Home age in ZIP 79701, Midland, TX: median built 1968

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 79701 in Midland, TX: median home built 1968; 73.9% of homes (8,422) are older than 25 years and 18.7% (2,136) were built since 2010, out of 11,393 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 79701.

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Share of homes in ZIP 79701 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 5.1 percent; 1940s 9.9 percent; 1950s 28.3 percent; 1960s 8.3 percent; 1970s 6.8 percent; 1980s 6 percent; 1990s 9.5 percent; 2000s 7.3 percent; 2010s 17.3 percent; 2020+ 1.5 percentpre-1940: 580 homes, 5.1%5.1%pre-1940Midland County: 1.2%1940s: 1,124 homes, 9.9%9.9%1940sMidland County: 2.4%1950s: 3,229 homes, 28.3%28.3%1950sMidland County: 13.7%1960s: 950 homes, 8.3%8.3%1960sMidland County: 6.4%1970s: 780 homes, 6.8%6.8%1970sMidland County: 10.1%1980s: 682 homes, 6.0%6%1980sMidland County: 17.3%1990s: 1,077 homes, 9.5%9.5%1990sMidland County: 9.9%2000s: 835 homes, 7.3%7.3%2000sMidland County: 12.0%2010s: 1,969 homes, 17.3%17.3%2010sMidland County: 24.4%2020+: 167 homes, 1.5%1.5%2020+Midland County: 2.5%Built 1999 or earlier: 73.9% of homes (8,422)ZIP 79701, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMidland County

Share of the 11,393 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Midland 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 79701 next to Midland and Midland County

IndicatorZIP 79701MidlandMidland CountyRank among 2 ZIPs of Midland on this site
Housing units11,39356,11371,565
Median year built196819861989
Built before 198058.5%38.8%33.8%
Built before 200073.9%no data61.1%
Built since 201018.7%no data26.9%
Owner-occupied homes64.7%65.1%68.2%
Single-family units66.3%69.2%no data
Median home value$204,000 (+/- $15,406)$298,600$293,000
Median household income$57,679 (+/- $5,677)$91,169no data

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 79701

BuiltShare of Midland CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 79701
2020+2.5%1.5%167
2010s24.4%17.3%1,969
2000s12.0%7.3%835
1990s9.9%9.5%1,077
1980s17.3%6.0%682
1970s10.1%6.8%780
1960s6.4%8.3%950
1950s13.7%28.3%3,229
1940s2.4%9.9%1,124
pre-19401.2%5.1%580

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 79701

ZIP 79701 has 11,393 housing units: 8,422 (73.9%) were built before 2000, 2,136 (18.7%) in 2010 or later, and 3,229 (28.3%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1968 (Midland: 1986), so 18 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 64.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 66.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $204,000, give or take $15,406; median household income is $57,679, give or take $5,677; the ZIP holds 20.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Midland, 11,393 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, 7,345 units (64.5%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,077 (9.5%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 835 (7.3%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 2,136 (18.7%, 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 79701

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 79701 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 79701 among Midland’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 79701 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 79703: 8,110 homes, 83.2% built before 2000, median year 197379703ZIP 79701: 11,393 homes, 73.9% built before 2000, median year 196879701
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 79701. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
797033.1 W197383.2%
7976512.6 SW201219.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Midland County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Midland County Relatively Moderate overall (81.2 of 100), Relatively High for hail (98.3), Relatively Moderate for strong wind (59.8) and Relatively High for tornado (91.4). NOAA logged 170 hail reports in the county, on 37 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 79701: Odessa, TX (20 miles), San Angelo, TX (103 miles), Lubbock, TX (110 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 79701?

Of the 11,393 housing units, 6,663 (58.5%) were built before 1980, 8,422 (73.9%) before 2000 and 2,136 (18.7%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 79701?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,663 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 2 closest ZIP areas we cover, 79703 (3.1 miles W) has the largest share built before 2000, 83.2%, against 73.9% in 79701.

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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