Home age in ZIP 71118, Shreveport, LA: median built 1977

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 71118 in Shreveport, LA: median home built 1977; 90.3% of homes (9,098) are older than 25 years and 3.3% (336) were built since 2010, out of 10,078 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 71118.

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Share of homes in ZIP 71118 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.4 percent; 1940s 0.5 percent; 1950s 9.1 percent; 1960s 17 percent; 1970s 33.8 percent; 1980s 15.8 percent; 1990s 13.8 percent; 2000s 6.4 percent; 2010s 3.1 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 36 homes, 0.4%0.4%pre-1940Caddo Parish: 5.1%1940s: 48 homes, 0.5%0.5%1940sCaddo Parish: 5.3%1950s: 916 homes, 9.1%9.1%1950sCaddo Parish: 13.2%1960s: 1,715 homes, 17.0%17%1960sCaddo Parish: 15.9%1970s: 3,407 homes, 33.8%33.8%1970sCaddo Parish: 20.0%1980s: 1,590 homes, 15.8%15.8%1980sCaddo Parish: 14.5%1990s: 1,386 homes, 13.8%13.8%1990sCaddo Parish: 9.1%2000s: 644 homes, 6.4%6.4%2000sCaddo Parish: 10.3%2010s: 314 homes, 3.1%3.1%2010sCaddo Parish: 6.4%2020+: 22 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Caddo Parish: 0.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 90.3% of homes (9,098)ZIP 71118, built before 2000built 2000 or laterCaddo Parish

Share of the 10,078 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Caddo Parish. This counts houses, not roofs: a roof is replaced several times in the life of a house, and no federal survey records when.

ZIP 71118 next to Shreveport and Caddo Parish

IndicatorZIP 71118ShreveportCaddo ParishRank among 8 ZIPs of Shreveport on this site
Housing units10,07890,295112,5683rd of 8 largest
Median year built1977197319758th of 8 oldest
Built before 198060.7%64.6%59.4%
Built before 200090.3%no data83%5th of 8 highest share
Built since 20103.3%no data6.7%
Owner-occupied homes60.7%53.8%60.6%2nd of 8 highest share
Single-family units69.7%71%no data
Median home value$168,600 (+/- $9,521)$178,100$175,9003rd of 8 highest
Median household income$56,952 (+/- $5,484)$48,465no data3rd of 8 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 71118

BuiltShare of Caddo ParishShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 71118
2020+0.3%0.2%22
2010s6.4%3.1%314
2000s10.3%6.4%644
1990s9.1%13.8%1,386
1980s14.5%15.8%1,590
1970s20.0%33.8%3,407
1960s15.9%17.0%1,715
1950s13.2%9.1%916
1940s5.3%0.5%48
pre-19405.1%0.4%36

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 71118

ZIP 71118 has 10,078 housing units: 9,098 (90.3%) were built before 2000, 336 (3.3%) in 2010 or later, and 3,407 (33.8%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1977 (Shreveport: 1973), so 4 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 60.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 69.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $168,600, give or take $9,521; median household income is $56,952, give or take $5,484; the ZIP holds 11.2% of the housing units the Census counts in Shreveport, 10,078 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, 7,712 units (76.5%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,386 (13.8%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 644 (6.4%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 336 (3.3%, 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 71118

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 71118 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 71118 among Shreveport’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 71118 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 71106: 15,415 homes, 77.9% built before 2000, median year 197671106ZIP 71105: 11,139 homes, 76.2% built before 2000, median year 197371105ZIP 71109: 9,099 homes, 94.4% built before 2000, median year 196771109ZIP 71108: 8,341 homes, 96.1% built before 2000, median year 196671108ZIP 71104: 7,160 homes, 88.8% built before 2000, median year 195771104ZIP 71101: 4,548 homes, 90.5% built before 2000, median year 196071101ZIP 71103: 3,264 homes, 93.5% built before 2000, median year 196271103ZIP 71118: 10,078 homes, 90.3% built before 2000, median year 197771118
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 71118. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
711083.5 N196696.1%
711064.0 E197677.9%
711095.2 N196794.4%
711056.9 NE197376.2%
711037.0 N196293.5%
711047.5 NE195788.8%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Caddo Parish

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Caddo Parish Relatively Moderate overall (92.6 of 100), Relatively High for hail (98.1), Very High for strong wind (98.1) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (89.8). NOAA logged 138 hail reports in the county, on 31 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 71118: Bossier City, LA (9 miles), Longview, TX (55 miles), Texarkana, TX (73 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 71118?

Of the 10,078 housing units, 6,122 (60.7%) were built before 1980, 9,098 (90.3%) before 2000 and 336 (3.3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 71118?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,122 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, 71108 (3.5 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.1%, against 90.3% in 71118.

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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