Home age in ZIP 27804, Rocky Mount, NC: median built 1986

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 27804 in Rocky Mount, NC: median home built 1986; 75.3% of homes (10,803) are older than 25 years and 5.9% (849) were built since 2010, out of 14,352 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 27804.

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Share of homes in ZIP 27804 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 7.9 percent; 1940s 1.8 percent; 1950s 7.4 percent; 1960s 5.6 percent; 1970s 17.2 percent; 1980s 18.3 percent; 1990s 17.1 percent; 2000s 18.8 percent; 2010s 5.4 percent; 2020+ 0.5 percentpre-1940: 1,137 homes, 7.9%7.9%pre-1940Nash County: 8.9%1940s: 255 homes, 1.8%1.8%1940sNash County: 2.0%1950s: 1,056 homes, 7.4%7.4%1950sNash County: 7.6%1960s: 808 homes, 5.6%5.6%1960sNash County: 6.9%1970s: 2,471 homes, 17.2%17.2%1970sNash County: 16.2%1980s: 2,625 homes, 18.3%18.3%1980sNash County: 15.8%1990s: 2,451 homes, 17.1%17.1%1990sNash County: 19.0%2000s: 2,700 homes, 18.8%18.8%2000sNash County: 16.0%2010s: 772 homes, 5.4%5.4%2010sNash County: 6.5%2020+: 77 homes, 0.5%0.5%2020+Nash County: 1.0%Built 1999 or earlier: 75.3% of homes (10,803)ZIP 27804, built before 2000built 2000 or laterNash County

Share of the 14,352 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Nash 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 27804 next to Rocky Mount and Nash County

IndicatorZIP 27804Rocky MountNash CountyRank among 1 ZIPs of Rocky Mount on this site
Housing units14,35227,05243,537
Median year built198619781985
Built before 198039.9%53.1%41.6%
Built before 200075.3%no data76.4%
Built since 20105.9%no data7.6%
Owner-occupied homes53.9%47.5%63.7%
Single-family units62.9%66.1%no data
Median home value$177,600 (+/- $12,067)$148,300$171,100
Median household income$58,837 (+/- $4,588)$52,927no 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 27804

BuiltShare of Nash CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 27804
2020+1.0%0.5%77
2010s6.5%5.4%772
2000s16.0%18.8%2,700
1990s19.0%17.1%2,451
1980s15.8%18.3%2,625
1970s16.2%17.2%2,471
1960s6.9%5.6%808
1950s7.6%7.4%1,056
1940s2.0%1.8%255
pre-19408.9%7.9%1,137

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 27804

ZIP 27804 has 14,352 housing units: 10,803 (75.3%) were built before 2000, 849 (5.9%) in 2010 or later, and 2,700 (18.8%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 1986 (Rocky Mount: 1978), so 8 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 53.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 62.9% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $177,600, give or take $12,067; median household income is $58,837, give or take $4,588; the ZIP holds 53.1% of the housing units the Census counts in Rocky Mount, 14,352 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, 8,352 units (58.2%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 2,451 (17.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,700 (18.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 849 (5.9%, 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 27804

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 27804 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 27804 among Rocky Mount’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 27804 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 27804: 14,352 homes, 75.3% built before 2000, median year 198627804
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 27804. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Storm backdrop: Nash County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Nash County Relatively Low overall (80.6 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (79.1), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (62.6) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (84.9). NOAA logged 31 hail reports in the county, on 12 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 27804: Cary, NC (54 miles), Fayetteville, NC (87 miles), Jacksonville, NC (88 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 27804?

Of the 14,352 housing units, 5,727 (39.9%) were built before 1980, 10,803 (75.3%) before 2000 and 849 (5.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 27804?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,727 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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