Home age in ZIP 35226, Hoover, AL: median built 1983

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 35226 in Hoover, AL: median home built 1983; 67.9% of homes (10,113) are older than 25 years and 16.1% (2,393) were built since 2010, out of 14,904 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 35226.

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Share of homes in ZIP 35226 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.3 percent; 1940s 1 percent; 1950s 9.3 percent; 1960s 16.1 percent; 1970s 21 percent; 1980s 6.9 percent; 1990s 13.3 percent; 2000s 16.1 percent; 2010s 15.9 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 44 homes, 0.3%0.3%pre-1940Jefferson County: 9.9%1940s: 149 homes, 1.0%1%1940sJefferson County: 5.4%1950s: 1,381 homes, 9.3%9.3%1950sJefferson County: 12.9%1960s: 2,398 homes, 16.1%16.1%1960sJefferson County: 13.2%1970s: 3,127 homes, 21.0%21%1970sJefferson County: 16.7%1980s: 1,031 homes, 6.9%6.9%1980sJefferson County: 10.9%1990s: 1,983 homes, 13.3%13.3%1990sJefferson County: 11.2%2000s: 2,398 homes, 16.1%16.1%2000sJefferson County: 11.7%2010s: 2,366 homes, 15.9%15.9%2010sJefferson County: 7.6%2020+: 27 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Jefferson County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 67.9% of homes (10,113)ZIP 35226, built before 2000built 2000 or laterJefferson County

Share of the 14,904 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Jefferson 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 35226 next to Hoover and Jefferson County

IndicatorZIP 35226HooverJefferson CountyRank among 2 ZIPs of Hoover on this site
Housing units14,90439,090309,542
Median year built198319941975
Built before 198047.6%27.8%58.1%
Built before 200067.9%no data80.1%
Built since 201016.1%no data8.3%
Owner-occupied homes82.9%71.2%63.7%
Single-family units86.8%71.2%no data
Median home value$387,100 (+/- $11,079)$391,300$224,900
Median household income$126,053 (+/- $9,967)$107,822no data

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 35226

BuiltShare of Jefferson CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 35226
2020+0.7%0.2%27
2010s7.6%15.9%2,366
2000s11.7%16.1%2,398
1990s11.2%13.3%1,983
1980s10.9%6.9%1,031
1970s16.7%21.0%3,127
1960s13.2%16.1%2,398
1950s12.9%9.3%1,381
1940s5.4%1.0%149
pre-19409.9%0.3%44

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 35226

ZIP 35226 has 14,904 housing units: 10,113 (67.9%) were built before 2000, 2,393 (16.1%) in 2010 or later, and 3,127 (21%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1983 (Hoover: 1994), so 11 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 82.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 86.8% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $387,100, give or take $11,079; median household income is $126,053, give or take $9,967; the ZIP holds 38.1% of the housing units the Census counts in Hoover, 14,904 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, 8,130 units (54.5%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,983 (13.3%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,398 (16.1%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,393 (16.1%, 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 35226

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 35226 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 35226 among Hoover’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 35226 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 35244: 15,189 homes, 64.7% built before 2000, median year 199535244ZIP 35226: 14,904 homes, 67.9% built before 2000, median year 198335226
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  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 35226. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
352443.3 S199564.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Jefferson County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Jefferson County Relatively High overall (97.6 of 100), Very Low for hail (32.1), Relatively High for strong wind (97.5) and Very High for tornado (99.5). NOAA logged 55 hail reports in the county, on 31 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 35226: Tuscaloosa, AL (44 miles), Gadsden, AL (63 miles), Montgomery, AL (78 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 35226?

Of the 14,904 housing units, 7,099 (47.6%) were built before 1980, 10,113 (67.9%) before 2000 and 2,393 (16.1%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 35226?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,099 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 1 closest ZIP areas we cover, 35244 (3.3 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 64.7%, against 67.9% in 35226.

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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