Home age in ZIP 35802, Huntsville, AL: median built 1979

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 35802 in Huntsville, AL: median home built 1979; 82.5% of homes (10,201) are older than 25 years and 6.5% (809) were built since 2010, out of 12,359 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 35802.

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Share of homes in ZIP 35802 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.5 percent; 1940s 0.9 percent; 1950s 6.3 percent; 1960s 28.2 percent; 1970s 15.8 percent; 1980s 22.4 percent; 1990s 8.4 percent; 2000s 10.9 percent; 2010s 6.3 percent; 2020+ 0.3 percentpre-1940: 67 homes, 0.5%0.5%pre-1940Madison County: 2.1%1940s: 109 homes, 0.9%0.9%1940sMadison County: 1.4%1950s: 778 homes, 6.3%6.3%1950sMadison County: 5.6%1960s: 3,480 homes, 28.2%28.2%1960sMadison County: 14.0%1970s: 1,957 homes, 15.8%15.8%1970sMadison County: 9.6%1980s: 2,771 homes, 22.4%22.4%1980sMadison County: 15.3%1990s: 1,039 homes, 8.4%8.4%1990sMadison County: 15.6%2000s: 1,349 homes, 10.9%10.9%2000sMadison County: 18.4%2010s: 775 homes, 6.3%6.3%2010sMadison County: 15.2%2020+: 34 homes, 0.3%0.3%2020+Madison County: 2.9%Built 1999 or earlier: 82.5% of homes (10,201)ZIP 35802, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMadison County

Share of the 12,359 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Madison 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 35802 next to Huntsville and Madison County

IndicatorZIP 35802HuntsvilleMadison CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Huntsville on this site
Housing units12,359102,592174,7093rd of 8 largest
Median year built1979198419915th of 8 oldest
Built before 198051.7%44.2%32.7%
Built before 200082.5%no data63.6%5th of 8 highest share
Built since 20106.5%no data18.1%
Owner-occupied homes53.2%58.1%68.8%5th of 8 highest share
Single-family units53.4%65.8%no data
Median home value$319,900 (+/- $11,643)$263,100$267,8004th of 8 highest
Median household income$72,195 (+/- $10,083)$70,778no data5th of 8 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 35802

BuiltShare of Madison CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 35802
2020+2.9%0.3%34
2010s15.2%6.3%775
2000s18.4%10.9%1,349
1990s15.6%8.4%1,039
1980s15.3%22.4%2,771
1970s9.6%15.8%1,957
1960s14.0%28.2%3,480
1950s5.6%6.3%778
1940s1.4%0.9%109
pre-19402.1%0.5%67

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 35802

ZIP 35802 has 12,359 housing units: 10,201 (82.5%) were built before 2000, 809 (6.5%) in 2010 or later, and 3,480 (28.2%) in the 1960s, its largest era. The median year built is 1979 (Huntsville: 1984), so 5 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 53.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 53.4% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $319,900, give or take $11,643; median household income is $72,195, give or take $10,083; the ZIP holds 12.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Huntsville, 12,359 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, 9,162 units (74.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,039 (8.4%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,349 (10.9%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 809 (6.5%, 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 35802

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 35802 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 35802 among Huntsville’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 35802 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 35806: 14,398 homes, 43.2% built before 2000, median year 200335806ZIP 35810: 13,283 homes, 92% built before 2000, median year 196935810ZIP 35801: 11,225 homes, 86.1% built before 2000, median year 196535801ZIP 35805: 10,618 homes, 91.8% built before 2000, median year 196935805ZIP 35756: 8,821 homes, 18.6% built before 2000, median year 201235756ZIP 35816: 7,972 homes, 92.3% built before 2000, median year 197835816ZIP 35824: 4,986 homes, 30.6% built before 2000, median year 200635824ZIP 35802: 12,359 homes, 82.5% built before 2000, median year 197935802
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 35802. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
358013.4 N196586.1%
358054.4 NW196991.8%
358166.1 NW197892.3%
358109.2 N196992.0%
358069.6 NW200343.2%
3582411.4 W200630.6%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Madison County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Madison County Relatively High overall (94.6 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (51.4), Relatively High for strong wind (97.4) and Relatively High for tornado (98.5). NOAA logged 146 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 35802: Decatur, AL (25 miles), Gadsden, AL (56 miles), Chattanooga, TN (75 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 35802?

Of the 12,359 housing units, 6,391 (51.7%) were built before 1980, 10,201 (82.5%) before 2000 and 809 (6.5%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 35802?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,391 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, 35816 (6.1 miles NW) has the largest share built before 2000, 92.3%, against 82.5% in 35802.

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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