Home age in ZIP 80003, Arvada, CO: median built 1976

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 80003 in Arvada, CO: median home built 1976; 91.3% of homes (12,960) are older than 25 years and 3.6% (516) were built since 2010, out of 14,193 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 80003.

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Share of homes in ZIP 80003 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 1 percent; 1940s 0.6 percent; 1950s 6.2 percent; 1960s 19.8 percent; 1970s 38.6 percent; 1980s 17.6 percent; 1990s 7.4 percent; 2000s 5.1 percent; 2010s 3.4 percent; 2020+ 0.2 percentpre-1940: 145 homes, 1.0%1%pre-1940Jefferson County: 3.0%1940s: 85 homes, 0.6%0.6%1940sJefferson County: 2.0%1950s: 874 homes, 6.2%6.2%1950sJefferson County: 8.7%1960s: 2,811 homes, 19.8%19.8%1960sJefferson County: 12.4%1970s: 5,483 homes, 38.6%38.6%1970sJefferson County: 24.8%1980s: 2,505 homes, 17.6%17.6%1980sJefferson County: 16.3%1990s: 1,057 homes, 7.4%7.4%1990sJefferson County: 13.9%2000s: 717 homes, 5.1%5.1%2000sJefferson County: 9.8%2010s: 487 homes, 3.4%3.4%2010sJefferson County: 8.0%2020+: 29 homes, 0.2%0.2%2020+Jefferson County: 1.1%Built 1999 or earlier: 91.3% of homes (12,960)ZIP 80003, built before 2000built 2000 or laterJefferson County

Share of the 14,193 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Jefferson 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 80003 next to Arvada and Jefferson County

IndicatorZIP 80003ArvadaJefferson CountyRank among 4 ZIPs of Arvada on this site
Housing units14,19351,655251,1832nd of 4 largest
Median year built1976197919802nd of 4 oldest
Built before 198066.2%52.7%51%
Built before 200091.3%no data81.1%2nd of 4 highest share
Built since 20103.6%no data9.1%
Owner-occupied homes69.7%74.9%70.6%3rd of 4 highest share
Single-family units73%77.1%no data
Median home value$486,600 (+/- $10,406)$600,800$604,4004th of 4 highest
Median household income$82,754 (+/- $8,817)$113,396no data4th of 4 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 80003

BuiltShare of Jefferson CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 80003
2020+1.1%0.2%29
2010s8.0%3.4%487
2000s9.8%5.1%717
1990s13.9%7.4%1,057
1980s16.3%17.6%2,505
1970s24.8%38.6%5,483
1960s12.4%19.8%2,811
1950s8.7%6.2%874
1940s2.0%0.6%85
pre-19403.0%1.0%145

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 80003

ZIP 80003 has 14,193 housing units: 12,960 (91.3%) were built before 2000, 516 (3.6%) in 2010 or later, and 5,483 (38.6%) in the 1970s, its largest era. The median year built is 1976 (Arvada: 1979), so 3 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 69.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 73% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $486,600, give or take $10,406; median household income is $82,754, give or take $8,817; the ZIP holds 27.5% of the housing units the Census counts in Arvada, 14,193 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, 11,903 units (83.9%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,057 (7.4%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 717 (5.1%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 516 (3.6%, 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 80003

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 80003 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 80003 among Arvada’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 80003 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 80211: 20,973 homes, 66.3% built before 2000, median year 195980211ZIP 80004: 15,447 homes, 91.9% built before 2000, median year 197380004ZIP 80031: 15,377 homes, 76% built before 2000, median year 198580031ZIP 80005: 11,397 homes, 82.7% built before 2000, median year 198080005ZIP 80212: 10,870 homes, 77.2% built before 2000, median year 195780212ZIP 80002: 9,960 homes, 65.2% built before 2000, median year 197980002ZIP 80216: 6,924 homes, 45.8% built before 2000, median year 200580216ZIP 80030: 6,823 homes, 93.7% built before 2000, median year 196580030ZIP 80003: 14,193 homes, 91.3% built before 2000, median year 197680003
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 80003. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
800301.5 E196593.7%
800043.2 W197391.9%
800023.2 SW197965.2%
800313.6 N198576.0%
802123.8 S195777.2%
800054.0 NW198082.7%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Jefferson County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Jefferson County Relatively High overall (94.9 of 100), Very High for hail (99.8), Relatively High for strong wind (92.6) and Relatively High for tornado (96.5). NOAA logged 209 hail reports in the county, on 42 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 80003: Westminster, CO (2 miles), Denver, CO (7 miles), Boulder, CO (17 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 80003?

Of the 14,193 housing units, 9,398 (66.2%) were built before 1980, 12,960 (91.3%) before 2000 and 516 (3.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 80003?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 9,398 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, 80030 (1.5 miles E) has the largest share built before 2000, 93.7%, against 91.3% in 80003.

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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