Home age in ZIP 68516, Lincoln, NE: median built 1996

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 68516 in Lincoln, NE: median home built 1996; 60.7% of homes (11,872) are older than 25 years and 20.6% (4,028) were built since 2010, out of 19,549 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 68516.

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Share of homes in ZIP 68516 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.6 percent; 1940s 0.4 percent; 1950s 1.9 percent; 1960s 3.9 percent; 1970s 14.2 percent; 1980s 15.8 percent; 1990s 23.9 percent; 2000s 18.7 percent; 2010s 18.8 percent; 2020+ 1.8 percentpre-1940: 114 homes, 0.6%0.6%pre-1940Lancaster County: 12.5%1940s: 82 homes, 0.4%0.4%1940sLancaster County: 3.1%1950s: 370 homes, 1.9%1.9%1950sLancaster County: 9.6%1960s: 760 homes, 3.9%3.9%1960sLancaster County: 8.8%1970s: 2,767 homes, 14.2%14.2%1970sLancaster County: 14.7%1980s: 3,098 homes, 15.8%15.8%1980sLancaster County: 9.8%1990s: 4,681 homes, 23.9%23.9%1990sLancaster County: 13.7%2000s: 3,649 homes, 18.7%18.7%2000sLancaster County: 14.5%2010s: 3,671 homes, 18.8%18.8%2010sLancaster County: 12.2%2020+: 357 homes, 1.8%1.8%2020+Lancaster County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 60.7% of homes (11,872)ZIP 68516, built before 2000built 2000 or laterLancaster County

Share of the 19,549 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 68516 next to Lincoln and Lancaster County

IndicatorZIP 68516LincolnLancaster CountyRank among 11 ZIPs of Lincoln on this site
Housing units19,549126,403138,2321st of 11 largest
Median year built19961981198110th of 11 oldest
Built before 198020.9%49.2%48.6%
Built before 200060.7%no data72.1%10th of 11 highest share
Built since 201020.6%no data13.4%
Owner-occupied homes69.8%55.8%58.8%1st of 11 highest share
Single-family units74.2%63.6%no data
Median home value$331,600 (+/- $8,334)$248,200$258,9001st of 11 highest
Median household income$100,093 (+/- $4,545)$69,991no data2nd 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 68516

BuiltShare of Lancaster CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 68516
2020+1.1%1.8%357
2010s12.2%18.8%3,671
2000s14.5%18.7%3,649
1990s13.7%23.9%4,681
1980s9.8%15.8%3,098
1970s14.7%14.2%2,767
1960s8.8%3.9%760
1950s9.6%1.9%370
1940s3.1%0.4%82
pre-194012.5%0.6%114

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 68516

ZIP 68516 has 19,549 housing units: 11,872 (60.7%) were built before 2000, 4,028 (20.6%) in 2010 or later, and 4,681 (23.9%) in the 1990s, its largest era. The median year built is 1996 (Lincoln: 1981), so 15 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 69.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 74.2% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $331,600, give or take $8,334; median household income is $100,093, give or take $4,545; the ZIP holds 15.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Lincoln, 19,549 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, 7,191 units (36.8%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 4,681 (23.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 3,649 (18.7%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 4,028 (20.6%, 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 68516

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 68516 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 68516 among Lincoln’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 68516 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 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 200068512ZIP 68516: 19,549 homes, 60.7% built before 2000, median year 199668516
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 68516. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
685123.3 W200050.2%
685063.4 N197289.2%
685024.5 NW194896.5%
685105.0 N196094.8%
685056.3 N197579.0%
685036.4 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 68516: Bellevue, NE (48 miles), Omaha, NE (49 miles), Council Bluffs, IA (55 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 68516?

Of the 19,549 housing units, 4,093 (20.9%) were built before 1980, 11,872 (60.7%) before 2000 and 4,028 (20.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 68516?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,093 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 (4.5 miles NW) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.5%, against 60.7% in 68516.

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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