Home age in ZIP 34986, Port St. Lucie, FL: median built 2004

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 34986 in Port St. Lucie, FL: median home built 2004; 28.3% of homes (4,129) are older than 25 years and 16.2% (2,367) were built since 2010, out of 14,600 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 34986.

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Share of homes in ZIP 34986 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.6 percent; 1940s 0.4 percent; 1950s 0.3 percent; 1960s 1.4 percent; 1970s 0.6 percent; 1980s 7.1 percent; 1990s 17.8 percent; 2000s 55.5 percent; 2010s 13.6 percent; 2020+ 2.7 percentpre-1940: 93 homes, 0.6%0.6%pre-1940St. Lucie County: 0.9%1940s: 61 homes, 0.4%0.4%1940sSt. Lucie County: 1.1%1950s: 43 homes, 0.3%0.3%1950sSt. Lucie County: 3.4%1960s: 200 homes, 1.4%1.4%1960sSt. Lucie County: 4.0%1970s: 90 homes, 0.6%0.6%1970sSt. Lucie County: 11.5%1980s: 1,038 homes, 7.1%7.1%1980sSt. Lucie County: 23.2%1990s: 2,604 homes, 17.8%17.8%1990sSt. Lucie County: 15.5%2000s: 8,104 homes, 55.5%55.5%2000sSt. Lucie County: 26.8%2010s: 1,979 homes, 13.6%13.6%2010sSt. Lucie County: 10.1%2020+: 388 homes, 2.7%2.7%2020+St. Lucie County: 3.5%Built 1999 or earlier: 28.3% of homes (4,129)ZIP 34986, built before 2000built 2000 or laterSt. Lucie County

Share of the 14,600 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are St. Lucie 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 34986 next to Port St. Lucie and St. Lucie County

IndicatorZIP 34986Port St. LucieSt. Lucie CountyRank among 5 ZIPs of Port St. Lucie on this site
Housing units14,60086,398154,9304th of 5 largest
Median year built2004200119945th of 5 oldest
Built before 19803.3%9.4%20.9%
Built before 200028.3%no data59.6%5th of 5 highest share
Built since 201016.2%no data13.6%
Owner-occupied homes85.6%83.2%77.7%2nd of 5 highest share
Single-family units81.6%89.8%no data
Median home value$368,300 (+/- $13,135)$327,700$305,8001st of 5 highest
Median household income$85,842 (+/- $7,280)$78,137no data1st of 5 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 34986

BuiltShare of St. Lucie CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 34986
2020+3.5%2.7%388
2010s10.1%13.6%1,979
2000s26.8%55.5%8,104
1990s15.5%17.8%2,604
1980s23.2%7.1%1,038
1970s11.5%0.6%90
1960s4.0%1.4%200
1950s3.4%0.3%43
1940s1.1%0.4%61
pre-19400.9%0.6%93

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 34986

ZIP 34986 has 14,600 housing units: 4,129 (28.3%) were built before 2000, 2,367 (16.2%) in 2010 or later, and 8,104 (55.5%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 2004 (Port St. Lucie: 2001), so 3 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 85.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 81.6% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $368,300, give or take $13,135; median household income is $85,842, give or take $7,280; the ZIP holds 16.9% of the housing units the Census counts in Port St. Lucie, 14,600 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, 1,525 units (10.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 2,604 (17.8%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 8,104 (55.5%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,367 (16.2%, 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 34986

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 34986 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 34986 among Port St. Lucie’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 34986 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 34953: 28,131 homes, 37.9% built before 2000, median year 200334953ZIP 34952: 21,844 homes, 75.3% built before 2000, median year 198934952ZIP 34983: 17,799 homes, 61.9% built before 2000, median year 199034983ZIP 34984: 7,254 homes, 56.5% built before 2000, median year 199734984ZIP 34986: 14,600 homes, 28.3% built before 2000, median year 200434986
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 34986. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
349833.0 E199061.9%
349535.5 S200337.9%
349526.7 E198975.3%
349847.0 SE199756.5%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: St. Lucie County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates St. Lucie County Relatively High overall (96.1 of 100), Very Low for hail (29.1), Relatively High for strong wind (90.0) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (82.8). NOAA logged 26 hail reports in the county, on 11 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 34986: Palm Bay, FL (48 miles), Melbourne, FL (54 miles), Fort Myers, FL (102 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 34986?

Of the 14,600 housing units, 487 (3.3%) were built before 1980, 4,129 (28.3%) before 2000 and 2,367 (16.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 34986?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 487 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 4 closest ZIP areas we cover, 34952 (6.7 miles E) has the largest share built before 2000, 75.3%, against 28.3% in 34986.

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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