Home age in ZIP 63703, Cape Girardeau, MO: median built 1972

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 63703 in Cape Girardeau, MO: median home built 1972; 85.8% of homes (3,587) are older than 25 years and 5.6% (234) were built since 2010, out of 4,182 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 63703.

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Share of homes in ZIP 63703 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 24.1 percent; 1940s 4.9 percent; 1950s 11.2 percent; 1960s 6.8 percent; 1970s 14.2 percent; 1980s 13.4 percent; 1990s 11.2 percent; 2000s 8.6 percent; 2010s 5.3 percent; 2020+ 0.3 percentpre-1940: 1,009 homes, 24.1%24.1%pre-1940Cape Girardeau County: 9.6%1940s: 203 homes, 4.9%4.9%1940sCape Girardeau County: 3.4%1950s: 468 homes, 11.2%11.2%1950sCape Girardeau County: 7.4%1960s: 286 homes, 6.8%6.8%1960sCape Girardeau County: 10.1%1970s: 592 homes, 14.2%14.2%1970sCape Girardeau County: 17.0%1980s: 562 homes, 13.4%13.4%1980sCape Girardeau County: 12.5%1990s: 467 homes, 11.2%11.2%1990sCape Girardeau County: 16.6%2000s: 361 homes, 8.6%8.6%2000sCape Girardeau County: 12.5%2010s: 223 homes, 5.3%5.3%2010sCape Girardeau County: 9.6%2020+: 11 homes, 0.3%0.3%2020+Cape Girardeau County: 1.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 85.8% of homes (3,587)ZIP 63703, built before 2000built 2000 or laterCape Girardeau County

Share of the 4,182 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Cape Girardeau 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 63703 next to Cape Girardeau and Cape Girardeau County

IndicatorZIP 63703Cape GirardeauCape Girardeau CountyRank among 1 ZIPs of Cape Girardeau on this site
Housing units4,18218,59035,892
Median year built197219751982
Built before 198061.2%58.6%47.5%
Built before 200085.8%no data76.6%
Built since 20105.6%no data10.9%
Owner-occupied homes40.7%52.2%66%
Single-family units51.3%64.7%no data
Median home value$127,300 (+/- $22,898)$186,100$208,300
Median household income$36,909 (+/- $5,547)$54,870no 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 63703

BuiltShare of Cape Girardeau CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 63703
2020+1.3%0.3%11
2010s9.6%5.3%223
2000s12.5%8.6%361
1990s16.6%11.2%467
1980s12.5%13.4%562
1970s17.0%14.2%592
1960s10.1%6.8%286
1950s7.4%11.2%468
1940s3.4%4.9%203
pre-19409.6%24.1%1,009

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 63703

ZIP 63703 has 4,182 housing units: 3,587 (85.8%) were built before 2000, 234 (5.6%) in 2010 or later, and 1,009 (24.1%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1972 (Cape Girardeau: 1975), so 3 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 40.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 51.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $127,300, give or take $22,898; median household income is $36,909, give or take $5,547; the ZIP holds 22.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Cape Girardeau, 4,182 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, 3,120 units (74.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 467 (11.2%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 361 (8.6%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 234 (5.6%, 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 63703

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 63703 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 63703 among Cape Girardeau’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 63703 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 63703: 4,182 homes, 85.8% built before 2000, median year 197263703
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 63703. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Storm backdrop: Cape Girardeau County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Cape Girardeau County Relatively Moderate overall (85.7 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (73.2), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (75.3) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (77.6). NOAA logged 31 hail reports in the county, on 12 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 63703: Jonesboro, AR (118 miles), Evansville, IN (119 miles), Jackson, TN (122 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 63703?

Of the 4,182 housing units, 2,558 (61.2%) were built before 1980, 3,587 (85.8%) before 2000 and 234 (5.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 63703?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 2,558 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.

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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