Home age in ZIP 36104, Montgomery, AL: median built 1957

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 36104 in Montgomery, AL: median home built 1957; 82.3% of homes (4,335) are older than 25 years and 13.9% (731) were built since 2010, out of 5,265 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 36104.

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Share of homes in ZIP 36104 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 33.6 percent; 1940s 9.5 percent; 1950s 10.4 percent; 1960s 11 percent; 1970s 5.8 percent; 1980s 5.4 percent; 1990s 6.6 percent; 2000s 3.8 percent; 2010s 13.9 percent; 2020+ 0 percentpre-1940: 1,767 homes, 33.6%33.6%pre-1940Montgomery County: 6.2%1940s: 500 homes, 9.5%9.5%1940sMontgomery County: 3.5%1950s: 549 homes, 10.4%10.4%1950sMontgomery County: 10.5%1960s: 581 homes, 11.0%11%1960sMontgomery County: 12.0%1970s: 307 homes, 5.8%5.8%1970sMontgomery County: 19.8%1980s: 282 homes, 5.4%5.4%1980sMontgomery County: 13.3%1990s: 349 homes, 6.6%6.6%1990sMontgomery County: 15.3%2000s: 199 homes, 3.8%3.8%2000sMontgomery County: 11.1%2010s: 731 homes, 13.9%13.9%2010sMontgomery County: 7.7%2020+: 0 homes, 0.0%0%2020+Montgomery County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 82.3% of homes (4,335)ZIP 36104, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMontgomery County

Share of the 5,265 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Montgomery 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 36104 next to Montgomery and Montgomery County

IndicatorZIP 36104MontgomeryMontgomery CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Montgomery on this site
Housing units5,26594,157105,7996th of 7 largest
Median year built1957197719792nd of 7 oldest
Built before 198070.4%55.5%51.9%
Built before 200082.3%no data80.5%6th of 7 highest share
Built since 201013.9%no data8.4%
Owner-occupied homes25.7%54.3%57.7%7th of 7 highest share
Single-family units45.5%73%no data
Median home value$121,200 (+/- $38,510)$148,500$160,1005th of 7 highest
Median household income$34,975 (+/- $6,289)$55,687no data5th of 7 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 36104

BuiltShare of Montgomery CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 36104
2020+0.7%0.0%0
2010s7.7%13.9%731
2000s11.1%3.8%199
1990s15.3%6.6%349
1980s13.3%5.4%282
1970s19.8%5.8%307
1960s12.0%11.0%581
1950s10.5%10.4%549
1940s3.5%9.5%500
pre-19406.2%33.6%1,767

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 36104

ZIP 36104 has 5,265 housing units: 4,335 (82.3%) were built before 2000, 731 (13.9%) in 2010 or later, and 1,767 (33.6%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1957 (Montgomery: 1977), so 20 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 25.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 45.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $121,200, give or take $38,510; median household income is $34,975, give or take $6,289; the ZIP holds 5.6% of the housing units the Census counts in Montgomery, 5,265 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, 3,986 units (75.7%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 349 (6.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 199 (3.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 731 (13.9%, 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 36104

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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–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 36104 among Montgomery’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 36104 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 36117: 24,181 homes, 67.5% built before 2000, median year 199436117ZIP 36109: 11,273 homes, 96.3% built before 2000, median year 197136109ZIP 36108: 8,326 homes, 91.9% built before 2000, median year 197136108ZIP 36106: 7,236 homes, 87.2% built before 2000, median year 197636106ZIP 36111: 5,789 homes, 97% built before 2000, median year 196836111ZIP 36107: 3,995 homes, 99% built before 2000, median year 195136107ZIP 36104: 5,265 homes, 82.3% built before 2000, median year 195736104
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  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 36104. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
361072.6 SE195199.0%
361094.8 E197196.3%
361064.9 SE197687.2%
361115.3 SE196897.0%
361086.5 SW197191.9%
3611710.0 E199467.5%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Montgomery County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Montgomery County Relatively Moderate overall (91.8 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (76.4), Relatively High for strong wind (95.7) and Relatively High for tornado (96.6). NOAA logged 16 hail reports in the county, on 9 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 36104: Auburn, AL (51 miles), Hoover, AL (75 miles), Columbus, GA (78 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 36104?

Of the 5,265 housing units, 3,704 (70.4%) were built before 1980, 4,335 (82.3%) before 2000 and 731 (13.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 36104?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 3,704 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, 36107 (2.6 miles SE) has the largest share built before 2000, 99%, against 82.3% in 36104.

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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