Home age in ZIP 44303, Akron, OH: median built 1944

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 44303 in Akron, OH: median home built 1944; 97.1% of homes (4,053) are older than 25 years and 1.3% (54) were built since 2010, out of 4,172 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 44303.

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Share of homes in ZIP 44303 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 47.6 percent; 1940s 6.1 percent; 1950s 18.3 percent; 1960s 12.6 percent; 1970s 7.9 percent; 1980s 2.8 percent; 1990s 1.9 percent; 2000s 1.6 percent; 2010s 0.6 percent; 2020+ 0.7 percentpre-1940: 1,984 homes, 47.6%47.6%pre-1940Summit County: 20.3%1940s: 253 homes, 6.1%6.1%1940sSummit County: 6.8%1950s: 763 homes, 18.3%18.3%1950sSummit County: 16.7%1960s: 525 homes, 12.6%12.6%1960sSummit County: 12.9%1970s: 331 homes, 7.9%7.9%1970sSummit County: 12.2%1980s: 116 homes, 2.8%2.8%1980sSummit County: 7.9%1990s: 81 homes, 1.9%1.9%1990sSummit County: 10.8%2000s: 65 homes, 1.6%1.6%2000sSummit County: 7.8%2010s: 23 homes, 0.6%0.6%2010sSummit County: 4.3%2020+: 31 homes, 0.7%0.7%2020+Summit County: 0.4%Built 1999 or earlier: 97.1% of homes (4,053)ZIP 44303, built before 2000built 2000 or laterSummit County

Share of the 4,172 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 44303 next to Akron and Summit County

IndicatorZIP 44303AkronSummit CountyRank among 12 ZIPs of Akron on this site
Housing units4,17293,503247,2398th of 12 largest
Median year built1944195419653rd of 12 oldest
Built before 198092.4%83.5%68.8%
Built before 200097.1%no data87.5%2nd of 12 highest share
Built since 20101.3%no data4.7%
Owner-occupied homes52.5%50.8%67.3%6th of 12 highest share
Single-family units54.7%71.1%no data
Median home value$213,600 (+/- $18,559)$111,200$195,7002nd of 12 highest
Median household income$72,045 (+/- $13,650)$48,544no data2nd 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 44303

BuiltShare of Summit CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 44303
2020+0.4%0.7%31
2010s4.3%0.6%23
2000s7.8%1.6%65
1990s10.8%1.9%81
1980s7.9%2.8%116
1970s12.2%7.9%331
1960s12.9%12.6%525
1950s16.7%18.3%763
1940s6.8%6.1%253
pre-194020.3%47.6%1,984

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 44303

ZIP 44303 has 4,172 housing units: 4,053 (97.1%) were built before 2000, 54 (1.3%) in 2010 or later, and 1,984 (47.6%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1944 (Akron: 1954), so 10 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 52.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 54.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $213,600, give or take $18,559; median household income is $72,045, give or take $13,650; the ZIP holds 4.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Akron, 4,172 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, 3,972 units (95.2%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 81 (1.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 65 (1.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 54 (1.3%, 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 44303

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 44303 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 44303 among Akron’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 44303 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 44301: 6,859 homes, 96.4% built before 2000, median year 193844301ZIP 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 44303: 4,172 homes, 97.1% built before 2000, median year 194444303
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 44303. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
443021.0 S193898.7%
443042.0 SE197383.6%
443102.0 E194995.4%
443072.5 S197180.5%
443132.6 NW196594.2%
443112.9 S195993.4%

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 44303: Canton, OH (23 miles), Lorain, OH (41 miles), Youngstown, OH (46 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 44303?

Of the 4,172 housing units, 3,856 (92.4%) were built before 1980, 4,053 (97.1%) before 2000 and 54 (1.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 44303?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 3,856 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 (1.0 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 98.7%, against 97.1% in 44303.

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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