Home age in ZIP 35816, Huntsville, AL: median built 1978

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 35816 in Huntsville, AL: median home built 1978; 92.3% of homes (7,360) are older than 25 years and 3.4% (275) were built since 2010, out of 7,972 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 35816.

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Share of homes in ZIP 35816 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 2.6 percent; 1940s 1.1 percent; 1950s 11.2 percent; 1960s 18.2 percent; 1970s 22.3 percent; 1980s 18.1 percent; 1990s 19 percent; 2000s 4.2 percent; 2010s 3.3 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 204 homes, 2.6%2.6%pre-1940Madison County: 2.1%1940s: 87 homes, 1.1%1.1%1940sMadison County: 1.4%1950s: 890 homes, 11.2%11.2%1950sMadison County: 5.6%1960s: 1,447 homes, 18.2%18.2%1960sMadison County: 14.0%1970s: 1,774 homes, 22.3%22.3%1970sMadison County: 9.6%1980s: 1,445 homes, 18.1%18.1%1980sMadison County: 15.3%1990s: 1,513 homes, 19.0%19%1990sMadison County: 15.6%2000s: 337 homes, 4.2%4.2%2000sMadison County: 18.4%2010s: 260 homes, 3.3%3.3%2010sMadison County: 15.2%2020+: 15 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Madison County: 2.9%Built 1999 or earlier: 92.3% of homes (7,360)ZIP 35816, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMadison County

Share of the 7,972 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 35816 next to Huntsville and Madison County

IndicatorZIP 35816HuntsvilleMadison CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Huntsville on this site
Housing units7,972102,592174,7097th of 8 largest
Median year built1978198419914th of 8 oldest
Built before 198055.2%44.2%32.7%
Built before 200092.3%no data63.6%1st of 8 highest share
Built since 20103.4%no data18.1%
Owner-occupied homes27.2%58.1%68.8%8th of 8 highest share
Single-family units35.1%65.8%no data
Median home value$114,100 (+/- $8,194)$263,100$267,8007th of 8 highest
Median household income$38,947 (+/- $5,732)$70,778no data7th 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 35816

BuiltShare of Madison CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 35816
2020+2.9%0.2%15
2010s15.2%3.3%260
2000s18.4%4.2%337
1990s15.6%19.0%1,513
1980s15.3%18.1%1,445
1970s9.6%22.3%1,774
1960s14.0%18.2%1,447
1950s5.6%11.2%890
1940s1.4%1.1%87
pre-19402.1%2.6%204

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 35816

ZIP 35816 has 7,972 housing units: 7,360 (92.3%) were built before 2000, 275 (3.4%) in 2010 or later, and 1,774 (22.3%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1978 (Huntsville: 1984), so 6 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 27.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 35.1% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,100, give or take $8,194; median household income is $38,947, give or take $5,732; the ZIP holds 7.8% of the housing units the Census counts in Huntsville, 7,972 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, 5,847 units (73.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,513 (19%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 337 (4.2%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 275 (3.4%, 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 35816

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.

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–of homes in ZIP 35816 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 35816 among Huntsville’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 35816 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 35802: 12,359 homes, 82.5% built before 2000, median year 197935802ZIP 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 35824: 4,986 homes, 30.6% built before 2000, median year 200635824ZIP 35816: 7,972 homes, 92.3% built before 2000, median year 197835816
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 35816. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
358052.2 S196991.8%
358063.5 NW200343.2%
358013.9 E196586.1%
358104.8 N196992.0%
358026.1 SE197982.5%
358249.4 SW200630.6%

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 35816: Decatur, AL (22 miles), Gadsden, AL (62 miles), Murfreesboro, TN (78 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 35816?

Of the 7,972 housing units, 4,402 (55.2%) were built before 1980, 7,360 (92.3%) before 2000 and 275 (3.4%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 35816?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,402 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, 35810 (4.8 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 92%, against 92.3% in 35816.

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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