Home age in ZIP 52802, Davenport, IA: median built 1938

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 52802 in Davenport, IA: median home built 1938; 95.7% of homes (4,189) are older than 25 years and 3.3% (144) were built since 2010, out of 4,379 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 52802.

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Share of homes in ZIP 52802 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 58.6 percent; 1940s 10.3 percent; 1950s 14.7 percent; 1960s 4.3 percent; 1970s 3.7 percent; 1980s 1.8 percent; 1990s 2.3 percent; 2000s 1.1 percent; 2010s 3.3 percent; 2020+ 0 percentpre-1940: 2,564 homes, 58.6%58.6%pre-1940Scott County: 18.3%1940s: 453 homes, 10.3%10.3%1940sScott County: 4.8%1950s: 644 homes, 14.7%14.7%1950sScott County: 10.1%1960s: 188 homes, 4.3%4.3%1960sScott County: 13.1%1970s: 161 homes, 3.7%3.7%1970sScott County: 16.6%1980s: 80 homes, 1.8%1.8%1980sScott County: 7.5%1990s: 99 homes, 2.3%2.3%1990sScott County: 9.9%2000s: 46 homes, 1.1%1.1%2000sScott County: 11.0%2010s: 144 homes, 3.3%3.3%2010sScott County: 7.8%2020+: 0 homes, 0.0%0%2020+Scott County: 0.9%Built 1999 or earlier: 95.7% of homes (4,189)ZIP 52802, built before 2000built 2000 or laterScott County

Share of the 4,379 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Scott 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 52802 next to Davenport and Scott County

IndicatorZIP 52802DavenportScott CountyRank among 4 ZIPs of Davenport on this site
Housing units4,37947,17078,1303rd of 4 largest
Median year built1938196619721st of 4 oldest
Built before 198091.6%70.2%62.9%
Built before 200095.7%no data80.3%1st of 4 highest share
Built since 20103.3%no data8.7%
Owner-occupied homes71.8%63%69.6%1st of 4 highest share
Single-family units84.1%68.8%no data
Median home value$84,400 (+/- $5,223)$162,900$212,5003rd of 3 highest
Median household income$50,850 (+/- $7,066)$64,497no data3rd of 4 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 52802

BuiltShare of Scott CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 52802
2020+0.9%0.0%0
2010s7.8%3.3%144
2000s11.0%1.1%46
1990s9.9%2.3%99
1980s7.5%1.8%80
1970s16.6%3.7%161
1960s13.1%4.3%188
1950s10.1%14.7%644
1940s4.8%10.3%453
pre-194018.3%58.6%2,564

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 52802

ZIP 52802 has 4,379 housing units: 4,189 (95.7%) were built before 2000, 144 (3.3%) in 2010 or later, and 2,564 (58.6%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1938 (Davenport: 1966), so 28 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 71.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 84.1% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $84,400, give or take $5,223; median household income is $50,850, give or take $7,066; the ZIP holds 9.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Davenport, 4,379 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, 4,090 units (93.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 99 (2.3%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 46 (1.1%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 144 (3.3%, 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 52802

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 52802 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 52802 among Davenport’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 52802 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 52806: 12,092 homes, 81.4% built before 2000, median year 197752806ZIP 52803: 10,427 homes, 94.7% built before 2000, median year 193852803ZIP 52801: 1,162 homes, 93.2% built before 2000, median year 195452801ZIP 52802: 4,379 homes, 95.7% built before 2000, median year 193852802
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  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 52802. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
528013.7 NE195493.2%
528035.2 NE193894.7%
528066.6 N197781.4%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Scott County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Scott County Relatively Moderate overall (84.9 of 100), Relatively High for hail (96.1), Relatively High for strong wind (96.4) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (82.9). NOAA logged 128 hail reports in the county, on 23 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 52802: Iowa City, IA (48 miles), Cedar Rapids, IA (63 miles), Dubuque, IA (70 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 52802?

Of the 4,379 housing units, 4,010 (91.6%) were built before 1980, 4,189 (95.7%) before 2000 and 144 (3.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 52802?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,010 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 3 closest ZIP areas we cover, 52803 (5.2 miles NE) has the largest share built before 2000, 94.7%, against 95.7% in 52802.

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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