Home age in ZIP 44509, Youngstown, OH: median built 1951

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 44509 in Youngstown, OH: median home built 1951; 99.3% of homes (5,543) are older than 25 years and 0.2% (9) were built since 2010, out of 5,581 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 44509.

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Share of homes in ZIP 44509 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 34.3 percent; 1940s 12.2 percent; 1950s 24.8 percent; 1960s 9.8 percent; 1970s 11.7 percent; 1980s 2.3 percent; 1990s 4.3 percent; 2000s 0.5 percent; 2010s 0.2 percent; 2020+ 0 percentpre-1940: 1,915 homes, 34.3%34.3%pre-1940Mahoning County: 19.5%1940s: 680 homes, 12.2%12.2%1940sMahoning County: 7.4%1950s: 1,383 homes, 24.8%24.8%1950sMahoning County: 19.5%1960s: 548 homes, 9.8%9.8%1960sMahoning County: 13.9%1970s: 651 homes, 11.7%11.7%1970sMahoning County: 15.7%1980s: 128 homes, 2.3%2.3%1980sMahoning County: 6.0%1990s: 238 homes, 4.3%4.3%1990sMahoning County: 9.5%2000s: 29 homes, 0.5%0.5%2000sMahoning County: 6.0%2010s: 9 homes, 0.2%0.2%2010sMahoning County: 2.3%2020+: 0 homes, 0.0%0%2020+Mahoning County: 0.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 99.3% of homes (5,543)ZIP 44509, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMahoning County

Share of the 5,581 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Mahoning 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 44509 next to Youngstown and Mahoning County

IndicatorZIP 44509YoungstownMahoning CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Youngstown on this site
Housing units5,58129,395108,0773rd of 8 largest
Median year built1951195119635th of 8 oldest
Built before 198092.8%90.4%75.9%
Built before 200099.3%no data91.4%1st of 8 highest share
Built since 20100.2%no data2.6%
Owner-occupied homes60.6%56.1%70.3%2nd of 8 highest share
Single-family units85.3%79.5%no data
Median home value$56,000 (+/- $5,632)$58,400$141,1004th of 7 highest
Median household income$36,472 (+/- $6,683)$34,746no data4th 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 44509

BuiltShare of Mahoning CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 44509
2020+0.3%0.0%0
2010s2.3%0.2%9
2000s6.0%0.5%29
1990s9.5%4.3%238
1980s6.0%2.3%128
1970s15.7%11.7%651
1960s13.9%9.8%548
1950s19.5%24.8%1,383
1940s7.4%12.2%680
pre-194019.5%34.3%1,915

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 44509

ZIP 44509 has 5,581 housing units: 5,543 (99.3%) were built before 2000, 9 (0.2%) in 2010 or later, and 1,915 (34.3%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1951 (Youngstown: 1951).

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 60.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 85.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $56,000, give or take $5,632; median household income is $36,472, give or take $6,683; the ZIP holds 19.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Youngstown, 5,581 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, 5,305 units (95.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 238 (4.3%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 29 (0.5%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 9 (0.2%, 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 44509

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 44509 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 44509 among Youngstown’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 44509 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 44511: 9,470 homes, 99.1% built before 2000, median year 195744511ZIP 44505: 7,524 homes, 93.9% built before 2000, median year 196344505ZIP 44502: 4,354 homes, 96.3% built before 2000, median year 194544502ZIP 44504: 2,474 homes, 95.8% built before 2000, median year 194644504ZIP 44507: 2,165 homes, 98.2% built before 2000, median year 194444507ZIP 44506: 1,341 homes, 95.2% built before 2000, median year 194544506ZIP 44510: 1,143 homes, 54.6% built before 2000, median year 198744510ZIP 44509: 5,581 homes, 99.3% built before 2000, median year 195144509
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  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 44509. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
445101.5 NE198754.6%
445042.4 E194695.8%
445112.9 S195799.1%
445073.3 SE194498.2%
445023.6 SE194596.3%
445063.9 E194595.2%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Mahoning County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Mahoning County Relatively Moderate overall (83.6 of 100), Relatively High for hail (94.8), Relatively High for strong wind (93.1) and Relatively High for tornado (91.2). NOAA logged 31 hail reports in the county, on 9 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 44509: Canton, OH (42 miles), Akron, OH (43 miles), Lorain, OH (81 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 44509?

Of the 5,581 housing units, 5,177 (92.8%) were built before 1980, 5,543 (99.3%) before 2000 and 9 (0.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 44509?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,177 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, 44511 (2.9 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 99.1%, against 99.3% in 44509.

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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