Home age in ZIP 39212, Jackson, MS: median built 1973

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 39212 in Jackson, MS: median home built 1973; 87.6% of homes (11,163) are older than 25 years and 2.4% (308) were built since 2010, out of 12,738 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 39212.

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Share of homes in ZIP 39212 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 1 percent; 1940s 3.4 percent; 1950s 17.4 percent; 1960s 20.6 percent; 1970s 29.1 percent; 1980s 10.7 percent; 1990s 5.3 percent; 2000s 9.9 percent; 2010s 2.4 percent; 2020+ 0 percentpre-1940: 133 homes, 1.0%1%pre-1940Hinds County: 3.7%1940s: 435 homes, 3.4%3.4%1940sHinds County: 5.2%1950s: 2,221 homes, 17.4%17.4%1950sHinds County: 16.4%1960s: 2,630 homes, 20.6%20.6%1960sHinds County: 15.8%1970s: 3,702 homes, 29.1%29.1%1970sHinds County: 20.6%1980s: 1,361 homes, 10.7%10.7%1980sHinds County: 12.9%1990s: 681 homes, 5.3%5.3%1990sHinds County: 9.3%2000s: 1,267 homes, 9.9%9.9%2000sHinds County: 11.4%2010s: 308 homes, 2.4%2.4%2010sHinds County: 4.3%2020+: 0 homes, 0.0%0%2020+Hinds County: 0.4%Built 1999 or earlier: 87.6% of homes (11,163)ZIP 39212, built before 2000built 2000 or laterHinds County

Share of the 12,738 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Hinds 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 39212 next to Jackson and Hinds County

IndicatorZIP 39212JacksonHinds CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Jackson on this site
Housing units12,73875,103106,2251st of 8 largest
Median year built1973196919747th of 8 oldest
Built before 198071.6%73.2%61.7%
Built before 200087.6%no data84%5th of 8 highest share
Built since 20102.4%no data4.6%
Owner-occupied homes62.8%48.6%57.9%2nd of 8 highest share
Single-family units88.7%68.1%no data
Median home value$105,500 (+/- $10,693)$108,200$151,2005th of 8 highest
Median household income$53,300 (+/- $5,603)$43,238no data2nd 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 39212

BuiltShare of Hinds CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 39212
2020+0.4%0.0%0
2010s4.3%2.4%308
2000s11.4%9.9%1,267
1990s9.3%5.3%681
1980s12.9%10.7%1,361
1970s20.6%29.1%3,702
1960s15.8%20.6%2,630
1950s16.4%17.4%2,221
1940s5.2%3.4%435
pre-19403.7%1.0%133

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 39212

ZIP 39212 has 12,738 housing units: 11,163 (87.6%) were built before 2000, 308 (2.4%) in 2010 or later, and 3,702 (29.1%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1973 (Jackson: 1969), so 4 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 62.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 88.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $105,500, give or take $10,693; median household income is $53,300, give or take $5,603; the ZIP holds 17.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Jackson, 12,738 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, 10,482 units (82.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 681 (5.3%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,267 (9.9%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 308 (2.4%, 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 39212

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 39212 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 39212 among Jackson’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 39212 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 39211: 11,334 homes, 91.6% built before 2000, median year 197639211ZIP 39206: 11,237 homes, 94.6% built before 2000, median year 196839206ZIP 39213: 10,172 homes, 96.5% built before 2000, median year 196639213ZIP 39204: 7,613 homes, 86.1% built before 2000, median year 196939204ZIP 39202: 4,332 homes, 94.8% built before 2000, median year 195639202ZIP 39203: 2,806 homes, 86.1% built before 2000, median year 196139203ZIP 39216: 2,073 homes, 77.8% built before 2000, median year 197239216ZIP 39212: 12,738 homes, 87.6% built before 2000, median year 197339212
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 39212. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
392042.9 NE196986.1%
392035.6 NE196186.1%
392026.9 NE195694.8%
392168.4 NE197277.8%
3920610.1 NE196894.6%
3921310.5 N196696.5%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Hinds County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Hinds County Relatively Moderate overall (94.3 of 100), Very High for hail (99.3), Very High for strong wind (98.1) and Relatively High for tornado (98.2). NOAA logged 59 hail reports in the county, on 29 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 39212: Hattiesburg, MS (85 miles), Meridian, MS (91 miles), Monroe, LA (110 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 39212?

Of the 12,738 housing units, 9,121 (71.6%) were built before 1980, 11,163 (87.6%) before 2000 and 308 (2.4%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 39212?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,121 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, 39213 (10.5 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.5%, against 87.6% in 39212.

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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