Home age in ZIP 27103, Winston-Salem, NC: median built 1979

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 27103 in Winston-Salem, NC: median home built 1979; 74.7% of homes (13,351) are older than 25 years and 9.5% (1,700) were built since 2010, out of 17,884 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 27103.

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Share of homes in ZIP 27103 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 7.1 percent; 1940s 6.8 percent; 1950s 10.2 percent; 1960s 10.4 percent; 1970s 17.7 percent; 1980s 9.4 percent; 1990s 13 percent; 2000s 15.8 percent; 2010s 9.1 percent; 2020+ 0.4 percentpre-1940: 1,271 homes, 7.1%7.1%pre-1940Forsyth County: 6.2%1940s: 1,218 homes, 6.8%6.8%1940sForsyth County: 3.5%1950s: 1,823 homes, 10.2%10.2%1950sForsyth County: 9.9%1960s: 1,862 homes, 10.4%10.4%1960sForsyth County: 10.2%1970s: 3,174 homes, 17.7%17.7%1970sForsyth County: 15.2%1980s: 1,673 homes, 9.4%9.4%1980sForsyth County: 14.8%1990s: 2,330 homes, 13.0%13%1990sForsyth County: 14.7%2000s: 2,833 homes, 15.8%15.8%2000sForsyth County: 14.4%2010s: 1,626 homes, 9.1%9.1%2010sForsyth County: 10.0%2020+: 74 homes, 0.4%0.4%2020+Forsyth County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 74.7% of homes (13,351)ZIP 27103, built before 2000built 2000 or laterForsyth County

Share of the 17,884 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 27103 next to Winston-Salem and Forsyth County

IndicatorZIP 27103Winston-SalemForsyth CountyRank among 5 ZIPs of Winston-Salem on this site
Housing units17,884113,441173,2203rd of 5 largest
Median year built1979198019833rd of 5 oldest
Built before 198052.3%49.5%44.9%
Built before 200074.7%no data74.5%5th of 5 highest share
Built since 20109.5%no data11.1%
Owner-occupied homes54.3%54.6%62.7%3rd of 5 highest share
Single-family units63.3%65.9%no data
Median home value$220,600 (+/- $7,684)$208,200$227,8003rd of 5 highest
Median household income$66,582 (+/- $5,350)$57,673no data2nd 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 27103

BuiltShare of Forsyth CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 27103
2020+1.1%0.4%74
2010s10.0%9.1%1,626
2000s14.4%15.8%2,833
1990s14.7%13.0%2,330
1980s14.8%9.4%1,673
1970s15.2%17.7%3,174
1960s10.2%10.4%1,862
1950s9.9%10.2%1,823
1940s3.5%6.8%1,218
pre-19406.2%7.1%1,271

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 27103

ZIP 27103 has 17,884 housing units: 13,351 (74.7%) were built before 2000, 1,700 (9.5%) in 2010 or later, and 3,174 (17.7%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1979 (Winston-Salem: 1980), so 1 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 54.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 63.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,600, give or take $7,684; median household income is $66,582, give or take $5,350; the ZIP holds 15.8% of the housing units the Census counts in Winston-Salem, 17,884 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, 11,021 units (61.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 2,330 (13%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,833 (15.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,700 (9.5%, 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 27103

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 27103 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 27103 among Winston-Salem’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 27103 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 27104: 15,082 homes, 88.1% built before 2000, median year 198027104ZIP 27101: 11,958 homes, 78.7% built before 2000, median year 197127101ZIP 27103: 17,884 homes, 74.7% built before 2000, median year 197927103
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  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 27103. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
271042.3 N198088.1%
271065.9 N198580.5%
271017.7 NE197178.7%
271058.7 NE197382.6%

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 27103: High Point, NC (19 miles), Concord, NC (47 miles), Burlington, NC (49 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 27103?

Of the 17,884 housing units, 9,348 (52.3%) were built before 1980, 13,351 (74.7%) before 2000 and 1,700 (9.5%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 27103?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,348 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 4 closest ZIP areas we cover, 27104 (2.3 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 88.1%, against 74.7% in 27103.

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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