Home age in ZIP 68505, Lincoln, NE: median built 1975

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 68505 in Lincoln, NE: median home built 1975; 79% of homes (6,291) are older than 25 years and 7.2% (574) were built since 2010, out of 7,961 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 68505.

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Share of homes in ZIP 68505 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 4.2 percent; 1940s 1.1 percent; 1950s 15.3 percent; 1960s 22.1 percent; 1970s 15.7 percent; 1980s 8 percent; 1990s 12.6 percent; 2000s 13.8 percent; 2010s 6.5 percent; 2020+ 0.7 percentpre-1940: 338 homes, 4.2%4.2%pre-1940Lancaster County: 12.5%1940s: 88 homes, 1.1%1.1%1940sLancaster County: 3.1%1950s: 1,218 homes, 15.3%15.3%1950sLancaster County: 9.6%1960s: 1,757 homes, 22.1%22.1%1960sLancaster County: 8.8%1970s: 1,250 homes, 15.7%15.7%1970sLancaster County: 14.7%1980s: 633 homes, 8.0%8%1980sLancaster County: 9.8%1990s: 1,007 homes, 12.6%12.6%1990sLancaster County: 13.7%2000s: 1,096 homes, 13.8%13.8%2000sLancaster County: 14.5%2010s: 519 homes, 6.5%6.5%2010sLancaster County: 12.2%2020+: 55 homes, 0.7%0.7%2020+Lancaster County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 79% of homes (6,291)ZIP 68505, built before 2000built 2000 or laterLancaster County

Share of the 7,961 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Lancaster 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 68505 next to Lincoln and Lancaster County

IndicatorZIP 68505LincolnLancaster CountyRank among 11 ZIPs of Lincoln on this site
Housing units7,961126,403138,2327th of 11 largest
Median year built1975198119816th of 11 oldest
Built before 198058.4%49.2%48.6%
Built before 200079%no data72.1%6th of 11 highest share
Built since 20107.2%no data13.4%
Owner-occupied homes56.4%55.8%58.8%6th of 11 highest share
Single-family units64.7%63.6%no data
Median home value$216,600 (+/- $9,177)$248,200$258,9007th of 11 highest
Median household income$71,966 (+/- $3,257)$69,991no data3rd of 11 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 68505

BuiltShare of Lancaster CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 68505
2020+1.1%0.7%55
2010s12.2%6.5%519
2000s14.5%13.8%1,096
1990s13.7%12.6%1,007
1980s9.8%8.0%633
1970s14.7%15.7%1,250
1960s8.8%22.1%1,757
1950s9.6%15.3%1,218
1940s3.1%1.1%88
pre-194012.5%4.2%338

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 68505

ZIP 68505 has 7,961 housing units: 6,291 (79%) were built before 2000, 574 (7.2%) in 2010 or later, and 1,757 (22.1%) in the 1960s, its largest era. The median year built is 1975 (Lincoln: 1981), so 6 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 56.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 64.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $216,600, give or take $9,177; median household income is $71,966, give or take $3,257; the ZIP holds 6.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Lincoln, 7,961 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, 5,284 units (66.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,007 (12.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,096 (13.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 574 (7.2%, 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 68505

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 68505 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 68505 among Lincoln’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 68505 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 68516: 19,549 homes, 60.7% built before 2000, median year 199668516ZIP 68521: 15,657 homes, 61.5% built before 2000, median year 199568521ZIP 68506: 13,044 homes, 89.2% built before 2000, median year 197268506ZIP 68502: 11,936 homes, 96.5% built before 2000, median year 194868502ZIP 68510: 9,871 homes, 94.8% built before 2000, median year 196068510ZIP 68504: 8,793 homes, 76.2% built before 2000, median year 197868504ZIP 68507: 7,144 homes, 75.8% built before 2000, median year 197568507ZIP 68508: 7,076 homes, 79.2% built before 2000, median year 196468508ZIP 68503: 6,851 homes, 89.5% built before 2000, median year 196168503ZIP 68512: 5,898 homes, 50.2% built before 2000, median year 200068512ZIP 68505: 7,961 homes, 79% built before 2000, median year 197568505
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 68505. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
685102.1 SW196094.8%
685072.4 N197575.8%
685033.0 W196189.5%
685063.1 SW197289.2%
685043.1 NW197876.2%
685084.7 W196479.2%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Lancaster County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Lancaster County Relatively Moderate overall (90.7 of 100), Relatively High for hail (98.8), Very High for strong wind (99.2) and Relatively High for tornado (98.8). NOAA logged 186 hail reports in the county, on 49 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 68505: Bellevue, NE (43 miles), Omaha, NE (44 miles), Council Bluffs, IA (50 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 68505?

Of the 7,961 housing units, 4,651 (58.4%) were built before 1980, 6,291 (79%) before 2000 and 574 (7.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 68505?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,651 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, 68510 (2.1 miles SW) has the largest share built before 2000, 94.8%, against 79% in 68505.

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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