Home age in ZIP 80238, Denver, CO: median built 2012

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 80238 in Denver, CO: median home built 2012; 7.1% of homes (829) are older than 25 years and 60.6% (7,115) were built since 2010, out of 11,741 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 80238.

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Share of homes in ZIP 80238 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 1.5 percent; 1940s 0 percent; 1950s 1 percent; 1960s 0.1 percent; 1970s 1.1 percent; 1980s 0.4 percent; 1990s 2.9 percent; 2000s 32.3 percent; 2010s 56.9 percent; 2020+ 3.7 percentpre-1940: 177 homes, 1.5%1.5%pre-1940Denver County: 17.2%1940s: 0 homes, 0.0%0%1940sDenver County: 5.2%1950s: 116 homes, 1.0%1%1950sDenver County: 13.0%1960s: 11 homes, 0.1%0.1%1960sDenver County: 9.9%1970s: 129 homes, 1.1%1.1%1970sDenver County: 12.0%1980s: 51 homes, 0.4%0.4%1980sDenver County: 7.4%1990s: 345 homes, 2.9%2.9%1990sDenver County: 6.6%2000s: 3,797 homes, 32.3%32.3%2000sDenver County: 10.9%2010s: 6,677 homes, 56.9%56.9%2010sDenver County: 15.5%2020+: 438 homes, 3.7%3.7%2020+Denver County: 2.3%Built 1999 or earlier: 7.1% of homes (829)ZIP 80238, built before 2000built 2000 or laterDenver County

Share of the 11,741 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Denver 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 80238 next to Denver and Denver County

IndicatorZIP 80238DenverDenver CountyRank among 26 ZIPs of Denver on this site
Housing units11,741352,593352,59317th of 26 largest
Median year built20121974197426th of 26 oldest
Built before 19803.7%57.4%57.4%
Built before 20007.1%no data71.3%26th of 26 highest share
Built since 201060.6%no data17.7%
Owner-occupied homes71.2%49.1%49.1%3rd of 26 highest share
Single-family units72.9%49.8%no data
Median home value$806,400 (+/- $26,819)$586,700$586,7004th of 26 highest
Median household income$166,191 (+/- $16,298)$91,681no data1st of 26 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 80238

BuiltShare of Denver CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 80238
2020+2.3%3.7%438
2010s15.5%56.9%6,677
2000s10.9%32.3%3,797
1990s6.6%2.9%345
1980s7.4%0.4%51
1970s12.0%1.1%129
1960s9.9%0.1%11
1950s13.0%1.0%116
1940s5.2%0.0%0
pre-194017.2%1.5%177

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 80238

ZIP 80238 has 11,741 housing units: 829 (7.1%) were built before 2000, 7,115 (60.6%) in 2010 or later, and 6,677 (56.9%) in the 2010s, its largest era. The median year built is 2012 (Denver: 1974), so 38 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 71.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 72.9% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $806,400, give or take $26,819; median household income is $166,191, give or take $16,298; the ZIP holds 3.3% of the housing units the Census counts in Denver, 11,741 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, 484 units (4.1%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 345 (2.9%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 3,797 (32.3%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 7,115 (60.6%, 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 80238

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 80238 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 80238 among Denver’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 80238 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 80219: 21,729 homes, 93.3% built before 2000, median year 1957ZIP 80211: 20,973 homes, 66.3% built before 2000, median year 1959ZIP 80205: 19,040 homes, 63% built before 2000, median year 1963ZIP 80210: 18,496 homes, 76.3% built before 2000, median year 1958ZIP 80204: 18,378 homes, 59.6% built before 2000, median year 1982ZIP 80231: 18,252 homes, 88.5% built before 2000, median year 1980ZIP 80220: 17,675 homes, 84.7% built before 2000, median year 195480220ZIP 80203: 16,887 homes, 76.6% built before 2000, median year 1965ZIP 80209: 16,045 homes, 73.4% built before 2000, median year 1967ZIP 80247: 15,768 homes, 81.5% built before 2000, median year 1985ZIP 80206: 15,580 homes, 74.6% built before 2000, median year 1965ZIP 80202: 14,394 homes, 37.6% built before 2000, median year 2005ZIP 80239: 13,892 homes, 68.1% built before 2000, median year 198980239ZIP 80249: 13,375 homes, 28.1% built before 2000, median year 2006ZIP 80218: 13,116 homes, 89.7% built before 2000, median year 1960ZIP 80237: 12,620 homes, 67.9% built before 2000, median year 1983ZIP 80222: 11,625 homes, 84.4% built before 2000, median year 1966ZIP 80212: 10,870 homes, 77.2% built before 2000, median year 1957ZIP 80223: 9,532 homes, 77.5% built before 2000, median year 1958ZIP 80207: 9,291 homes, 93.6% built before 2000, median year 195080207ZIP 80224: 9,200 homes, 96.7% built before 2000, median year 1971ZIP 80246: 8,148 homes, 79.6% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 80216: 6,924 homes, 45.8% built before 2000, median year 2005ZIP 80236: 6,549 homes, 94.7% built before 2000, median year 1971ZIP 80230: 5,672 homes, 38% built before 2000, median year 200380230ZIP 80238: 11,741 homes, 7.1% built before 2000, median year 201280238
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 80238. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
802072.3 SW195093.6%
802392.6 E198968.1%
802203.6 SW195484.7%
802304.0 S200338.0%
802164.4 W200545.8%
802054.7 W196363.0%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: Denver County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Denver County Relatively High overall (95.2 of 100), Very High for hail (99.9), Relatively High for strong wind (96.1) and Relatively High for tornado (97.9). NOAA logged 168 hail reports in the county, on 30 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 80238: Westminster, CO (9 miles), Arvada, CO (11 miles), Boulder, CO (26 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 80238?

Of the 11,741 housing units, 433 (3.7%) were built before 1980, 829 (7.1%) before 2000 and 7,115 (60.6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 80238?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 433 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, 80207 (2.3 miles SW) has the largest share built before 2000, 93.6%, against 7.1% in 80238.

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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