest
Built before 198062.9%49.5%44.9%
Built before 200078.7%no data74.5%4th of 5 highest share
Built since 201012.7%no data11.1%
Owner-occupied homes33.4%54.6%62.7%5th of 5 highest share
Single-family units41.9%65.9%no data
Median home value$201,500 (+/- $19,815)$208,200$227,8004th of 5 highest
Median household income$44,611 (+/- $3,327)$57,673no data4th of 5 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 27101

BuiltShare of Forsyth CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 27101
2020+1.1%1.2%149
2010s10.0%11.5%1,373
2000s14.4%8.5%1,021
1990s14.7%6.4%767
1980s14.8%9.4%1,126
1970s15.2%14.1%1,688
1960s10.2%13.0%1,555
1950s9.9%8.7%1,039
1940s3.5%5.8%694
pre-19406.2%21.3%2,546

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 27101

ZIP 27101 has 11,958 housing units: 9,415 (78.7%) were built before 2000, 1,522 (12.7%) in 2010 or later, and 2,546 (21.3%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1971 (Winston-Salem: 1980), so 9 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 33.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 41.9% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $201,500, give or take $19,815; median household income is $44,611, give or take $3,327; the ZIP holds 10.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Winston-Salem, 11,958 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, 8,648 units (72.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 767 (6.4%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,021 (8.5%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,522 (12.7%, 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 27101

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 27101 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 27101 among Winston-Salem’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 27101 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 27106: 22,491 homes, 80.5% built before 2000, median year 198527106ZIP 27105: 18,130 homes, 82.6% built before 2000, median year 197327105ZIP 27103: 17,884 homes, 74.7% built before 2000, median year 197927103ZIP 27104: 15,082 homes, 88.1% built before 2000, median year 198027104ZIP 27101: 11,958 homes, 78.7% built before 2000, median year 197127101
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  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 27101. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
271054.0 NW197382.6%
271067.2 W198580.5%
271047.4 W198088.1%
271037.7 SW197974.7%
2726511.7 SE199657.7%
2726213.5 SE196686.9%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Forsyth County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Forsyth County Relatively Moderate overall (91.5 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (85.9), Relatively High for strong wind (85.9) and Relatively High for tornado (90.9). NOAA logged 23 hail reports in the county, on 14 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 27101: High Point, NC (16 miles), Burlington, NC (43 miles), Concord, NC (53 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 27101?

Of the 11,958 housing units, 7,522 (62.9%) were built before 1980, 9,415 (78.7%) before 2000 and 1,522 (12.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 27101?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,522 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, 27104 (7.4 miles W) has the largest share built before 2000, 88.1%, against 78.7% in 27101.

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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