Home age in ZIP 32501, Pensacola, FL: median built 1960

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 32501 in Pensacola, FL: median home built 1960; 83.3% of homes (4,585) are older than 25 years and 7.9% (437) were built since 2010, out of 5,505 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 32501.

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Share of homes in ZIP 32501 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 28 percent; 1940s 12 percent; 1950s 9.7 percent; 1960s 6 percent; 1970s 8.7 percent; 1980s 7.1 percent; 1990s 11.7 percent; 2000s 8.8 percent; 2010s 6.2 percent; 2020+ 1.7 percentpre-1940: 1,544 homes, 28.0%28%pre-1940Escambia County: 3.6%1940s: 661 homes, 12.0%12%1940sEscambia County: 4.1%1950s: 536 homes, 9.7%9.7%1950sEscambia County: 9.9%1960s: 330 homes, 6.0%6%1960sEscambia County: 9.6%1970s: 479 homes, 8.7%8.7%1970sEscambia County: 17.3%1980s: 390 homes, 7.1%7.1%1980sEscambia County: 16.8%1990s: 645 homes, 11.7%11.7%1990sEscambia County: 13.8%2000s: 483 homes, 8.8%8.8%2000sEscambia County: 13.8%2010s: 344 homes, 6.2%6.2%2010sEscambia County: 9.5%2020+: 93 homes, 1.7%1.7%2020+Escambia County: 1.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 83.3% of homes (4,585)ZIP 32501, built before 2000built 2000 or laterEscambia County

Share of the 5,505 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Escambia 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 32501 next to Pensacola and Escambia County

IndicatorZIP 32501PensacolaEscambia CountyRank among 4 ZIPs of Pensacola on this site
Housing units5,50527,837147,6783rd of 4 largest
Median year built1960197219831st of 4 oldest
Built before 198064.5%65.3%44.4%
Built before 200083.3%no data75%3rd of 4 highest share
Built since 20107.9%no data11.2%
Owner-occupied homes50.1%63.5%64%4th of 4 highest share
Single-family units67.1%73.3%no data
Median home value$277,500 (+/- $27,311)$276,500$234,2001st of 4 highest
Median household income$39,127 (+/- $9,374)$72,699no data4th of 4 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 32501

BuiltShare of Escambia CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 32501
2020+1.7%1.7%93
2010s9.5%6.2%344
2000s13.8%8.8%483
1990s13.8%11.7%645
1980s16.8%7.1%390
1970s17.3%8.7%479
1960s9.6%6.0%330
1950s9.9%9.7%536
1940s4.1%12.0%661
pre-19403.6%28.0%1,544

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 32501

ZIP 32501 has 5,505 housing units: 4,585 (83.3%) were built before 2000, 437 (7.9%) in 2010 or later, and 1,544 (28%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1960 (Pensacola: 1972), so 12 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 50.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 67.1% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $277,500, give or take $27,311; median household income is $39,127, give or take $9,374; the ZIP holds 19.8% of the housing units the Census counts in Pensacola, 5,505 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, 3,940 units (71.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 645 (11.7%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 483 (8.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 437 (7.9%, 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 32501

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 32501 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 32501 among Pensacola’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 32501 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 32503: 14,419 homes, 87.1% built before 2000, median year 196832503ZIP 32504: 10,436 homes, 90.7% built before 2000, median year 197932504ZIP 32502: 2,582 homes, 69.2% built before 2000, median year 197132502ZIP 32501: 5,505 homes, 83.3% built before 2000, median year 196032501
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 32501. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
325021.4 S197169.2%
325032.2 N196887.1%
325043.7 NE197990.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Escambia County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Escambia County Relatively High overall (95.1 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (59.6), Relatively Low for strong wind (46.1) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (71.2). NOAA logged 21 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 32501: Mobile, AL (52 miles), Biloxi, MS (99 miles), Gulfport, MS (112 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 32501?

Of the 5,505 housing units, 3,550 (64.5%) were built before 1980, 4,585 (83.3%) before 2000 and 437 (7.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 32501?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 3,550 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 3 closest ZIP areas we cover, 32504 (3.7 miles NE) has the largest share built before 2000, 90.7%, against 83.3% in 32501.

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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