Home age in ZIP 28303, Fayetteville, NC: median built 1976

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 28303 in Fayetteville, NC: median home built 1976; 87.4% of homes (13,587) are older than 25 years and 6.1% (954) were built since 2010, out of 15,554 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 28303.

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Share of homes in ZIP 28303 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.8 percent; 1940s 2.7 percent; 1950s 9.3 percent; 1960s 19.4 percent; 1970s 31.9 percent; 1980s 14.4 percent; 1990s 8.9 percent; 2000s 6.5 percent; 2010s 6 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 125 homes, 0.8%0.8%pre-1940Cumberland County: 2.0%1940s: 420 homes, 2.7%2.7%1940sCumberland County: 2.3%1950s: 1,442 homes, 9.3%9.3%1950sCumberland County: 5.4%1960s: 3,013 homes, 19.4%19.4%1960sCumberland County: 11.7%1970s: 4,965 homes, 31.9%31.9%1970sCumberland County: 17.5%1980s: 2,244 homes, 14.4%14.4%1980sCumberland County: 15.0%1990s: 1,378 homes, 8.9%8.9%1990sCumberland County: 17.9%2000s: 1,013 homes, 6.5%6.5%2000sCumberland County: 16.7%2010s: 930 homes, 6.0%6%2010sCumberland County: 10.4%2020+: 24 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Cumberland County: 0.9%Built 1999 or earlier: 87.4% of homes (13,587)ZIP 28303, built before 2000built 2000 or laterCumberland County

Share of the 15,554 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 28303 next to Fayetteville and Cumberland County

IndicatorZIP 28303FayettevilleCumberland CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Fayetteville on this site
Housing units15,55491,309143,1843rd of 6 largest
Median year built1976198319873rd of 6 oldest
Built before 198064.1%44.6%39%
Built before 200087.4%no data71.9%2nd of 6 highest share
Built since 20106.1%no data11.3%
Owner-occupied homes45.7%46.5%53.7%4th of 6 highest share
Single-family units61.7%64.1%no data
Median home value$174,900 (+/- $9,480)$171,900$183,7002nd of 5 highest
Median household income$53,261 (+/- $3,220)$56,395no data4th 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 28303

BuiltShare of Cumberland CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 28303
2020+0.9%0.2%24
2010s10.4%6.0%930
2000s16.7%6.5%1,013
1990s17.9%8.9%1,378
1980s15.0%14.4%2,244
1970s17.5%31.9%4,965
1960s11.7%19.4%3,013
1950s5.4%9.3%1,442
1940s2.3%2.7%420
pre-19402.0%0.8%125

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 28303

ZIP 28303 has 15,554 housing units: 13,587 (87.4%) were built before 2000, 954 (6.1%) in 2010 or later, and 4,965 (31.9%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1976 (Fayetteville: 1983), so 7 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 45.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 61.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $174,900, give or take $9,480; median household income is $53,261, give or take $3,220; the ZIP holds 17.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Fayetteville, 15,554 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, 12,209 units (78.5%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,378 (8.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,013 (6.5%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 954 (6.1%, 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 28303

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 28303 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 28303 among Fayetteville’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 28303 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 28301: 8,590 homes, 75.8% built before 2000, median year 197328301ZIP 28307: 5,045 homes, 80.8% built before 2000, median year 197628307ZIP 28305: 3,497 homes, 91.5% built before 2000, median year 195728305ZIP 28303: 15,554 homes, 87.4% built before 2000, median year 197628303
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 28303. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
283053.7 SE195791.5%
283143.9 SW199269.5%
283074.2 NW197680.8%
283014.3 E197375.8%
283044.5 S198081.2%

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 28303: Cary, NC (50 miles), Burlington, NC (75 miles), Florence, SC (78 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 28303?

Of the 15,554 housing units, 9,965 (64.1%) were built before 1980, 13,587 (87.4%) before 2000 and 954 (6.1%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 28303?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,965 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 (3.7 miles SE) has the largest share built before 2000, 91.5%, against 87.4% in 28303.

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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