Home age in ZIP 44301, Akron, OH: median built 1938

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 44301 in Akron, OH: median home built 1938; 96.4% of homes (6,610) are older than 25 years and 0.9% (61) were built since 2010, out of 6,859 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 44301.

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Share of homes in ZIP 44301 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 54.4 percent; 1940s 11.8 percent; 1950s 12.6 percent; 1960s 8 percent; 1970s 5.7 percent; 1980s 2.1 percent; 1990s 1.7 percent; 2000s 2.7 percent; 2010s 0.6 percent; 2020+ 0.3 percentpre-1940: 3,732 homes, 54.4%54.4%pre-1940Summit County: 20.3%1940s: 812 homes, 11.8%11.8%1940sSummit County: 6.8%1950s: 864 homes, 12.6%12.6%1950sSummit County: 16.7%1960s: 547 homes, 8.0%8%1960sSummit County: 12.9%1970s: 394 homes, 5.7%5.7%1970sSummit County: 12.2%1980s: 147 homes, 2.1%2.1%1980sSummit County: 7.9%1990s: 114 homes, 1.7%1.7%1990sSummit County: 10.8%2000s: 188 homes, 2.7%2.7%2000sSummit County: 7.8%2010s: 42 homes, 0.6%0.6%2010sSummit County: 4.3%2020+: 19 homes, 0.3%0.3%2020+Summit County: 0.4%Built 1999 or earlier: 96.4% of homes (6,610)ZIP 44301, built before 2000built 2000 or laterSummit County

Share of the 6,859 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Summit 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 44301 next to Akron and Summit County

IndicatorZIP 44301AkronSummit CountyRank among 12 ZIPs of Akron on this site
Housing units6,85993,503247,2397th of 12 largest
Median year built1938195419651st of 12 oldest
Built before 198092.6%83.5%68.8%
Built before 200096.4%no data87.5%4th of 12 highest share
Built since 20100.9%no data4.7%
Owner-occupied homes60%50.8%67.3%1st of 12 highest share
Single-family units82.7%71.1%no data
Median home value$103,400 (+/- $5,210)$111,200$195,7004th of 12 highest
Median household income$52,134 (+/- $5,341)$48,544no data4th of 12 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 44301

BuiltShare of Summit CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 44301
2020+0.4%0.3%19
2010s4.3%0.6%42
2000s7.8%2.7%188
1990s10.8%1.7%114
1980s7.9%2.1%147
1970s12.2%5.7%394
1960s12.9%8.0%547
1950s16.7%12.6%864
1940s6.8%11.8%812
pre-194020.3%54.4%3,732

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 44301

ZIP 44301 has 6,859 housing units: 6,610 (96.4%) were built before 2000, 61 (0.9%) in 2010 or later, and 3,732 (54.4%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1938 (Akron: 1954), so 16 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 82.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $103,400, give or take $5,210; median household income is $52,134, give or take $5,341; the ZIP holds 7.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Akron, 6,859 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, 6,496 units (94.7%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 114 (1.7%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 188 (2.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 61 (0.9%, 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 44301

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 44301 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 44301 among Akron’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 44301 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 44313: 14,054 homes, 94.2% built before 2000, median year 196544313ZIP 44310: 11,074 homes, 95.4% built before 2000, median year 194944310ZIP 44306: 10,424 homes, 95.8% built before 2000, median year 195244306ZIP 44305: 10,230 homes, 95.8% built before 2000, median year 195044305ZIP 44320: 9,240 homes, 94.2% built before 2000, median year 195444320ZIP 44314: 9,085 homes, 96.5% built before 2000, median year 195044314ZIP 44303: 4,172 homes, 97.1% built before 2000, median year 194444303ZIP 44307: 3,488 homes, 80.5% built before 2000, median year 197144307ZIP 44311: 3,400 homes, 93.4% built before 2000, median year 195944311ZIP 44302: 3,011 homes, 98.7% built before 2000, median year 193844302ZIP 44304: 1,660 homes, 83.6% built before 2000, median year 197344304ZIP 44301: 6,859 homes, 96.4% built before 2000, median year 193844301
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 44301. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
443111.4 N195993.4%
443141.8 W195096.5%
443072.1 NW197180.5%
443062.1 E195295.8%
443043.0 N197383.6%
443023.3 N193898.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Summit County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Summit County Relatively Moderate overall (91.2 of 100), Relatively High for hail (99.2), Relatively High for strong wind (97.0) and Relatively High for tornado (91.1). NOAA logged 54 hail reports in the county, on 11 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 44301: Canton, OH (19 miles), Lorain, OH (44 miles), Youngstown, OH (46 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 44301?

Of the 6,859 housing units, 6,349 (92.6%) were built before 1980, 6,610 (96.4%) before 2000 and 61 (0.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 44301?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,349 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, 44302 (3.3 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 98.7%, against 96.4% in 44301.

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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