Home age in ZIP 47714, Evansville, IN: median built 1958

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 47714 in Evansville, IN: median home built 1958; 95.2% of homes (15,278) are older than 25 years and 2.6% (412) were built since 2010, out of 16,040 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 47714.

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Share of homes in ZIP 47714 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 16.1 percent; 1940s 14.5 percent; 1950s 24.9 percent; 1960s 9.7 percent; 1970s 19 percent; 1980s 8 percent; 1990s 3.1 percent; 2000s 2.2 percent; 2010s 2.4 percent; 2020+ 0.1 percentpre-1940: 2,581 homes, 16.1%16.1%pre-1940Vanderburgh County: 17.2%1940s: 2,322 homes, 14.5%14.5%1940sVanderburgh County: 8.8%1950s: 3,986 homes, 24.9%24.9%1950sVanderburgh County: 15.4%1960s: 1,558 homes, 9.7%9.7%1960sVanderburgh County: 8.8%1970s: 3,053 homes, 19.0%19%1970sVanderburgh County: 13.6%1980s: 1,286 homes, 8.0%8%1980sVanderburgh County: 10.4%1990s: 492 homes, 3.1%3.1%1990sVanderburgh County: 9.3%2000s: 350 homes, 2.2%2.2%2000sVanderburgh County: 10.0%2010s: 390 homes, 2.4%2.4%2010sVanderburgh County: 5.7%2020+: 22 homes, 0.1%0.1%2020+Vanderburgh County: 0.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 95.2% of homes (15,278)ZIP 47714, built before 2000built 2000 or laterVanderburgh County

Share of the 16,040 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Vanderburgh 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 47714 next to Evansville and Vanderburgh County

IndicatorZIP 47714EvansvilleVanderburgh CountyRank among 5 ZIPs of Evansville on this site
Housing units16,04058,78584,8091st of 5 largest
Median year built1958196019702nd of 5 oldest
Built before 198084.2%74%63.8%
Built before 200095.2%no data83.5%1st of 5 highest share
Built since 20102.6%no data6.4%
Owner-occupied homes58.5%53.9%64.5%2nd of 5 highest share
Single-family units72%66.9%no data
Median home value$124,800 (+/- $7,207)$129,100$172,3004th of 5 highest
Median household income$54,614 (+/- $3,901)$52,251no data3rd 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 47714

BuiltShare of Vanderburgh CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 47714
2020+0.7%0.1%22
2010s5.7%2.4%390
2000s10.0%2.2%350
1990s9.3%3.1%492
1980s10.4%8.0%1,286
1970s13.6%19.0%3,053
1960s8.8%9.7%1,558
1950s15.4%24.9%3,986
1940s8.8%14.5%2,322
pre-194017.2%16.1%2,581

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 47714

ZIP 47714 has 16,040 housing units: 15,278 (95.2%) were built before 2000, 412 (2.6%) in 2010 or later, and 3,986 (24.9%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1958 (Evansville: 1960), so 2 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 58.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 72% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $124,800, give or take $7,207; median household income is $54,614, give or take $3,901; the ZIP holds 27.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Evansville, 16,040 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, 14,786 units (92.2%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 492 (3.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 350 (2.2%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 412 (2.6%, 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 47714

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 47714 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 47714 among Evansville’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 47714 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 47711: 14,487 homes, 87% built before 2000, median year 196147711ZIP 47715: 14,451 homes, 82.1% built before 2000, median year 198347715ZIP 47710: 9,119 homes, 90.7% built before 2000, median year 196247710ZIP 47713: 5,507 homes, 88.5% built before 2000, median year 194147713ZIP 47714: 16,040 homes, 95.2% built before 2000, median year 195847714
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 47714. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
477131.9 W194188.5%
477152.5 NE198382.1%
477114.1 N196187.0%
477105.6 NW196290.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Vanderburgh County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Vanderburgh County Relatively Moderate overall (91.3 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (82.9), Relatively High for strong wind (95.9) and Relatively High for tornado (95.9). NOAA logged 21 hail reports in the county, on 10 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 47714: Clarksville, TN (99 miles), Bloomington, IN (99 miles), Terre Haute, IN (104 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 47714?

Of the 16,040 housing units, 13,500 (84.2%) were built before 1980, 15,278 (95.2%) before 2000 and 412 (2.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 47714?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 13,500 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, 47710 (5.6 miles NW) has the largest share built before 2000, 90.7%, against 95.2% in 47714.

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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