Home age in ZIP 68117, Omaha, NE: median built 1959

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 68117 in Omaha, NE: median home built 1959; 93.4% of homes (3,042) are older than 25 years and 4.2% (136) were built since 2010, out of 3,258 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 68117.

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Share of homes in ZIP 68117 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 16 percent; 1940s 6.8 percent; 1950s 28.7 percent; 1960s 20.3 percent; 1970s 9.9 percent; 1980s 6.1 percent; 1990s 5.6 percent; 2000s 2.5 percent; 2010s 3.3 percent; 2020+ 0.9 percentpre-1940: 520 homes, 16.0%16%pre-1940Douglas County: 15.9%1940s: 223 homes, 6.8%6.8%1940sDouglas County: 3.7%1950s: 934 homes, 28.7%28.7%1950sDouglas County: 9.3%1960s: 662 homes, 20.3%20.3%1960sDouglas County: 12.5%1970s: 321 homes, 9.9%9.9%1970sDouglas County: 13.7%1980s: 200 homes, 6.1%6.1%1980sDouglas County: 9.9%1990s: 182 homes, 5.6%5.6%1990sDouglas County: 10.9%2000s: 80 homes, 2.5%2.5%2000sDouglas County: 12.4%2010s: 106 homes, 3.3%3.3%2010sDouglas County: 10.5%2020+: 30 homes, 0.9%0.9%2020+Douglas County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 93.4% of homes (3,042)ZIP 68117, built before 2000built 2000 or laterDouglas County

Share of the 3,258 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Douglas 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 68117 next to Omaha and Douglas County

IndicatorZIP 68117OmahaDouglas CountyRank among 22 ZIPs of Omaha on this site
Housing units3,258211,640248,69222nd of 22 largest
Median year built19591972197610th of 22 oldest
Built before 198081.6%61.8%55.2%
Built before 200093.4%no data76%4th of 22 highest share
Built since 20104.2%no data11.6%
Owner-occupied homes77.6%57.7%61.7%4th of 22 highest share
Single-family units94.8%66.9%no data
Median home value$157,500 (+/- $19,606)$230,100$245,80018th of 22 highest
Median household income$73,860 (+/- $8,692)$72,708no data10th of 22 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 68117

BuiltShare of Douglas CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 68117
2020+1.1%0.9%30
2010s10.5%3.3%106
2000s12.4%2.5%80
1990s10.9%5.6%182
1980s9.9%6.1%200
1970s13.7%9.9%321
1960s12.5%20.3%662
1950s9.3%28.7%934
1940s3.7%6.8%223
pre-194015.9%16.0%520

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 68117

ZIP 68117 has 3,258 housing units: 3,042 (93.4%) were built before 2000, 136 (4.2%) in 2010 or later, and 934 (28.7%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1959 (Omaha: 1972), so 13 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 77.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 94.8% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $157,500, give or take $19,606; median household income is $73,860, give or take $8,692; the ZIP holds 1.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Omaha, 3,258 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, 2,860 units (87.8%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 182 (5.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 80 (2.5%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 136 (4.2%, 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 68117

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.

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–of homes in ZIP 68117 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 68117 among Omaha’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 68117 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 68104: 16,330 homes, 93.3% built before 2000, median year 1956ZIP 68134: 13,920 homes, 96% built before 2000, median year 1971ZIP 68164: 12,514 homes, 82.5% built before 2000, median year 1989ZIP 68144: 11,209 homes, 94.5% built before 2000, median year 1974ZIP 68106: 10,935 homes, 84% built before 2000, median year 196068106ZIP 68154: 10,846 homes, 93.1% built before 2000, median year 1982ZIP 68137: 10,834 homes, 83.9% built before 2000, median year 1979ZIP 68135: 10,657 homes, 42% built before 2000, median year 2002ZIP 68105: 10,633 homes, 91.3% built before 2000, median year 1946ZIP 68127: 10,435 homes, 89.2% built before 2000, median year 197768127ZIP 68107: 10,253 homes, 93.4% built before 2000, median year 194568107ZIP 68111: 9,729 homes, 88.8% built before 2000, median year 1948ZIP 68114: 8,437 homes, 93% built before 2000, median year 1972ZIP 68130: 8,427 homes, 51% built before 2000, median year 1999ZIP 68131: 7,861 homes, 79.5% built before 2000, median year 1958ZIP 68124: 6,941 homes, 91.3% built before 2000, median year 1964ZIP 68132: 6,856 homes, 93.8% built before 2000, median year 1952ZIP 68108: 6,084 homes, 91.3% built before 2000, median year 1938ZIP 68102: 5,922 homes, 71.9% built before 2000, median year 1951ZIP 68147: 4,641 homes, 87.3% built before 2000, median year 1968ZIP 68118: 3,670 homes, 67.8% built before 2000, median year 1996ZIP 68110: 3,545 homes, 74% built before 2000, median year 1950ZIP 68157: 2,129 homes, 90% built before 2000, median year 197768157ZIP 68117: 3,258 homes, 93.4% built before 2000, median year 195968117
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 68117. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
681572.0 S197790.0%
681062.2 N196084.0%
681272.6 W197789.2%
681072.7 E194593.4%
681053.1 NE194691.3%
681473.2 SE196887.3%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Douglas County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Douglas County Relatively High overall (95.9 of 100), Very High for hail (99.5), Very High for strong wind (99.5) and Very High for tornado (99.4). NOAA logged 198 hail reports in the county, on 39 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 68117: Bellevue, NE (7 miles), Council Bluffs, IA (8 miles), Lincoln, NE (46 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 68117?

Of the 3,258 housing units, 2,660 (81.6%) were built before 1980, 3,042 (93.4%) before 2000 and 136 (4.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 68117?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 2,660 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 6 closest ZIP areas we cover, 68107 (2.7 miles E) has the largest share built before 2000, 93.4%, against 93.4% in 68117.

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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