Home age in ZIP 79401, Lubbock, TX: median built 1987

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 79401 in Lubbock, TX: median home built 1987; 66.5% of homes (3,201) are older than 25 years and 10% (480) were built since 2010, out of 4,813 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 79401.

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Share of homes in ZIP 79401 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 11.7 percent; 1940s 4.4 percent; 1950s 6.9 percent; 1960s 18.9 percent; 1970s 3.7 percent; 1980s 6.8 percent; 1990s 14.1 percent; 2000s 23.5 percent; 2010s 8.9 percent; 2020+ 1.1 percentpre-1940: 564 homes, 11.7%11.7%pre-1940Lubbock County: 2.6%1940s: 210 homes, 4.4%4.4%1940sLubbock County: 3.1%1950s: 330 homes, 6.9%6.9%1950sLubbock County: 11.1%1960s: 911 homes, 18.9%18.9%1960sLubbock County: 12.6%1970s: 177 homes, 3.7%3.7%1970sLubbock County: 15.7%1980s: 329 homes, 6.8%6.8%1980sLubbock County: 13.0%1990s: 680 homes, 14.1%14.1%1990sLubbock County: 10.8%2000s: 1,132 homes, 23.5%23.5%2000sLubbock County: 14.1%2010s: 428 homes, 8.9%8.9%2010sLubbock County: 15.3%2020+: 52 homes, 1.1%1.1%2020+Lubbock County: 1.8%Built 1999 or earlier: 66.5% of homes (3,201)ZIP 79401, built before 2000built 2000 or laterLubbock County

Share of the 4,813 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Lubbock 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 79401 next to Lubbock and Lubbock County

IndicatorZIP 79401LubbockLubbock CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Lubbock on this site
Housing units4,813115,573136,4685th of 7 largest
Median year built1987198319846th of 7 oldest
Built before 198045.5%46.2%45.1%
Built before 200066.5%no data68.9%6th of 7 highest share
Built since 201010%no data17%
Owner-occupied homes11.5%50.8%55.3%7th of 7 highest share
Single-family units31.5%67.6%no data
Median home value$101,500 (+/- $26,176)$197,900$199,6006th of 7 highest
Median household income$27,255 (+/- $10,630)$60,487no data7th of 7 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 79401

BuiltShare of Lubbock CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 79401
2020+1.8%1.1%52
2010s15.3%8.9%428
2000s14.1%23.5%1,132
1990s10.8%14.1%680
1980s13.0%6.8%329
1970s15.7%3.7%177
1960s12.6%18.9%911
1950s11.1%6.9%330
1940s3.1%4.4%210
pre-19402.6%11.7%564

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 79401

ZIP 79401 has 4,813 housing units: 3,201 (66.5%) were built before 2000, 480 (10%) in 2010 or later, and 1,132 (23.5%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 1987 (Lubbock: 1983), so 4 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 11.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 31.5% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $101,500, give or take $26,176; median household income is $27,255, give or take $10,630; the ZIP holds 4.2% of the housing units the Census counts in Lubbock, 4,813 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, 2,521 units (52.4%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 680 (14.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 1,132 (23.5%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 480 (10%, 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 79401

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 79401 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 79401 among Lubbock’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 79401 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 79424: 22,800 homes, 51.4% built before 2000, median year 199979424ZIP 79413: 9,590 homes, 94.3% built before 2000, median year 196379413ZIP 79414: 9,219 homes, 88% built before 2000, median year 197679414ZIP 79412: 6,480 homes, 94.7% built before 2000, median year 196479412ZIP 79410: 4,736 homes, 96.1% built before 2000, median year 195779410ZIP 79411: 3,474 homes, 93.2% built before 2000, median year 196179411ZIP 79401: 4,813 homes, 66.5% built before 2000, median year 198779401
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  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 79401. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
794111.2 S196193.2%
794102.5 SW195796.1%
794122.8 S196494.7%
794133.6 SW196394.3%
794144.8 SW197688.0%
794249.7 SW199951.4%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Lubbock County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Lubbock County Relatively High overall (96.2 of 100), Very High for hail (99.8), Very High for strong wind (99.8) and Relatively High for tornado (98.8). NOAA logged 124 hail reports in the county, on 63 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 79401: Midland, TX (111 miles), Amarillo, TX (113 miles), Odessa, TX (124 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 79401?

Of the 4,813 housing units, 2,192 (45.5%) were built before 1980, 3,201 (66.5%) before 2000 and 480 (10%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 79401?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 2,192 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, 79410 (2.5 miles SW) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.1%, against 66.5% in 79401.

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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