Home age in ZIP 46617, South Bend, IN: median built 1959

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 46617 in South Bend, IN: median home built 1959; 72.7% of homes (4,001) are older than 25 years and 19.9% (1,096) were built since 2010, out of 5,502 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 46617.

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Share of homes in ZIP 46617 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 27.5 percent; 1940s 8 percent; 1950s 16.9 percent; 1960s 5.6 percent; 1970s 6.7 percent; 1980s 3.9 percent; 1990s 4.1 percent; 2000s 7.4 percent; 2010s 17.6 percent; 2020+ 2.3 percentpre-1940: 1,511 homes, 27.5%27.5%pre-1940St. Joseph County: 18.2%1940s: 441 homes, 8.0%8%1940sSt. Joseph County: 8.6%1950s: 932 homes, 16.9%16.9%1950sSt. Joseph County: 15.4%1960s: 310 homes, 5.6%5.6%1960sSt. Joseph County: 10.1%1970s: 369 homes, 6.7%6.7%1970sSt. Joseph County: 12.8%1980s: 214 homes, 3.9%3.9%1980sSt. Joseph County: 9.6%1990s: 224 homes, 4.1%4.1%1990sSt. Joseph County: 10.8%2000s: 405 homes, 7.4%7.4%2000sSt. Joseph County: 8.6%2010s: 967 homes, 17.6%17.6%2010sSt. Joseph County: 5.2%2020+: 129 homes, 2.3%2.3%2020+St. Joseph County: 0.6%Built 1999 or earlier: 72.7% of homes (4,001)ZIP 46617, built before 2000built 2000 or laterSt. Joseph County

Share of the 5,502 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are St. Joseph 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 46617 next to South Bend and St. Joseph County

IndicatorZIP 46617South BendSt. Joseph CountyRank among 5 ZIPs of South Bend on this site
Housing units5,50247,558118,3292nd of 5 largest
Median year built1959195519685th of 5 oldest
Built before 198064.8%79.4%65.1%
Built before 200072.7%no data85.5%5th of 5 highest share
Built since 201019.9%no data5.9%
Owner-occupied homes58.3%58.8%68.8%3rd of 5 highest share
Single-family units70.5%75%no data
Median home value$231,400 (+/- $22,861)$124,500$179,8001st of 5 highest
Median household income$73,700 (+/- $7,833)$52,512no data1st of 5 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 46617

BuiltShare of St. Joseph CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 46617
2020+0.6%2.3%129
2010s5.2%17.6%967
2000s8.6%7.4%405
1990s10.8%4.1%224
1980s9.6%3.9%214
1970s12.8%6.7%369
1960s10.1%5.6%310
1950s15.4%16.9%932
1940s8.6%8.0%441
pre-194018.2%27.5%1,511

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 46617

ZIP 46617 has 5,502 housing units: 4,001 (72.7%) were built before 2000, 1,096 (19.9%) in 2010 or later, and 1,511 (27.5%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1959 (South Bend: 1955), so 4 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 70.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $231,400, give or take $22,861; median household income is $73,700, give or take $7,833; the ZIP holds 11.6% of the housing units the Census counts in South Bend, 5,502 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, 3,777 units (68.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 224 (4.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 405 (7.4%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,096 (19.9%, 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 46617

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.

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–of homes in ZIP 46617 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 46617 among South Bend’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 46617 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 46615: 7,234 homes, 98.5% built before 2000, median year 195346615ZIP 46613: 4,758 homes, 95.6% built before 2000, median year 194046613ZIP 46601: 2,862 homes, 91.5% built before 2000, median year 193846601ZIP 46616: 2,824 homes, 95.8% built before 2000, median year 194546616ZIP 46617: 5,502 homes, 72.7% built before 2000, median year 195946617
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 46617. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
466011.4 SW193891.5%
466151.4 SE195398.5%
466161.9 NW194595.8%
466132.7 SW194095.6%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: St. Joseph County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates St. Joseph County Relatively Moderate overall (85.8 of 100), Relatively High for hail (94.2), Relatively High for strong wind (90.7) and Relatively High for tornado (90.5). NOAA logged 61 hail reports in the county, on 16 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 46617: Kalamazoo, MI (54 miles), Fort Wayne, IN (69 miles), Battle Creek, MI (70 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 46617?

Of the 5,502 housing units, 3,563 (64.8%) were built before 1980, 4,001 (72.7%) before 2000 and 1,096 (19.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 46617?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 3,563 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 4 closest ZIP areas we cover, 46615 (1.4 miles SE) has the largest share built before 2000, 98.5%, against 72.7% in 46617.

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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