Home age in ZIP 79761, Odessa, TX: median built 1969
Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 79761 in Odessa, TX: median home built 1969; 88.9% of homes (12,079) are older than 25 years and 5.9% (796) were built since 2010, out of 13,591 homes.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 79761.
Share of the 13,591 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Ector 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 79761 next to Odessa and Ector County
| Indicator | ZIP 79761 | Odessa | Ector County | Rank among 2 ZIPs of Odessa on this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 13,591 | 48,834 | 67,542 | |
| Median year built | 1969 | 1978 | 1981 | |
| Built before 1980 | 71.1% | 53.5% | 48.4% | |
| Built before 2000 | 88.9% | no data | 73.7% | |
| Built since 2010 | 5.9% | no data | 17.6% | |
| Owner-occupied homes | 57.1% | 59.2% | 64.4% | |
| Single-family units | 65.1% | 66.3% | no data | |
| Median home value | $158,400 (+/- $14,124) | $208,000 | $190,500 | |
| Median household income | $69,279 (+/- $10,382) | $73,030 | no 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 79761
| Built | Share of Ector County | Share of ZIP | Homes in ZIP 79761 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020+ | 1.4% | 0.3% | 43 |
| 2010s | 16.2% | 5.5% | 753 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 5.3% | 716 |
| 1990s | 10.0% | 8.0% | 1,094 |
| 1980s | 15.4% | 9.7% | 1,324 |
| 1970s | 16.4% | 20.3% | 2,754 |
| 1960s | 9.4% | 10.5% | 1,421 |
| 1950s | 18.0% | 31.4% | 4,264 |
| 1940s | 3.7% | 7.2% | 983 |
| pre-1940 | 0.8% | 1.8% | 239 |
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 79761
ZIP 79761 has 13,591 housing units: 12,079 (88.9%) were built before 2000, 796 (5.9%) in 2010 or later, and 4,264 (31.4%) in the 1950s, its largest era. The median year built is 1969 (Odessa: 1978), so 9 years older than the city.
Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 57.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 65.1% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $158,400, give or take $14,124; median household income is $69,279, give or take $10,382; the ZIP holds 27.8% of the housing units the Census counts in Odessa, 13,591 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, 10,985 units (80.8%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,094 (8%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 716 (5.3%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 796 (5.9%, 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 79761
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.
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 79761 among Odessa’s ZIP areas
- under 20% built before 2000
- 40 to 60%
- 80% or more
- Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 79761. Click a dot to open that ZIP.
Closest ZIP areas
| ZIP | Miles | Median built | Pre-2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79765 | 5.8 NE | 2012 | 19.7% |
Distance is between Census ZIP centres.
Storm backdrop: Ector County
A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Ector County Relatively Moderate overall (82.8 of 100), Relatively High for hail (99.2), Relatively High for strong wind (87.5) and Relatively Moderate for tornado (82.4). NOAA logged 167 hail reports in the county, on 50 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
- 24 roofing companies listed in Odessa, TX
- Storm risk in Ector County
- Hail history of Ector County
- Closest roofing cities to ZIP 79761
- How long roofs last
- Repair or replace calculator
Other roofing cities near ZIP 79761: Midland, TX (19 miles), San Angelo, TX (116 miles), Lubbock, TX (122 miles).
Questions
How old are the homes in ZIP 79761?
Of the 13,591 housing units, 9,661 (71.1%) were built before 1980, 12,079 (88.9%) before 2000 and 796 (5.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).
Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 79761?
No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,661 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 1 closest ZIP areas we cover, 79765 (5.8 miles NE) has the largest share built before 2000, 19.7%, against 88.9% in 79761.
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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