Home age in ZIP 36303, Dothan, AL: median built 1977

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 36303 in Dothan, AL: median home built 1977; 81.4% of homes (11,902) are older than 25 years and 7.9% (1,155) were built since 2010, out of 14,622 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 36303.

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Share of homes in ZIP 36303 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 2.9 percent; 1940s 6 percent; 1950s 10.4 percent; 1960s 13.3 percent; 1970s 24.5 percent; 1980s 13.6 percent; 1990s 10.8 percent; 2000s 10.7 percent; 2010s 7 percent; 2020+ 0.9 percentpre-1940: 423 homes, 2.9%2.9%pre-1940Houston County: 2.9%1940s: 873 homes, 6.0%6%1940sHouston County: 3.6%1950s: 1,516 homes, 10.4%10.4%1950sHouston County: 8.1%1960s: 1,948 homes, 13.3%13.3%1960sHouston County: 11.5%1970s: 3,579 homes, 24.5%24.5%1970sHouston County: 18.0%1980s: 1,989 homes, 13.6%13.6%1980sHouston County: 13.7%1990s: 1,574 homes, 10.8%10.8%1990sHouston County: 16.0%2000s: 1,565 homes, 10.7%10.7%2000sHouston County: 15.6%2010s: 1,026 homes, 7.0%7%2010sHouston County: 9.4%2020+: 129 homes, 0.9%0.9%2020+Houston County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 81.4% of homes (11,902)ZIP 36303, built before 2000built 2000 or laterHouston County

Share of the 14,622 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Houston 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 36303 next to Dothan and Houston County

IndicatorZIP 36303DothanHouston CountyRank among 1 ZIPs of Dothan on this site
Housing units14,62233,57149,774
Median year built197719811984
Built before 198057%48.2%44.1%
Built before 200081.4%no data73.9%
Built since 20107.9%no data10.5%
Owner-occupied homes58.7%57.1%63.9%
Single-family units70.5%72.8%no data
Median home value$175,600 (+/- $5,775)$186,600$178,000
Median household income$53,006 (+/- $2,399)$55,052no 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 36303

BuiltShare of Houston CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 36303
2020+1.1%0.9%129
2010s9.4%7.0%1,026
2000s15.6%10.7%1,565
1990s16.0%10.8%1,574
1980s13.7%13.6%1,989
1970s18.0%24.5%3,579
1960s11.5%13.3%1,948
1950s8.1%10.4%1,516
1940s3.6%6.0%873
pre-19402.9%2.9%423

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 36303

ZIP 36303 has 14,622 housing units: 11,902 (81.4%) were built before 2000, 1,155 (7.9%) in 2010 or later, and 3,579 (24.5%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1977 (Dothan: 1981), so 4 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 58.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 70.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $175,600, give or take $5,775; median household income is $53,006, give or take $2,399; the ZIP holds 43.6% of the housing units the Census counts in Dothan, 14,622 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, 10,328 units (70.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,574 (10.8%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,565 (10.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,155 (7.9%, 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 36303

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 36303 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 36303 among Dothan’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 36303 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 36303: 14,622 homes, 81.4% built before 2000, median year 197736303
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 36303. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Storm backdrop: Houston County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Houston County Relatively Moderate overall (87.8 of 100), Relatively Low for hail (37.7), Relatively High for strong wind (87.3) and Relatively High for tornado (95.9). NOAA logged 14 hail reports in the county, on 8 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 36303: Albany, GA (76 miles), Columbus, GA (86 miles), Tallahassee, FL (87 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 36303?

Of the 14,622 housing units, 8,339 (57%) were built before 1980, 11,902 (81.4%) before 2000 and 1,155 (7.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 36303?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 8,339 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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