Home age in ZIP 77029, Houston, TX: median built 1957

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 77029 in Houston, TX: median home built 1957; 92.2% of homes (5,890) are older than 25 years and 3% (190) were built since 2010, out of 6,386 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 77029.

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Share of homes in ZIP 77029 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 3.1 percent; 1940s 19.6 percent; 1950s 40.1 percent; 1960s 15.4 percent; 1970s 4.5 percent; 1980s 4.1 percent; 1990s 5.3 percent; 2000s 4.8 percent; 2010s 1.9 percent; 2020+ 1.1 percentpre-1940: 201 homes, 3.1%3.1%pre-1940Harris County: 2.6%1940s: 1,254 homes, 19.6%19.6%1940sHarris County: 2.6%1950s: 2,558 homes, 40.1%40.1%1950sHarris County: 6.8%1960s: 986 homes, 15.4%15.4%1960sHarris County: 9.1%1970s: 290 homes, 4.5%4.5%1970sHarris County: 17.0%1980s: 264 homes, 4.1%4.1%1980sHarris County: 15.6%1990s: 337 homes, 5.3%5.3%1990sHarris County: 11.7%2000s: 306 homes, 4.8%4.8%2000sHarris County: 17.7%2010s: 119 homes, 1.9%1.9%2010sHarris County: 15.2%2020+: 71 homes, 1.1%1.1%2020+Harris County: 1.7%Built 1999 or earlier: 92.2% of homes (5,890)ZIP 77029, built before 2000built 2000 or laterHarris County

Share of the 6,386 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Harris 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 77029 next to Houston and Harris County

IndicatorZIP 77029HoustonHarris CountyRank among 71 ZIPs of Houston on this site
Housing units6,3861,023,1121,884,60766th of 71 largest
Median year built1957198119884th of 71 oldest
Built before 198082.8%48.3%38.1%
Built before 200092.2%no data65.4%5th of 71 highest share
Built since 20103%no data16.9%
Owner-occupied homes68.8%42%54.8%6th of 71 highest share
Single-family units84.4%47.9%no data
Median home value$115,400 (+/- $6,209)$253,400$255,00067th of 71 highest
Median household income$49,601 (+/- $5,367)$62,894no data48th of 71 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 77029

BuiltShare of Harris CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 77029
2020+1.7%1.1%71
2010s15.2%1.9%119
2000s17.7%4.8%306
1990s11.7%5.3%337
1980s15.6%4.1%264
1970s17.0%4.5%290
1960s9.1%15.4%986
1950s6.8%40.1%2,558
1940s2.6%19.6%1,254
pre-19402.6%3.1%201

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 77029

ZIP 77029 has 6,386 housing units: 5,890 (92.2%) were built before 2000, 190 (3%) in 2010 or later, and 2,558 (40.1%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1957 (Houston: 1981), so 24 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 68.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 84.4% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $115,400, give or take $6,209; median household income is $49,601, give or take $5,367; the ZIP holds 0.6% of the housing units the Census counts in Houston, 6,386 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, 5,553 units (87%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 337 (5.3%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 306 (4.8%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 190 (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 77029

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 77029 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 77029 among Houston’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 77029 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 77084: 39,087 homes, 58.8% built before 2000, median year 1995ZIP 77077: 32,911 homes, 70.3% built before 2000, median year 1988ZIP 77036: 30,508 homes, 91.6% built before 2000, median year 1977ZIP 77007: 26,281 homes, 26.7% built before 2000, median year 2007ZIP 77057: 25,231 homes, 80.5% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 77082: 24,994 homes, 65.4% built before 2000, median year 1992ZIP 77063: 22,625 homes, 77.3% built before 2000, median year 1979ZIP 77042: 21,252 homes, 80.2% built before 2000, median year 1983ZIP 77081: 21,245 homes, 90.1% built before 2000, median year 1976ZIP 77008: 20,709 homes, 50.1% built before 2000, median year 2000ZIP 77072: 20,371 homes, 89% built before 2000, median year 1979ZIP 77089: 19,997 homes, 64.1% built before 2000, median year 1985ZIP 77339: 19,104 homes, 65.4% built before 2000, median year 1989ZIP 77054: 18,845 homes, 61.1% built before 2000, median year 1991ZIP 77024: 18,599 homes, 68.6% built before 2000, median year 1981ZIP 77088: 18,500 homes, 83.5% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 77004: 18,321 homes, 60% built before 2000, median year 1983ZIP 77009: 17,890 homes, 74.1% built before 2000, median year 1953ZIP 77099: 17,860 homes, 87.1% built before 2000, median year 1982ZIP 77055: 17,845 homes, 71.5% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 77080: 17,394 homes, 82.9% built before 2000, median year 1974ZIP 77060: 16,660 homes, 87.5% built before 2000, median year 1980ZIP 77006: 16,654 homes, 53.9% built before 2000, median year 1996ZIP 77079: 16,215 homes, 68.3% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 77092: 16,158 homes, 83.7% built before 2000, median year 1975ZIP 77025: 15,752 homes, 63.1% built before 2000, median year 1988ZIP 77035: 15,662 homes, 93% built before 2000, median year 1974ZIP 77096: 15,490 homes, 86.1% built before 2000, median year 1970ZIP 77056: 15,347 homes, 51.8% built before 2000, median year 1999ZIP 77074: 15,154 homes, 93.7% built before 2000, median year 1973ZIP 77093: 14,671 homes, 84.8% built before 2000, median year 1966ZIP 77019: 14,387 homes, 46.8% built before 2000, median year 2001ZIP 77034: 14,188 homes, 79.6% built before 2000, median year 1976ZIP 77018: 13,335 homes, 70% built before 2000, median year 1967ZIP 77047: 13,288 homes, 32.3% built before 2000, median year 2005ZIP 77027: 13,286 homes, 45.7% built before 2000, median year 2003ZIP 77075: 13,267 homes, 57.9% built before 2000, median year 1994ZIP 77021: 12,819 homes, 73.6% built before 2000, median year 1965ZIP 77091: 12,501 homes, 69.3% built before 2000, median year 1985ZIP 77087: 12,400 homes, 88.5% built before 2000, median year 1963ZIP 77023: 11,850 homes, 84.4% built before 2000, median year 1955ZIP 77071: 11,396 homes, 91.3% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 77017: 11,281 homes, 88.6% built before 2000, median year 1963ZIP 77043: 11,197 homes, 73.5% built before 2000, median year 1977ZIP 77016: 11,131 homes, 90.7% built before 2000, median year 1966ZIP 77045: 10,802 homes, 70.4% built before 2000, median year 1977ZIP 77022: 10,717 homes, 79% built before 2000, median year 1965ZIP 77076: 10,650 homes, 86.3% built before 2000, median year 1963ZIP 77033: 10,228 homes, 89.1% built before 2000, median year 1959ZIP 77098: 10,181 homes, 57.8% built before 2000, median year 1995ZIP 77062: 10,150 homes, 97.3% built before 2000, median year 1980ZIP 77020: 10,054 homes, 84.1% built before 2000, median year 195777020ZIP 77061: 9,942 homes, 94.5% built before 2000, median year 1970ZIP 77345: 9,860 homes, 75.5% built before 2000, median year 1992ZIP 77026: 9,580 homes, 89.6% built before 2000, median year 1957ZIP 77002: 8,960 homes, 39% built before 2000, median year 2010ZIP 77048: 8,029 homes, 54.7% built before 2000, median year 1989ZIP 77030: 7,842 homes, 59.1% built before 2000, median year 1996ZIP 77051: 7,453 homes, 54.8% built before 2000, median year 1991ZIP 77011: 7,366 homes, 86.2% built before 2000, median year 194777011ZIP 77028: 7,102 homes, 77.4% built before 2000, median year 1961ZIP 77031: 6,906 homes, 88.4% built before 2000, median year 1977ZIP 77012: 6,867 homes, 90.4% built before 2000, median year 196177012ZIP 77013: 6,839 homes, 89.4% built before 2000, median year 197577013ZIP 77059: 6,668 homes, 80.5% built before 2000, median year 1993ZIP 77003: 6,201 homes, 36.9% built before 2000, median year 2006ZIP 77085: 5,800 homes, 53.8% built before 2000, median year 1997ZIP 77078: 5,607 homes, 77.8% built before 2000, median year 1974ZIP 77032: 4,843 homes, 64.9% built before 2000, median year 1986ZIP 77046: 1,312 homes, 67.7% built before 2000, median year 1989ZIP 77029: 6,386 homes, 92.2% built before 2000, median year 195777029
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 77029. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
770132.8 NE197589.4%
770123.0 S196190.4%
770203.2 W195784.1%
770113.2 W194786.2%
770234.5 SW195584.4%
770174.7 S196388.6%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Harris County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Harris County Very High overall (99.9 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (92.0), Very High for strong wind (99.3) and Very High for tornado (100.0). NOAA logged 169 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 77029: Beaumont, TX (73 miles), College Station, TX (88 miles), Bryan, TX (92 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 77029?

Of the 6,386 housing units, 5,289 (82.8%) were built before 1980, 5,890 (92.2%) before 2000 and 190 (3%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 77029?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 5,289 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, 77012 (3.0 miles S) has the largest share built before 2000, 90.4%, against 92.2% in 77029.

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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