Home age in ZIP 31909, Columbus, GA: median built 1990

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 31909 in Columbus, GA: median home built 1990; 72.9% of homes (12,739) are older than 25 years and 11.2% (1,950) were built since 2010, out of 17,486 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 31909.

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Share of homes in ZIP 31909 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.9 percent; 1940s 1.5 percent; 1950s 7.3 percent; 1960s 8.9 percent; 1970s 18.7 percent; 1980s 12.9 percent; 1990s 22.5 percent; 2000s 16 percent; 2010s 10.5 percent; 2020+ 0.7 percentpre-1940: 164 homes, 0.9%0.9%pre-1940Muscogee County: 6.2%1940s: 262 homes, 1.5%1.5%1940sMuscogee County: 5.4%1950s: 1,285 homes, 7.3%7.3%1950sMuscogee County: 11.9%1960s: 1,560 homes, 8.9%8.9%1960sMuscogee County: 14.4%1970s: 3,266 homes, 18.7%18.7%1970sMuscogee County: 15.6%1980s: 2,261 homes, 12.9%12.9%1980sMuscogee County: 11.7%1990s: 3,941 homes, 22.5%22.5%1990sMuscogee County: 12.2%2000s: 2,797 homes, 16.0%16%2000sMuscogee County: 14.4%2010s: 1,836 homes, 10.5%10.5%2010sMuscogee County: 7.7%2020+: 114 homes, 0.7%0.7%2020+Muscogee County: 0.5%Built 1999 or earlier: 72.9% of homes (12,739)ZIP 31909, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMuscogee County

Share of the 17,486 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Muscogee 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 31909 next to Columbus and Muscogee County

IndicatorZIP 31909ColumbusMuscogee CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Columbus on this site
Housing units17,48691,28891,2882nd of 7 largest
Median year built1990197819786th of 7 oldest
Built before 198037.4%53.4%53.4%
Built before 200072.9%no data77.4%6th of 7 highest share
Built since 201011.2%no data8.2%
Owner-occupied homes51.1%50.2%50.2%3rd of 7 highest share
Single-family units62.6%69.3%no data
Median home value$205,800 (+/- $10,680)$182,300$182,3004th of 7 highest
Median household income$69,221 (+/- $2,729)$56,622no data2nd 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 31909

BuiltShare of Muscogee CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 31909
2020+0.5%0.7%114
2010s7.7%10.5%1,836
2000s14.4%16.0%2,797
1990s12.2%22.5%3,941
1980s11.7%12.9%2,261
1970s15.6%18.7%3,266
1960s14.4%8.9%1,560
1950s11.9%7.3%1,285
1940s5.4%1.5%262
pre-19406.2%0.9%164

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 31909

ZIP 31909 has 17,486 housing units: 12,739 (72.9%) were built before 2000, 1,950 (11.2%) in 2010 or later, and 3,941 (22.5%) in the 1990s, its largest era. The median year built is 1990 (Columbus: 1978), so 12 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 51.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 62.6% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $205,800, give or take $10,680; median household income is $69,221, give or take $2,729; the ZIP holds 19.2% of the housing units the Census counts in Columbus, 17,486 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, 8,798 units (50.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 3,941 (22.5%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,797 (16%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,950 (11.2%, 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 31909

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 31909 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 31909 among Columbus’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 31909 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 31907: 25,710 homes, 85.4% built before 2000, median year 197831907ZIP 31904: 15,947 homes, 76.7% built before 2000, median year 197531904ZIP 31906: 11,046 homes, 92.7% built before 2000, median year 196431906ZIP 31903: 9,593 homes, 79.7% built before 2000, median year 196531903ZIP 31820: 5,343 homes, 32.8% built before 2000, median year 200531820ZIP 31901: 3,971 homes, 87.1% built before 2000, median year 194931901ZIP 31909: 17,486 homes, 72.9% built before 2000, median year 199031909
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 31909. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
319074.7 S197885.4%
319045.0 W197576.7%
319065.8 S196492.7%
318205.8 E200532.8%
319016.7 SW194987.1%
319039.5 S196579.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Muscogee County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Muscogee County Relatively Moderate overall (81.5 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (81.2), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (75.5) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (71.3). NOAA logged 14 hail reports in the county, on 6 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 31909: Auburn, AL (33 miles), Warner Robins, GA (77 miles), Macon, GA (78 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 31909?

Of the 17,486 housing units, 6,537 (37.4%) were built before 1980, 12,739 (72.9%) before 2000 and 1,950 (11.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 31909?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,537 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, 31906 (5.8 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 92.7%, against 72.9% in 31909.

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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