Home age in ZIP 27104, Winston-Salem, NC: median built 1980

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 27104 in Winston-Salem, NC: median home built 1980; 88.1% of homes (13,288) are older than 25 years and 4.3% (655) were built since 2010, out of 15,082 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 27104.

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Share of homes in ZIP 27104 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 6 percent; 1940s 3.3 percent; 1950s 11.3 percent; 1960s 12.1 percent; 1970s 16.5 percent; 1980s 27.2 percent; 1990s 11.6 percent; 2000s 7.6 percent; 2010s 3.8 percent; 2020+ 0.6 percentpre-1940: 911 homes, 6.0%6%pre-1940Forsyth County: 6.2%1940s: 501 homes, 3.3%3.3%1940sForsyth County: 3.5%1950s: 1,708 homes, 11.3%11.3%1950sForsyth County: 9.9%1960s: 1,820 homes, 12.1%12.1%1960sForsyth County: 10.2%1970s: 2,490 homes, 16.5%16.5%1970sForsyth County: 15.2%1980s: 4,105 homes, 27.2%27.2%1980sForsyth County: 14.8%1990s: 1,753 homes, 11.6%11.6%1990sForsyth County: 14.7%2000s: 1,139 homes, 7.6%7.6%2000sForsyth County: 14.4%2010s: 571 homes, 3.8%3.8%2010sForsyth County: 10.0%2020+: 84 homes, 0.6%0.6%2020+Forsyth County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 88.1% of homes (13,288)ZIP 27104, built before 2000built 2000 or laterForsyth County

Share of the 15,082 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 27104 next to Winston-Salem and Forsyth County

IndicatorZIP 27104Winston-SalemForsyth CountyRank among 5 ZIPs of Winston-Salem on this site
Housing units15,082113,441173,2204th of 5 largest
Median year built1980198019834th of 5 oldest
Built before 198049.3%49.5%44.9%
Built before 200088.1%no data74.5%1st of 5 highest share
Built since 20104.3%no data11.1%
Owner-occupied homes60.3%54.6%62.7%1st of 5 highest share
Single-family units64.5%65.9%no data
Median home value$329,300 (+/- $22,163)$208,200$227,8001st of 5 highest
Median household income$77,056 (+/- $7,690)$57,673no data1st 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 27104

BuiltShare of Forsyth CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 27104
2020+1.1%0.6%84
2010s10.0%3.8%571
2000s14.4%7.6%1,139
1990s14.7%11.6%1,753
1980s14.8%27.2%4,105
1970s15.2%16.5%2,490
1960s10.2%12.1%1,820
1950s9.9%11.3%1,708
1940s3.5%3.3%501
pre-19406.2%6.0%911

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 27104

ZIP 27104 has 15,082 housing units: 13,288 (88.1%) were built before 2000, 655 (4.3%) in 2010 or later, and 4,105 (27.2%) in the 1980s, its largest era. The median year built is 1980 (Winston-Salem: 1980).

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 60.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 64.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $329,300, give or take $22,163; median household income is $77,056, give or take $7,690; the ZIP holds 13.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Winston-Salem, 15,082 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, 11,535 units (76.5%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,753 (11.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,139 (7.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 655 (4.3%, 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 27104

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 27104 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 27104 among Winston-Salem’s ZIP areas

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

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
271032.3 S197974.7%
271063.7 N198580.5%
271057.3 NE197382.6%
271017.4 E197178.7%

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 27104: High Point, NC (21 miles), Concord, NC (49 miles), Burlington, NC (50 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 27104?

Of the 15,082 housing units, 7,430 (49.3%) were built before 1980, 13,288 (88.1%) before 2000 and 655 (4.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 27104?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,430 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, 27105 (7.3 miles NE) has the largest share built before 2000, 82.6%, against 88.1% in 27104.

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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