Home age in ZIP 72209, Little Rock, AR: median built 1973

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 72209 in Little Rock, AR: median home built 1973; 92.2% of homes (12,785) are older than 25 years and 2.6% (360) were built since 2010, out of 13,863 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 72209.

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Share of homes in ZIP 72209 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.9 percent; 1940s 1.9 percent; 1950s 11.6 percent; 1960s 29.5 percent; 1970s 23.9 percent; 1980s 12.7 percent; 1990s 11.6 percent; 2000s 5.2 percent; 2010s 2.6 percent; 2020+ 0 percentpre-1940: 121 homes, 0.9%0.9%pre-1940Pulaski County: 5.0%1940s: 267 homes, 1.9%1.9%1940sPulaski County: 4.6%1950s: 1,615 homes, 11.6%11.6%1950sPulaski County: 8.4%1960s: 4,087 homes, 29.5%29.5%1960sPulaski County: 13.6%1970s: 3,320 homes, 23.9%23.9%1970sPulaski County: 18.4%1980s: 1,764 homes, 12.7%12.7%1980sPulaski County: 13.9%1990s: 1,611 homes, 11.6%11.6%1990sPulaski County: 11.9%2000s: 718 homes, 5.2%5.2%2000sPulaski County: 12.5%2010s: 360 homes, 2.6%2.6%2010sPulaski County: 10.8%2020+: 0 homes, 0.0%0%2020+Pulaski County: 0.9%Built 1999 or earlier: 92.2% of homes (12,785)ZIP 72209, built before 2000built 2000 or laterPulaski County

Share of the 13,863 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Pulaski 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 72209 next to Little Rock and Pulaski County

IndicatorZIP 72209Little RockPulaski CountyRank among 8 ZIPs of Little Rock on this site
Housing units13,86399,697192,0852nd of 8 largest
Median year built1973197819805th of 8 oldest
Built before 198067.9%53.3%50%
Built before 200092.2%no data75.8%2nd of 8 highest share
Built since 20102.6%no data11.7%
Owner-occupied homes43%54.2%57.7%7th of 8 highest share
Single-family units64.2%62%no data
Median home value$99,100 (+/- $6,769)$221,200$199,6008th of 8 highest
Median household income$40,267 (+/- $4,129)$60,583no data7th 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 72209

BuiltShare of Pulaski CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 72209
2020+0.9%0.0%0
2010s10.8%2.6%360
2000s12.5%5.2%718
1990s11.9%11.6%1,611
1980s13.9%12.7%1,764
1970s18.4%23.9%3,320
1960s13.6%29.5%4,087
1950s8.4%11.6%1,615
1940s4.6%1.9%267
pre-19405.0%0.9%121

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 72209

ZIP 72209 has 13,863 housing units: 12,785 (92.2%) were built before 2000, 360 (2.6%) in 2010 or later, and 4,087 (29.5%) in the 1960s, its largest era. The median year built is 1973 (Little Rock: 1978), so 5 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 43% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 64.2% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $99,100, give or take $6,769; median household income is $40,267, give or take $4,129; the ZIP holds 13.9% of the housing units the Census counts in Little Rock, 13,863 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, 11,174 units (80.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,611 (11.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 718 (5.2%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 360 (2.6%, 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 72209

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 72209 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 72209 among Little Rock’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 72209 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 72204: 14,570 homes, 83.6% built before 2000, median year 196972204ZIP 72205: 12,187 homes, 89% built before 2000, median year 196472205ZIP 72211: 12,009 homes, 69.4% built before 2000, median year 199172211ZIP 72202: 7,403 homes, 85.3% built before 2000, median year 196972202ZIP 72207: 5,800 homes, 89.7% built before 2000, median year 196072207ZIP 72227: 5,700 homes, 94.7% built before 2000, median year 197572227ZIP 72212: 5,469 homes, 89% built before 2000, median year 198372212ZIP 72209: 13,863 homes, 92.2% built before 2000, median year 197372209
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 72209. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
722042.6 N196983.6%
722054.7 N196489.0%
722116.2 NW199169.4%
722076.4 N196089.7%
722026.6 NE196985.3%
722276.8 N197594.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Pulaski County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Pulaski County Relatively High overall (96.8 of 100), Relatively High for hail (95.9), Relatively High for strong wind (96.5) and Very High for tornado (99.2). NOAA logged 114 hail reports in the county, on 44 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 72209: Conway, AR (29 miles), Jonesboro, AR (122 miles), Fort Smith, AR (126 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 72209?

Of the 13,863 housing units, 9,410 (67.9%) were built before 1980, 12,785 (92.2%) before 2000 and 360 (2.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 72209?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,410 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, 72227 (6.8 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 94.7%, against 92.2% in 72209.

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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