Home age in ZIP 54911, Appleton, WI: median built 1957

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 54911 in Appleton, WI: median home built 1957; 96.2% of homes (10,742) are older than 25 years and 1.7% (195) were built since 2010, out of 11,171 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 54911.

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Share of homes in ZIP 54911 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 30.3 percent; 1940s 7.9 percent; 1950s 16.4 percent; 1960s 9.8 percent; 1970s 13.7 percent; 1980s 10.3 percent; 1990s 7.7 percent; 2000s 2.1 percent; 2010s 1.2 percent; 2020+ 0.5 percentpre-1940: 3,382 homes, 30.3%30.3%pre-1940Outagamie County: 15.3%1940s: 888 homes, 7.9%7.9%1940sOutagamie County: 4.5%1950s: 1,834 homes, 16.4%16.4%1950sOutagamie County: 8.9%1960s: 1,090 homes, 9.8%9.8%1960sOutagamie County: 8.4%1970s: 1,535 homes, 13.7%13.7%1970sOutagamie County: 14.3%1980s: 1,148 homes, 10.3%10.3%1980sOutagamie County: 11.6%1990s: 865 homes, 7.7%7.7%1990sOutagamie County: 13.5%2000s: 234 homes, 2.1%2.1%2000sOutagamie County: 14.3%2010s: 136 homes, 1.2%1.2%2010sOutagamie County: 7.9%2020+: 59 homes, 0.5%0.5%2020+Outagamie County: 1.2%Built 1999 or earlier: 96.2% of homes (10,742)ZIP 54911, built before 2000built 2000 or laterOutagamie County

Share of the 11,171 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Outagamie 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 54911 next to Appleton and Outagamie County

IndicatorZIP 54911AppletonOutagamie CountyRank among 2 ZIPs of Appleton on this site
Housing units11,17131,99979,900
Median year built195719711979
Built before 198078.1%66.2%51.5%
Built before 200096.2%no data76.6%
Built since 20101.7%no data9.1%
Owner-occupied homes59.5%66.7%71.7%
Single-family units66.9%73.3%no data
Median home value$199,100 (+/- $6,270)$211,500$244,100
Median household income$66,747 (+/- $5,137)$77,450no data

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 54911

BuiltShare of Outagamie CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 54911
2020+1.2%0.5%59
2010s7.9%1.2%136
2000s14.3%2.1%234
1990s13.5%7.7%865
1980s11.6%10.3%1,148
1970s14.3%13.7%1,535
1960s8.4%9.8%1,090
1950s8.9%16.4%1,834
1940s4.5%7.9%888
pre-194015.3%30.3%3,382

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 54911

ZIP 54911 has 11,171 housing units: 10,742 (96.2%) were built before 2000, 195 (1.7%) in 2010 or later, and 3,382 (30.3%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1957 (Appleton: 1971), so 14 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 59.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 66.9% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $199,100, give or take $6,270; median household income is $66,747, give or take $5,137; the ZIP holds 34.9% of the housing units the Census counts in Appleton, 11,171 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, 9,877 units (88.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 865 (7.7%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 234 (2.1%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 195 (1.7%, 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 54911

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 54911 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 54911 among Appleton’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 54911 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 54915: 18,373 homes, 77.2% built before 2000, median year 198354915ZIP 54911: 11,171 homes, 96.2% built before 2000, median year 195754911
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 54911. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
549152.9 S198377.2%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Outagamie County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Outagamie County Relatively Low overall (79.7 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (93.0), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (69.6) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (86.8). NOAA logged 68 hail reports in the county, on 13 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 54911: Oshkosh, WI (22 miles), Green Bay, WI (24 miles), Racine, WI (112 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 54911?

Of the 11,171 housing units, 8,729 (78.1%) were built before 1980, 10,742 (96.2%) before 2000 and 195 (1.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 54911?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 8,729 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 1 closest ZIP areas we cover, 54915 (2.9 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 77.2%, against 96.2% in 54911.

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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