Home age in ZIP 68512, Lincoln, NE: median built 2000

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 68512 in Lincoln, NE: median home built 2000; 50.2% of homes (2,960) are older than 25 years and 18.7% (1,104) were built since 2010, out of 5,898 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 68512.

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Share of homes in ZIP 68512 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 1.2 percent; 1940s 0.8 percent; 1950s 0.5 percent; 1960s 3.9 percent; 1970s 23.6 percent; 1980s 10.1 percent; 1990s 10.1 percent; 2000s 31.1 percent; 2010s 18 percent; 2020+ 0.7 percentpre-1940: 72 homes, 1.2%1.2%pre-1940Lancaster County: 12.5%1940s: 46 homes, 0.8%0.8%1940sLancaster County: 3.1%1950s: 29 homes, 0.5%0.5%1950sLancaster County: 9.6%1960s: 228 homes, 3.9%3.9%1960sLancaster County: 8.8%1970s: 1,391 homes, 23.6%23.6%1970sLancaster County: 14.7%1980s: 598 homes, 10.1%10.1%1980sLancaster County: 9.8%1990s: 596 homes, 10.1%10.1%1990sLancaster County: 13.7%2000s: 1,834 homes, 31.1%31.1%2000sLancaster County: 14.5%2010s: 1,061 homes, 18.0%18%2010sLancaster County: 12.2%2020+: 43 homes, 0.7%0.7%2020+Lancaster County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 50.2% of homes (2,960)ZIP 68512, built before 2000built 2000 or laterLancaster County

Share of the 5,898 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 68512 next to Lincoln and Lancaster County

IndicatorZIP 68512LincolnLancaster CountyRank among 11 ZIPs of Lincoln on this site
Housing units5,898126,403138,23211th of 11 largest
Median year built20001981198111th of 11 oldest
Built before 198029.9%49.2%48.6%
Built before 200050.2%no data72.1%11th of 11 highest share
Built since 201018.7%no data13.4%
Owner-occupied homes65.1%55.8%58.8%3rd of 11 highest share
Single-family units69.5%63.6%no data
Median home value$295,900 (+/- $11,165)$248,200$258,9002nd of 11 highest
Median household income$101,828 (+/- $6,253)$69,991no data1st 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 68512

BuiltShare of Lancaster CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 68512
2020+1.1%0.7%43
2010s12.2%18.0%1,061
2000s14.5%31.1%1,834
1990s13.7%10.1%596
1980s9.8%10.1%598
1970s14.7%23.6%1,391
1960s8.8%3.9%228
1950s9.6%0.5%29
1940s3.1%0.8%46
pre-194012.5%1.2%72

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 68512

ZIP 68512 has 5,898 housing units: 2,960 (50.2%) were built before 2000, 1,104 (18.7%) in 2010 or later, and 1,834 (31.1%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 2000 (Lincoln: 1981), so 19 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 65.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 69.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $295,900, give or take $11,165; median household income is $101,828, give or take $6,253; the ZIP holds 4.7% of the housing units the Census counts in Lincoln, 5,898 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, 2,364 units (40.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 596 (10.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,834 (31.1%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,104 (18.7%, 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 68512

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 68512 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 68512 among Lincoln’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 68512 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 68505: 7,961 homes, 79% built before 2000, median year 197568505ZIP 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 200068512
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 68512. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
685023.2 N194896.5%
685163.3 E199660.7%
685064.7 NE197289.2%
685085.6 N196479.2%
685105.7 NE196094.8%
685036.2 N196189.5%

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 68512: Bellevue, NE (51 miles), Omaha, NE (52 miles), Council Bluffs, IA (57 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 68512?

Of the 5,898 housing units, 1,766 (29.9%) were built before 1980, 2,960 (50.2%) before 2000 and 1,104 (18.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 68512?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 1,766 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, 68502 (3.2 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.5%, against 50.2% in 68512.

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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