Home age in ZIP 28301, Fayetteville, NC: median built 1973

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 28301 in Fayetteville, NC: median home built 1973; 75.8% of homes (6,513) are older than 25 years and 12.4% (1,065) were built since 2010, out of 8,590 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 28301.

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Share of homes in ZIP 28301 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 3.7 percent; 1940s 9.2 percent; 1950s 15.6 percent; 1960s 17.3 percent; 1970s 13.5 percent; 1980s 5.8 percent; 1990s 10.7 percent; 2000s 11.8 percent; 2010s 10.6 percent; 2020+ 1.8 percentpre-1940: 314 homes, 3.7%3.7%pre-1940Cumberland County: 2.0%1940s: 794 homes, 9.2%9.2%1940sCumberland County: 2.3%1950s: 1,338 homes, 15.6%15.6%1950sCumberland County: 5.4%1960s: 1,487 homes, 17.3%17.3%1960sCumberland County: 11.7%1970s: 1,161 homes, 13.5%13.5%1970sCumberland County: 17.5%1980s: 496 homes, 5.8%5.8%1980sCumberland County: 15.0%1990s: 923 homes, 10.7%10.7%1990sCumberland County: 17.9%2000s: 1,012 homes, 11.8%11.8%2000sCumberland County: 16.7%2010s: 909 homes, 10.6%10.6%2010sCumberland County: 10.4%2020+: 156 homes, 1.8%1.8%2020+Cumberland County: 0.9%Built 1999 or earlier: 75.8% of homes (6,513)ZIP 28301, built before 2000built 2000 or laterCumberland County

Share of the 8,590 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Cumberland 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 28301 next to Fayetteville and Cumberland County

IndicatorZIP 28301FayettevilleCumberland CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Fayetteville on this site
Housing units8,59091,309143,1844th of 6 largest
Median year built1973198319872nd of 6 oldest
Built before 198059.3%44.6%39%
Built before 200075.8%no data71.9%5th of 6 highest share
Built since 201012.4%no data11.3%
Owner-occupied homes36.2%46.5%53.7%5th of 6 highest share
Single-family units60.3%64.1%no data
Median home value$109,900 (+/- $11,968)$171,900$183,7005th of 5 highest
Median household income$36,955 (+/- $3,553)$56,395no data6th of 6 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 28301

BuiltShare of Cumberland CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 28301
2020+0.9%1.8%156
2010s10.4%10.6%909
2000s16.7%11.8%1,012
1990s17.9%10.7%923
1980s15.0%5.8%496
1970s17.5%13.5%1,161
1960s11.7%17.3%1,487
1950s5.4%15.6%1,338
1940s2.3%9.2%794
pre-19402.0%3.7%314

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 28301

ZIP 28301 has 8,590 housing units: 6,513 (75.8%) were built before 2000, 1,065 (12.4%) in 2010 or later, and 1,487 (17.3%) in the 1960s, its largest era. The median year built is 1973 (Fayetteville: 1983), so 10 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 36.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 60.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $109,900, give or take $11,968; median household income is $36,955, give or take $3,553; the ZIP holds 9.4% of the housing units the Census counts in Fayetteville, 8,590 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, 5,590 units (65.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 923 (10.7%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,012 (11.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,065 (12.4%, 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 28301

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 28301 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 28301 among Fayetteville’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 28301 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 28314: 24,832 homes, 69.5% built before 2000, median year 199228314ZIP 28304: 16,424 homes, 81.2% built before 2000, median year 198028304ZIP 28303: 15,554 homes, 87.4% built before 2000, median year 197628303ZIP 28307: 5,045 homes, 80.8% built before 2000, median year 197628307ZIP 28305: 3,497 homes, 91.5% built before 2000, median year 195728305ZIP 28301: 8,590 homes, 75.8% built before 2000, median year 197328301
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  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 28301. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
283052.0 SW195791.5%
283034.3 W197687.4%
283046.9 SW198081.2%
283147.6 W199269.5%
283077.6 NW197680.8%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Cumberland County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Cumberland County Relatively Moderate overall (89.5 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (79.4), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (75.9) and Relatively High for tornado (93.0). NOAA logged 25 hail reports in the county, on 15 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 28301: Cary, NC (50 miles), Burlington, NC (77 miles), Wilmington, NC (79 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 28301?

Of the 8,590 housing units, 5,094 (59.3%) were built before 1980, 6,513 (75.8%) before 2000 and 1,065 (12.4%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 28301?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,094 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 5 closest ZIP areas we cover, 28305 (2.0 miles SW) has the largest share built before 2000, 91.5%, against 75.8% in 28301.

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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