Home age in ZIP 30904, Augusta, GA: median built 1956

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 30904 in Augusta, GA: median home built 1956; 95.8% of homes (12,029) are older than 25 years and 2.3% (285) were built since 2010, out of 12,558 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 30904.

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Share of homes in ZIP 30904 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 25 percent; 1940s 13.6 percent; 1950s 19.4 percent; 1960s 13.1 percent; 1970s 17.1 percent; 1980s 4.1 percent; 1990s 3.4 percent; 2000s 1.9 percent; 2010s 1.9 percent; 2020+ 0.4 percentpre-1940: 3,142 homes, 25.0%25%pre-1940Richmond County: 7.7%1940s: 1,713 homes, 13.6%13.6%1940sRichmond County: 4.0%1950s: 2,440 homes, 19.4%19.4%1950sRichmond County: 10.5%1960s: 1,646 homes, 13.1%13.1%1960sRichmond County: 11.8%1970s: 2,143 homes, 17.1%17.1%1970sRichmond County: 16.0%1980s: 516 homes, 4.1%4.1%1980sRichmond County: 15.5%1990s: 429 homes, 3.4%3.4%1990sRichmond County: 13.8%2000s: 244 homes, 1.9%1.9%2000sRichmond County: 9.0%2010s: 236 homes, 1.9%1.9%2010sRichmond County: 10.4%2020+: 49 homes, 0.4%0.4%2020+Richmond County: 1.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 95.8% of homes (12,029)ZIP 30904, built before 2000built 2000 or laterRichmond County

Share of the 12,558 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Richmond 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 30904 next to Augusta and Richmond County

IndicatorZIP 30904AugustaRichmond CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Augusta on this site
Housing units12,55890,90192,6524th of 7 largest
Median year built1956198019801st of 7 oldest
Built before 198088.3%50.3%50%
Built before 200095.8%no data79.3%1st of 7 highest share
Built since 20102.3%no data11.7%
Owner-occupied homes47%50.9%51.4%5th of 7 highest share
Single-family units68.6%64.5%no data
Median home value$185,400 (+/- $11,395)$162,900$163,3002nd of 6 highest
Median household income$45,636 (+/- $4,749)$53,134no data6th of 7 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 30904

BuiltShare of Richmond CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 30904
2020+1.3%0.4%49
2010s10.4%1.9%236
2000s9.0%1.9%244
1990s13.8%3.4%429
1980s15.5%4.1%516
1970s16.0%17.1%2,143
1960s11.8%13.1%1,646
1950s10.5%19.4%2,440
1940s4.0%13.6%1,713
pre-19407.7%25.0%3,142

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 30904

ZIP 30904 has 12,558 housing units: 12,029 (95.8%) were built before 2000, 285 (2.3%) in 2010 or later, and 3,142 (25%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1956 (Augusta: 1980), so 24 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 47% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 68.6% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $185,400, give or take $11,395; median household income is $45,636, give or take $4,749; the ZIP holds 13.8% of the housing units the Census counts in Augusta, 12,558 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, 11,600 units (92.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 429 (3.4%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 244 (1.9%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 285 (2.3%, 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 30904

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 30904 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 30904 among Augusta’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 30904 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 30906: 24,663 homes, 89.5% built before 2000, median year 197530906ZIP 30909: 24,005 homes, 67.6% built before 2000, median year 199130909ZIP 30815: 15,741 homes, 68.5% built before 2000, median year 199130815ZIP 30901: 8,848 homes, 84.9% built before 2000, median year 196030901ZIP 30805: 1,139 homes, 67% built before 2000, median year 199330805ZIP 30905: 1,102 homes, 64.7% built before 2000, median year 197930905ZIP 30904: 12,558 homes, 95.8% built before 2000, median year 195630904
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 30904. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
309094.0 W199167.6%
309014.4 SE196084.9%
309059.0 SW197964.7%
309069.5 S197589.5%
3081513.8 S199168.5%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Richmond County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Richmond County Relatively Moderate overall (87.4 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (81.1), Relatively High for strong wind (97.7) and Relatively High for tornado (95.2). NOAA logged 28 hail reports in the county, on 7 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 30904: Columbia, SC (67 miles), Athens, GA (85 miles), Greenville, SC (97 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 30904?

Of the 12,558 housing units, 11,084 (88.3%) were built before 1980, 12,029 (95.8%) before 2000 and 285 (2.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 30904?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 11,084 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, 30906 (9.5 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 89.5%, against 95.8% in 30904.

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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