Home age in ZIP 79424, Lubbock, TX: median built 1999

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 79424 in Lubbock, TX: median home built 1999; 51.4% of homes (11,716) are older than 25 years and 26.2% (5,966) were built since 2010, out of 22,800 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 79424.

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Share of homes in ZIP 79424 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.7 percent; 1940s 0.3 percent; 1950s 1.1 percent; 1960s 1.7 percent; 1970s 14.6 percent; 1980s 17.5 percent; 1990s 15.4 percent; 2000s 22.4 percent; 2010s 24.4 percent; 2020+ 1.8 percentpre-1940: 165 homes, 0.7%0.7%pre-1940Lubbock County: 2.6%1940s: 59 homes, 0.3%0.3%1940sLubbock County: 3.1%1950s: 253 homes, 1.1%1.1%1950sLubbock County: 11.1%1960s: 394 homes, 1.7%1.7%1960sLubbock County: 12.6%1970s: 3,332 homes, 14.6%14.6%1970sLubbock County: 15.7%1980s: 3,997 homes, 17.5%17.5%1980sLubbock County: 13.0%1990s: 3,516 homes, 15.4%15.4%1990sLubbock County: 10.8%2000s: 5,118 homes, 22.4%22.4%2000sLubbock County: 14.1%2010s: 5,564 homes, 24.4%24.4%2010sLubbock County: 15.3%2020+: 402 homes, 1.8%1.8%2020+Lubbock County: 1.8%Built 1999 or earlier: 51.4% of homes (11,716)ZIP 79424, built before 2000built 2000 or laterLubbock County

Share of the 22,800 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 79424 next to Lubbock and Lubbock County

IndicatorZIP 79424LubbockLubbock CountyRank among 7 ZIPs of Lubbock on this site
Housing units22,800115,573136,4681st of 7 largest
Median year built1999198319847th of 7 oldest
Built before 198018.4%46.2%45.1%
Built before 200051.4%no data68.9%7th of 7 highest share
Built since 201026.2%no data17%
Owner-occupied homes69.1%50.8%55.3%1st of 7 highest share
Single-family units76%67.6%no data
Median home value$279,600 (+/- $8,271)$197,900$199,6001st of 7 highest
Median household income$94,703 (+/- $5,758)$60,487no data1st 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 79424

BuiltShare of Lubbock CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 79424
2020+1.8%1.8%402
2010s15.3%24.4%5,564
2000s14.1%22.4%5,118
1990s10.8%15.4%3,516
1980s13.0%17.5%3,997
1970s15.7%14.6%3,332
1960s12.6%1.7%394
1950s11.1%1.1%253
1940s3.1%0.3%59
pre-19402.6%0.7%165

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 79424

ZIP 79424 has 22,800 housing units: 11,716 (51.4%) were built before 2000, 5,966 (26.2%) in 2010 or later, and 5,564 (24.4%) in the 2010s, its largest era. The median year built is 1999 (Lubbock: 1983), so 16 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 69.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 76% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $279,600, give or take $8,271; median household income is $94,703, give or take $5,758; the ZIP holds 19.7% of the housing units the Census counts in Lubbock, 22,800 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, 8,200 units (36%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 3,516 (15.4%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 5,118 (22.4%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 5,966 (26.2%, 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 79424

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 79424 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 79424 among Lubbock’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 79424 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 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 79401: 4,813 homes, 66.5% built before 2000, median year 198779401ZIP 79410: 4,736 homes, 96.1% built before 2000, median year 195779410ZIP 79411: 3,474 homes, 93.2% built before 2000, median year 196179411ZIP 79424: 22,800 homes, 51.4% built before 2000, median year 199979424
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  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 79424. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
794145.8 N197688.0%
794136.1 NE196394.3%
794127.2 NE196494.7%
794107.7 N195796.1%
794118.5 NE196193.2%
794019.7 NE198766.5%

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 79424: Midland, TX (102 miles), Odessa, TX (115 miles), Amarillo, TX (122 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 79424?

Of the 22,800 housing units, 4,203 (18.4%) were built before 1980, 11,716 (51.4%) before 2000 and 5,966 (26.2%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 79424?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,203 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 (7.7 miles N) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.1%, against 51.4% in 79424.

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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