Home age in ZIP 39501, Gulfport, MS: median built 1975

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 39501 in Gulfport, MS: median home built 1975; 74.7% of homes (7,897) are older than 25 years and 7.8% (829) were built since 2010, out of 10,565 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 39501.

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Share of homes in ZIP 39501 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 6.8 percent; 1940s 7.2 percent; 1950s 11.7 percent; 1960s 17.3 percent; 1970s 13.5 percent; 1980s 7.8 percent; 1990s 10.5 percent; 2000s 17.4 percent; 2010s 7.7 percent; 2020+ 0.1 percentpre-1940: 722 homes, 6.8%6.8%pre-1940Harrison County: 2.5%1940s: 765 homes, 7.2%7.2%1940sHarrison County: 2.3%1950s: 1,233 homes, 11.7%11.7%1950sHarrison County: 6.0%1960s: 1,825 homes, 17.3%17.3%1960sHarrison County: 10.5%1970s: 1,425 homes, 13.5%13.5%1970sHarrison County: 13.6%1980s: 820 homes, 7.8%7.8%1980sHarrison County: 10.5%1990s: 1,107 homes, 10.5%10.5%1990sHarrison County: 14.9%2000s: 1,839 homes, 17.4%17.4%2000sHarrison County: 24.6%2010s: 818 homes, 7.7%7.7%2010sHarrison County: 14.2%2020+: 11 homes, 0.1%0.1%2020+Harrison County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 74.7% of homes (7,897)ZIP 39501, built before 2000built 2000 or laterHarrison County

Share of the 10,565 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Harrison 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 39501 next to Gulfport and Harrison County

IndicatorZIP 39501GulfportHarrison CountyRank among 2 ZIPs of Gulfport on this site
Housing units10,56533,17593,505
Median year built197519861993
Built before 198056.5%44.1%35%
Built before 200074.7%no data60.4%
Built since 20107.8%no data14.9%
Owner-occupied homes38.9%53.1%60.6%
Single-family units62%66%no data
Median home value$115,300 (+/- $9,776)$167,100$199,300
Median household income$33,491 (+/- $1,849)$46,044no 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 39501

BuiltShare of Harrison CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 39501
2020+0.7%0.1%11
2010s14.2%7.7%818
2000s24.6%17.4%1,839
1990s14.9%10.5%1,107
1980s10.5%7.8%820
1970s13.6%13.5%1,425
1960s10.5%17.3%1,825
1950s6.0%11.7%1,233
1940s2.3%7.2%765
pre-19402.5%6.8%722

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 39501

ZIP 39501 has 10,565 housing units: 7,897 (74.7%) were built before 2000, 829 (7.8%) in 2010 or later, and 1,839 (17.4%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 1975 (Gulfport: 1986), so 11 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 38.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 62% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $115,300, give or take $9,776; median household income is $33,491, give or take $1,849; the ZIP holds 31.8% of the housing units the Census counts in Gulfport, 10,565 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, 6,790 units (64.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,107 (10.5%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,839 (17.4%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 829 (7.8%, 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 39501

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 39501 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 39501 among Gulfport’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 39501 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 39531: 9,660 homes, 69.6% built before 2000, median year 198639531ZIP 39507: 9,032 homes, 67% built before 2000, median year 198039507ZIP 39501: 10,565 homes, 74.7% built before 2000, median year 197539501
  • under 20% built before 2000
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  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 39501. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
395074.0 E198067.0%
395318.0 E198669.6%
3953012.4 E197169.9%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Harrison County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Harrison County Relatively High overall (95.6 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (87.5), Relatively High for strong wind (85.4) and Relatively High for tornado (96.0). NOAA logged 30 hail reports in the county, on 14 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 39501: Biloxi, MS (13 miles), Hattiesburg, MS (66 miles), Mobile, AL (66 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 39501?

Of the 10,565 housing units, 5,970 (56.5%) were built before 1980, 7,897 (74.7%) before 2000 and 829 (7.8%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 39501?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,970 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 3 closest ZIP areas we cover, 39530 (12.4 miles E) has the largest share built before 2000, 69.9%, against 74.7% in 39501.

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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