Home age in ZIP 36117, Montgomery, AL: median built 1994

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 36117 in Montgomery, AL: median home built 1994; 67.5% of homes (16,325) are older than 25 years and 9.9% (2,396) were built since 2010, out of 24,181 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 36117.

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Share of homes in ZIP 36117 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.5 percent; 1940s 0.1 percent; 1950s 1.2 percent; 1960s 2.8 percent; 1970s 15.6 percent; 1980s 19.2 percent; 1990s 28.1 percent; 2000s 22.6 percent; 2010s 9.3 percent; 2020+ 0.6 percentpre-1940: 132 homes, 0.5%0.5%pre-1940Montgomery County: 6.2%1940s: 23 homes, 0.1%0.1%1940sMontgomery County: 3.5%1950s: 279 homes, 1.2%1.2%1950sMontgomery County: 10.5%1960s: 674 homes, 2.8%2.8%1960sMontgomery County: 12.0%1970s: 3,766 homes, 15.6%15.6%1970sMontgomery County: 19.8%1980s: 4,651 homes, 19.2%19.2%1980sMontgomery County: 13.3%1990s: 6,800 homes, 28.1%28.1%1990sMontgomery County: 15.3%2000s: 5,460 homes, 22.6%22.6%2000sMontgomery County: 11.1%2010s: 2,242 homes, 9.3%9.3%2010sMontgomery County: 7.7%2020+: 154 homes, 0.6%0.6%2020+Montgomery County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 67.5% of homes (16,325)ZIP 36117, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMontgomery County

Share of the 24,181 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 36117 next to Montgomery and Montgomery County

IndicatorZIP 36117MontgomeryMontgomery CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Montgomery on this site
Housing units24,18194,157105,7991st of 7 largest
Median year built1994197719797th of 7 oldest
Built before 198020.2%55.5%51.9%
Built before 200067.5%no data80.5%7th of 7 highest share
Built since 20109.9%no data8.4%
Owner-occupied homes62.4%54.3%57.7%3rd of 7 highest share
Single-family units73%73%no data
Median home value$225,900 (+/- $7,102)$148,500$160,1001st of 7 highest
Median household income$72,237 (+/- $4,645)$55,687no data1st 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 36117

BuiltShare of Montgomery CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 36117
2020+0.7%0.6%154
2010s7.7%9.3%2,242
2000s11.1%22.6%5,460
1990s15.3%28.1%6,800
1980s13.3%19.2%4,651
1970s19.8%15.6%3,766
1960s12.0%2.8%674
1950s10.5%1.2%279
1940s3.5%0.1%23
pre-19406.2%0.5%132

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 36117

ZIP 36117 has 24,181 housing units: 16,325 (67.5%) were built before 2000, 2,396 (9.9%) in 2010 or later, and 6,800 (28.1%) in the 1990s, its largest era. The median year built is 1994 (Montgomery: 1977), so 17 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 62.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 73% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,900, give or take $7,102; median household income is $72,237, give or take $4,645; the ZIP holds 25.7% of the housing units the Census counts in Montgomery, 24,181 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, 9,525 units (39.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 6,800 (28.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 5,460 (22.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,396 (9.9%, 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 36117

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 36117 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 36117 among Montgomery’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 36117 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 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 36104: 5,265 homes, 82.3% built before 2000, median year 195736104ZIP 36107: 3,995 homes, 99% built before 2000, median year 195136107ZIP 36117: 24,181 homes, 67.5% built before 2000, median year 199436117
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  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 36117. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
361095.2 W197196.3%
361066.5 W197687.2%
361077.6 W195199.0%
361117.7 W196897.0%
3610410.0 W195782.3%

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 36117: Auburn, AL (42 miles), Columbus, GA (68 miles), Hoover, AL (81 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 36117?

Of the 24,181 housing units, 4,874 (20.2%) were built before 1980, 16,325 (67.5%) before 2000 and 2,396 (9.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 36117?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,874 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 5 closest ZIP areas we cover, 36107 (7.6 miles W) has the largest share built before 2000, 99%, against 67.5% in 36117.

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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