Home age in ZIP 54915, Appleton, WI: median built 1983

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 54915 in Appleton, WI: median home built 1983; 77.2% of homes (14,176) are older than 25 years and 7.8% (1,434) were built since 2010, out of 18,373 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 54915.

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Share of homes in ZIP 54915 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 5.1 percent; 1940s 5.1 percent; 1950s 7.5 percent; 1960s 9.6 percent; 1970s 19 percent; 1980s 14.3 percent; 1990s 16.6 percent; 2000s 15 percent; 2010s 6.9 percent; 2020+ 0.9 percentpre-1940: 937 homes, 5.1%5.1%pre-19401940s: 940 homes, 5.1%5.1%1940s1950s: 1,373 homes, 7.5%7.5%1950s1960s: 1,767 homes, 9.6%9.6%1960s1970s: 3,496 homes, 19.0%19%1970s1980s: 2,621 homes, 14.3%14.3%1980s1990s: 3,042 homes, 16.6%16.6%1990s2000s: 2,763 homes, 15.0%15%2000s2010s: 1,264 homes, 6.9%6.9%2010s2020+: 170 homes, 0.9%0.9%2020+Built 1999 or earlier: 77.2% of homes (14,176)ZIP 54915, built before 2000built 2000 or later

Share of the 18,373 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Calumet 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 54915 next to Appleton and Calumet County

IndicatorZIP 54915AppletonCalumet CountyRank among 2 ZIPs of Appleton on this site
Housing units18,37331,999no data
Median year built19831971no data
Built before 198046.3%66.2%no data
Built before 200077.2%no datano data
Built since 20107.8%no datano data
Owner-occupied homes72.6%66.7%no data
Single-family units76.1%73.3%no data
Median home value$247,900 (+/- $6,475)$211,500no data
Median household income$83,814 (+/- $4,479)$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 54915

BuiltShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 54915
2020+0.9%170
2010s6.9%1,264
2000s15.0%2,763
1990s16.6%3,042
1980s14.3%2,621
1970s19.0%3,496
1960s9.6%1,767
1950s7.5%1,373
1940s5.1%940
pre-19405.1%937

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 54915

ZIP 54915 has 18,373 housing units: 14,176 (77.2%) were built before 2000, 1,434 (7.8%) in 2010 or later, and 3,496 (19%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1983 (Appleton: 1971), so 12 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 72.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 76.1% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $247,900, give or take $6,475; median household income is $83,814, give or take $4,479; the ZIP holds 57.4% of the housing units the Census counts in Appleton, 18,373 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, 11,134 units (60.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 3,042 (16.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 2,763 (15%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,434 (7.8%, 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 54915

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 54915 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 54915 among Appleton’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 54915 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 54911: 11,171 homes, 96.2% built before 2000, median year 195754911ZIP 54915: 18,373 homes, 77.2% built before 2000, median year 198354915
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 54915. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
549112.9 N195796.2%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Calumet County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Calumet County Very Low overall (30.2 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (81.9), Relatively Low for strong wind (41.2) and Relatively Low for tornado (58.2).

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 54915: Oshkosh, WI (20 miles), Green Bay, WI (25 miles), Racine, WI (109 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 54915?

Of the 18,373 housing units, 8,513 (46.3%) were built before 1980, 14,176 (77.2%) before 2000 and 1,434 (7.8%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 54915?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 8,513 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, 54911 (2.9 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.2%, against 77.2% in 54915.

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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