Home age in ZIP 79703, Midland, TX: median built 1973

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 79703 in Midland, TX: median home built 1973; 83.2% of homes (6,747) are older than 25 years and 7.6% (616) were built since 2010, out of 8,110 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 79703.

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Share of homes in ZIP 79703 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.5 percent; 1940s 0.2 percent; 1950s 36.4 percent; 1960s 9.5 percent; 1970s 13.3 percent; 1980s 20.2 percent; 1990s 3.1 percent; 2000s 9.2 percent; 2010s 5.4 percent; 2020+ 2.2 percentpre-1940: 43 homes, 0.5%0.5%pre-1940Midland County: 1.2%1940s: 14 homes, 0.2%0.2%1940sMidland County: 2.4%1950s: 2,952 homes, 36.4%36.4%1950sMidland County: 13.7%1960s: 771 homes, 9.5%9.5%1960sMidland County: 6.4%1970s: 1,079 homes, 13.3%13.3%1970sMidland County: 10.1%1980s: 1,639 homes, 20.2%20.2%1980sMidland County: 17.3%1990s: 249 homes, 3.1%3.1%1990sMidland County: 9.9%2000s: 747 homes, 9.2%9.2%2000sMidland County: 12.0%2010s: 435 homes, 5.4%5.4%2010sMidland County: 24.4%2020+: 181 homes, 2.2%2.2%2020+Midland County: 2.5%Built 1999 or earlier: 83.2% of homes (6,747)ZIP 79703, built before 2000built 2000 or laterMidland County

Share of the 8,110 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 79703 next to Midland and Midland County

IndicatorZIP 79703MidlandMidland CountyRank among 2 ZIPs of Midland on this site
Housing units8,11056,11371,565
Median year built197319861989
Built before 198059.9%38.8%33.8%
Built before 200083.2%no data61.1%
Built since 20107.6%no data26.9%
Owner-occupied homes65.8%65.1%68.2%
Single-family units79.8%69.2%no data
Median home value$220,600 (+/- $6,726)$298,600$293,000
Median household income$80,281 (+/- $9,690)$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 79703

BuiltShare of Midland CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 79703
2020+2.5%2.2%181
2010s24.4%5.4%435
2000s12.0%9.2%747
1990s9.9%3.1%249
1980s17.3%20.2%1,639
1970s10.1%13.3%1,079
1960s6.4%9.5%771
1950s13.7%36.4%2,952
1940s2.4%0.2%14
pre-19401.2%0.5%43

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 79703

ZIP 79703 has 8,110 housing units: 6,747 (83.2%) were built before 2000, 616 (7.6%) in 2010 or later, and 2,952 (36.4%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1973 (Midland: 1986), so 13 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 65.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 79.8% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,600, give or take $6,726; median household income is $80,281, give or take $9,690; the ZIP holds 14.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Midland, 8,110 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, 6,498 units (80.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 249 (3.1%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 747 (9.2%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 616 (7.6%, 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 79703

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 79703 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 79703 among Midland’s ZIP areas

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

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
797013.1 E196873.9%
797659.6 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 79703: Odessa, TX (17 miles), San Angelo, TX (106 miles), Lubbock, TX (112 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 79703?

Of the 8,110 housing units, 4,859 (59.9%) were built before 1980, 6,747 (83.2%) before 2000 and 616 (7.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 79703?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 4,859 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, 79701 (3.1 miles E) has the largest share built before 2000, 73.9%, against 83.2% in 79703.

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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