Home age in ZIP 35404, Tuscaloosa, AL: median built 1988

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 35404 in Tuscaloosa, AL: median home built 1988; 67.1% of homes (7,668) are older than 25 years and 17.2% (1,970) were built since 2010, out of 11,427 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 35404.

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Share of homes in ZIP 35404 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 4.2 percent; 1940s 4.6 percent; 1950s 11.6 percent; 1960s 10.8 percent; 1970s 10.5 percent; 1980s 10.4 percent; 1990s 15.1 percent; 2000s 15.7 percent; 2010s 17.1 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 478 homes, 4.2%4.2%pre-1940Tuscaloosa County: 3.2%1940s: 527 homes, 4.6%4.6%1940sTuscaloosa County: 2.8%1950s: 1,329 homes, 11.6%11.6%1950sTuscaloosa County: 5.3%1960s: 1,233 homes, 10.8%10.8%1960sTuscaloosa County: 8.3%1970s: 1,197 homes, 10.5%10.5%1970sTuscaloosa County: 14.5%1980s: 1,184 homes, 10.4%10.4%1980sTuscaloosa County: 11.8%1990s: 1,720 homes, 15.1%15.1%1990sTuscaloosa County: 16.6%2000s: 1,789 homes, 15.7%15.7%2000sTuscaloosa County: 20.2%2010s: 1,950 homes, 17.1%17.1%2010sTuscaloosa County: 16.1%2020+: 20 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Tuscaloosa County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 67.1% of homes (7,668)ZIP 35404, built before 2000built 2000 or laterTuscaloosa County

Share of the 11,427 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Tuscaloosa 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 35404 next to Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa County

IndicatorZIP 35404TuscaloosaTuscaloosa CountyRank among 1 ZIPs of Tuscaloosa on this site
Housing units11,42751,197102,935
Median year built198819881992
Built before 198041.7%41.5%34.1%
Built before 200067.1%no data62.6%
Built since 201017.2%no data17.2%
Owner-occupied homes44.7%45.1%62.2%
Single-family units55.3%51.9%no data
Median home value$175,700 (+/- $18,852)$236,600$233,700
Median household income$45,521 (+/- $4,168)$48,536no 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 35404

BuiltShare of Tuscaloosa CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 35404
2020+1.1%0.2%20
2010s16.1%17.1%1,950
2000s20.2%15.7%1,789
1990s16.6%15.1%1,720
1980s11.8%10.4%1,184
1970s14.5%10.5%1,197
1960s8.3%10.8%1,233
1950s5.3%11.6%1,329
1940s2.8%4.6%527
pre-19403.2%4.2%478

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 35404

ZIP 35404 has 11,427 housing units: 7,668 (67.1%) were built before 2000, 1,970 (17.2%) in 2010 or later, and 1,950 (17.1%) in the 2010s, its largest era. The median year built is 1988 (Tuscaloosa: 1988).

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 44.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 55.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $175,700, give or take $18,852; median household income is $45,521, give or take $4,168; the ZIP holds 22.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Tuscaloosa, 11,427 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, 5,948 units (52.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,720 (15.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,789 (15.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,970 (17.2%, 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 35404

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 35404 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 35404 among Tuscaloosa’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 35404 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 35404: 11,427 homes, 67.1% built before 2000, median year 198835404
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 35404. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Storm backdrop: Tuscaloosa County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Tuscaloosa County Relatively Moderate overall (90.8 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (72.5), Relatively High for strong wind (94.5) and Relatively High for tornado (97.5). NOAA logged 27 hail reports in the county, on 14 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 35404: Hoover, AL (41 miles), Montgomery, AL (90 miles), Meridian, MS (92 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 35404?

Of the 11,427 housing units, 4,764 (41.7%) were built before 1980, 7,668 (67.1%) before 2000 and 1,970 (17.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 35404?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,764 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.

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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