Home age in ZIP 76708, Waco, TX: median built 1973

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 76708 in Waco, TX: median home built 1973; 75.2% of homes (8,456) are older than 25 years and 13.4% (1,501) were built since 2010, out of 11,241 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 76708.

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Share of homes in ZIP 76708 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 5.7 percent; 1940s 10.2 percent; 1950s 20.7 percent; 1960s 9.8 percent; 1970s 13.1 percent; 1980s 9.8 percent; 1990s 5.9 percent; 2000s 11.4 percent; 2010s 11.6 percent; 2020+ 1.7 percentpre-1940: 641 homes, 5.7%5.7%pre-1940McLennan County: 4.8%1940s: 1,150 homes, 10.2%10.2%1940sMcLennan County: 4.1%1950s: 2,327 homes, 20.7%20.7%1950sMcLennan County: 12.4%1960s: 1,099 homes, 9.8%9.8%1960sMcLennan County: 11.3%1970s: 1,476 homes, 13.1%13.1%1970sMcLennan County: 15.2%1980s: 1,096 homes, 9.8%9.8%1980sMcLennan County: 14.5%1990s: 667 homes, 5.9%5.9%1990sMcLennan County: 11.2%2000s: 1,284 homes, 11.4%11.4%2000sMcLennan County: 11.7%2010s: 1,306 homes, 11.6%11.6%2010sMcLennan County: 13.6%2020+: 195 homes, 1.7%1.7%2020+McLennan County: 1.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 75.2% of homes (8,456)ZIP 76708, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMcLennan County

Share of the 11,241 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are McLennan 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 76708 next to Waco and McLennan County

IndicatorZIP 76708WacoMcLennan CountyRank among 6 ZIPs of Waco on this site
Housing units11,24160,256107,1942nd of 6 largest
Median year built1973197719826th of 6 oldest
Built before 198059.5%53.9%47.8%
Built before 200075.2%no data73.4%4th of 6 highest share
Built since 201013.4%no data14.9%
Owner-occupied homes69.1%48.9%61.2%1st of 6 highest share
Single-family units83.8%61.6%no data
Median home value$204,600 (+/- $13,341)$199,600$219,2002nd of 5 highest
Median household income$66,764 (+/- $5,174)$51,468no data1st of 6 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 76708

BuiltShare of McLennan CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 76708
2020+1.3%1.7%195
2010s13.6%11.6%1,306
2000s11.7%11.4%1,284
1990s11.2%5.9%667
1980s14.5%9.8%1,096
1970s15.2%13.1%1,476
1960s11.3%9.8%1,099
1950s12.4%20.7%2,327
1940s4.1%10.2%1,150
pre-19404.8%5.7%641

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 76708

ZIP 76708 has 11,241 housing units: 8,456 (75.2%) were built before 2000, 1,501 (13.4%) in 2010 or later, and 2,327 (20.7%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1973 (Waco: 1977), so 4 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 69.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 83.8% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $204,600, give or take $13,341; median household income is $66,764, give or take $5,174; the ZIP holds 18.7% of the housing units the Census counts in Waco, 11,241 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, 7,789 units (69.3%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 667 (5.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,284 (11.4%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 1,501 (13.4%, 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 76708

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.

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–of homes in ZIP 76708 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 76708 among Waco’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 76708 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 76710: 12,391 homes, 93.2% built before 2000, median year 196976710ZIP 76707: 6,678 homes, 87.8% built before 2000, median year 195976707ZIP 76711: 4,143 homes, 65% built before 2000, median year 196576711ZIP 76704: 3,703 homes, 83.2% built before 2000, median year 197076704ZIP 76701: 1,029 homes, 58.8% built before 2000, median year 196576701ZIP 76708: 11,241 homes, 75.2% built before 2000, median year 197376708
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 76708. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
767076.1 SE195987.8%
767106.2 S196993.2%
767046.5 SE197083.2%
767016.9 SE196558.8%
767118.7 SE196565.0%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: McLennan County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates McLennan County Relatively Moderate overall (91.2 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (90.0), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (66.0) and Relatively High for tornado (98.8). NOAA logged 137 hail reports in the county, on 35 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.

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 76708?

Of the 11,241 housing units, 6,693 (59.5%) were built before 1980, 8,456 (75.2%) before 2000 and 1,501 (13.4%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 76708?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,693 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 5 closest ZIP areas we cover, 76710 (6.2 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 93.2%, against 75.2% in 76708.

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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