Home age in ZIP 27260, High Point, NC: median built 1972

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 27260 in High Point, NC: median home built 1972; 83% of homes (9,326) are older than 25 years and 5.7% (642) were built since 2010, out of 11,233 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 27260.

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Share of homes in ZIP 27260 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 12.2 percent; 1940s 11.2 percent; 1950s 9.4 percent; 1960s 13.2 percent; 1970s 18.6 percent; 1980s 10.4 percent; 1990s 8 percent; 2000s 11.3 percent; 2010s 5.2 percent; 2020+ 0.5 percentpre-1940: 1,365 homes, 12.2%12.2%pre-1940Guilford County: 5.7%1940s: 1,260 homes, 11.2%11.2%1940sGuilford County: 3.6%1950s: 1,054 homes, 9.4%9.4%1950sGuilford County: 8.6%1960s: 1,487 homes, 13.2%13.2%1960sGuilford County: 10.4%1970s: 2,094 homes, 18.6%18.6%1970sGuilford County: 13.8%1980s: 1,164 homes, 10.4%10.4%1980sGuilford County: 14.2%1990s: 902 homes, 8.0%8%1990sGuilford County: 16.0%2000s: 1,265 homes, 11.3%11.3%2000sGuilford County: 16.6%2010s: 587 homes, 5.2%5.2%2010sGuilford County: 10.1%2020+: 55 homes, 0.5%0.5%2020+Guilford County: 1.0%Built 1999 or earlier: 83% of homes (9,326)ZIP 27260, built before 2000built 2000 or laterGuilford County

Share of the 11,233 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Guilford 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 27260 next to High Point and Guilford County

IndicatorZIP 27260High PointGuilford CountyRank among 3 ZIPs of High Point on this site
Housing units11,23348,990235,8332nd of 3 largest
Median year built1972198719862nd of 3 oldest
Built before 198064.6%42.6%42.1%
Built before 200083%no data72.3%2nd of 3 highest share
Built since 20105.7%no data11.1%
Owner-occupied homes40.7%58.1%60%3rd of 3 highest share
Single-family units69.1%71.6%no data
Median home value$111,900 (+/- $10,484)$212,400$234,9003rd of 3 highest
Median household income$41,817 (+/- $2,958)$61,228no data3rd of 3 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 27260

BuiltShare of Guilford CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 27260
2020+1.0%0.5%55
2010s10.1%5.2%587
2000s16.6%11.3%1,265
1990s16.0%8.0%902
1980s14.2%10.4%1,164
1970s13.8%18.6%2,094
1960s10.4%13.2%1,487
1950s8.6%9.4%1,054
1940s3.6%11.2%1,260
pre-19405.7%12.2%1,365

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 27260

ZIP 27260 has 11,233 housing units: 9,326 (83%) were built before 2000, 642 (5.7%) in 2010 or later, and 2,094 (18.6%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1972 (High Point: 1987), so 15 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 40.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 69.1% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $111,900, give or take $10,484; median household income is $41,817, give or take $2,958; the ZIP holds 22.9% of the housing units the Census counts in High Point, 11,233 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, 8,424 units (75%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 902 (8%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,265 (11.3%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 642 (5.7%, 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 27260

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 27260 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 27260 among High Point’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 27260 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 27265: 22,526 homes, 57.7% built before 2000, median year 199627265ZIP 27262: 10,246 homes, 86.9% built before 2000, median year 196627262ZIP 27260: 11,233 homes, 83% built before 2000, median year 197227260
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  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 27260. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
272623.1 W196686.9%
272654.6 NW199657.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Guilford County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Guilford County Relatively Moderate overall (93.5 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (92.2), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (69.0) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (88.7). NOAA logged 48 hail reports in the county, on 18 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 27260: Winston-Salem, NC (17 miles), Burlington, NC (32 miles), Concord, NC (50 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 27260?

Of the 11,233 housing units, 7,260 (64.6%) were built before 1980, 9,326 (83%) before 2000 and 642 (5.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 27260?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,260 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 2 closest ZIP areas we cover, 27262 (3.1 miles W) has the largest share built before 2000, 86.9%, against 83% in 27260.

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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