Home age in ZIP 31204, Macon, GA: median built 1962

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 31204 in Macon, GA: median home built 1962; 92.6% of homes (14,419) are older than 25 years and 2.7% (414) were built since 2010, out of 15,578 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 31204.

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Share of homes in ZIP 31204 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 15.6 percent; 1940s 9.8 percent; 1950s 21.6 percent; 1960s 19.2 percent; 1970s 11.6 percent; 1980s 8.4 percent; 1990s 6.3 percent; 2000s 4.8 percent; 2010s 2.5 percent; 2020+ 0.1 percentpre-1940: 2,432 homes, 15.6%15.6%pre-1940Bibb County: 8.9%1940s: 1,521 homes, 9.8%9.8%1940sBibb County: 5.1%1950s: 3,370 homes, 21.6%21.6%1950sBibb County: 13.0%1960s: 2,990 homes, 19.2%19.2%1960sBibb County: 14.1%1970s: 1,806 homes, 11.6%11.6%1970sBibb County: 14.5%1980s: 1,315 homes, 8.4%8.4%1980sBibb County: 12.4%1990s: 985 homes, 6.3%6.3%1990sBibb County: 13.1%2000s: 745 homes, 4.8%4.8%2000sBibb County: 10.7%2010s: 393 homes, 2.5%2.5%2010sBibb County: 7.5%2020+: 21 homes, 0.1%0.1%2020+Bibb County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 92.6% of homes (14,419)ZIP 31204, built before 2000built 2000 or laterBibb County

Share of the 15,578 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Bibb 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 31204 next to Macon and Bibb County

IndicatorZIP 31204MaconBibb CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Macon on this site
Housing units15,57871,86971,8692nd of 7 largest
Median year built1962197619762nd of 7 oldest
Built before 198077.8%55.7%55.7%
Built before 200092.6%no data81.2%1st of 7 highest share
Built since 20102.7%no data8.1%
Owner-occupied homes44.3%51.5%51.5%5th of 7 highest share
Single-family units73.5%67.5%no data
Median home value$123,700 (+/- $13,029)$165,800$165,8006th of 7 highest
Median household income$38,478 (+/- $4,340)$50,747no data5th 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 31204

BuiltShare of Bibb CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 31204
2020+0.7%0.1%21
2010s7.5%2.5%393
2000s10.7%4.8%745
1990s13.1%6.3%985
1980s12.4%8.4%1,315
1970s14.5%11.6%1,806
1960s14.1%19.2%2,990
1950s13.0%21.6%3,370
1940s5.1%9.8%1,521
pre-19408.9%15.6%2,432

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 31204

ZIP 31204 has 15,578 housing units: 14,419 (92.6%) were built before 2000, 414 (2.7%) in 2010 or later, and 3,370 (21.6%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1962 (Macon: 1976), so 14 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 44.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 73.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $123,700, give or take $13,029; median household income is $38,478, give or take $4,340; the ZIP holds 21.7% of the housing units the Census counts in Macon, 15,578 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, 13,434 units (86.2%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 985 (6.3%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 745 (4.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 414 (2.7%, 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 31204

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 31204 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 31204 among Macon’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 31204 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 31210: 15,768 homes, 67.4% built before 2000, median year 199231210ZIP 31206: 11,415 homes, 92.5% built before 2000, median year 196531206ZIP 31220: 6,475 homes, 60.3% built before 2000, median year 199531220ZIP 31216: 6,439 homes, 69.7% built before 2000, median year 199131216ZIP 31201: 4,916 homes, 75.6% built before 2000, median year 193831201ZIP 31052: 3,418 homes, 73.3% built before 2000, median year 199131052ZIP 31204: 15,578 homes, 92.6% built before 2000, median year 196231204
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 31204. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
312063.9 S196592.5%
312014.4 SE193875.6%
312105.4 NW199267.4%
312168.0 S199169.7%
312208.7 W199560.3%
3105210.4 SW199173.3%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Bibb County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Bibb County Relatively Low overall (78.5 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (82.7), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (80.7) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (87.7). NOAA logged 5 hail reports in the county, on 5 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 31204: Warner Robins, GA (17 miles), Athens, GA (79 miles), Columbus, GA (81 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 31204?

Of the 15,578 housing units, 12,119 (77.8%) were built before 1980, 14,419 (92.6%) before 2000 and 414 (2.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 31204?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 12,119 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 6 closest ZIP areas we cover, 31206 (3.9 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 92.5%, against 92.6% in 31204.

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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