Home age in ZIP 46835, Fort Wayne, IN: median built 1982

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 46835 in Fort Wayne, IN: median home built 1982; 76.3% of homes (12,167) are older than 25 years and 10.1% (1,609) were built since 2010, out of 15,945 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 46835.

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Share of homes in ZIP 46835 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.8 percent; 1940s 0.9 percent; 1950s 8.3 percent; 1960s 15.3 percent; 1970s 21.7 percent; 1980s 13.3 percent; 1990s 15.9 percent; 2000s 13.6 percent; 2010s 9.3 percent; 2020+ 0.8 percentpre-1940: 122 homes, 0.8%0.8%pre-1940Allen County: 12.8%1940s: 144 homes, 0.9%0.9%1940sAllen County: 4.9%1950s: 1,327 homes, 8.3%8.3%1950sAllen County: 10.4%1960s: 2,440 homes, 15.3%15.3%1960sAllen County: 13.2%1970s: 3,468 homes, 21.7%21.7%1970sAllen County: 15.2%1980s: 2,127 homes, 13.3%13.3%1980sAllen County: 10.2%1990s: 2,539 homes, 15.9%15.9%1990sAllen County: 13.2%2000s: 2,169 homes, 13.6%13.6%2000sAllen County: 11.4%2010s: 1,475 homes, 9.3%9.3%2010sAllen County: 7.7%2020+: 134 homes, 0.8%0.8%2020+Allen County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 76.3% of homes (12,167)ZIP 46835, built before 2000built 2000 or laterAllen County

Share of the 15,945 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Allen 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 46835 next to Fort Wayne and Allen County

IndicatorZIP 46835Fort WayneAllen CountyRank among 10 ZIPs of Fort Wayne on this site
Housing units15,945117,692164,4561st of 10 largest
Median year built1982197119768th of 10 oldest
Built before 198047%64.6%56.4%
Built before 200076.3%no data79.8%10th of 10 highest share
Built since 201010.1%no data8.8%
Owner-occupied homes73.5%62.2%69.1%2nd of 10 highest share
Single-family units78%71.7%no data
Median home value$194,200 (+/- $5,844)$169,700$194,3003rd of 10 highest
Median household income$75,595 (+/- $4,244)$60,293no data2nd of 10 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 46835

BuiltShare of Allen CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 46835
2020+1.1%0.8%134
2010s7.7%9.3%1,475
2000s11.4%13.6%2,169
1990s13.2%15.9%2,539
1980s10.2%13.3%2,127
1970s15.2%21.7%3,468
1960s13.2%15.3%2,440
1950s10.4%8.3%1,327
1940s4.9%0.9%144
pre-194012.8%0.8%122

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 46835

ZIP 46835 has 15,945 housing units: 12,167 (76.3%) were built before 2000, 1,609 (10.1%) in 2010 or later, and 3,468 (21.7%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1982 (Fort Wayne: 1971), so 11 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 73.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 78% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $194,200, give or take $5,844; median household income is $75,595, give or take $4,244; the ZIP holds 13.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Fort Wayne, 15,945 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, 9,628 units (60.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 2,539 (15.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,169 (13.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,609 (10.1%, 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 46835

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 46835 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 46835 among Fort Wayne’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 46835 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 46825: 13,597 homes, 78.3% built before 2000, median year 198946825ZIP 46804: 12,959 homes, 83.3% built before 2000, median year 198546804ZIP 46815: 11,060 homes, 92.1% built before 2000, median year 197446815ZIP 46805: 10,742 homes, 95.9% built before 2000, median year 195346805ZIP 46806: 10,282 homes, 96.3% built before 2000, median year 195746806ZIP 46808: 9,298 homes, 88.8% built before 2000, median year 195446808ZIP 46807: 7,182 homes, 96.3% built before 2000, median year 194446807ZIP 46802: 5,831 homes, 92.4% built before 2000, median year 195146802ZIP 46803: 4,634 homes, 92.1% built before 2000, median year 196046803ZIP 46835: 15,945 homes, 76.3% built before 2000, median year 198246835
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 46835. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
468153.6 S197492.1%
468254.6 W198978.3%
468055.4 SW195395.9%
468036.2 S196092.1%
468067.8 S195796.3%
468088.1 SW195488.8%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Allen County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Allen County Relatively Moderate overall (90.8 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (89.0), Relatively High for strong wind (97.6) and Relatively High for tornado (97.5). NOAA logged 73 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 46835: Muncie, IN (69 miles), South Bend, IN (73 miles), Kokomo, IN (73 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 46835?

Of the 15,945 housing units, 7,501 (47%) were built before 1980, 12,167 (76.3%) before 2000 and 1,609 (10.1%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 46835?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,501 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, 46806 (7.8 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.3%, against 76.3% in 46835.

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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