Home age in ZIP 80903, Colorado Springs, CO: median built 1938

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 80903 in Colorado Springs, CO: median home built 1938; 84.5% of homes (7,049) are older than 25 years and 6.4% (535) were built since 2010, out of 8,340 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 80903.

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Share of homes in ZIP 80903 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 51.3 percent; 1940s 5.1 percent; 1950s 8.4 percent; 1960s 7.6 percent; 1970s 3.9 percent; 1980s 5.6 percent; 1990s 2.6 percent; 2000s 9.1 percent; 2010s 5.6 percent; 2020+ 0.8 percentpre-1940: 4,280 homes, 51.3%51.3%pre-1940El Paso County: 4.8%1940s: 422 homes, 5.1%5.1%1940sEl Paso County: 1.5%1950s: 700 homes, 8.4%8.4%1950sEl Paso County: 6.1%1960s: 635 homes, 7.6%7.6%1960sEl Paso County: 8.2%1970s: 328 homes, 3.9%3.9%1970sEl Paso County: 15.7%1980s: 465 homes, 5.6%5.6%1980sEl Paso County: 16.2%1990s: 219 homes, 2.6%2.6%1990sEl Paso County: 14.8%2000s: 756 homes, 9.1%9.1%2000sEl Paso County: 17.5%2010s: 469 homes, 5.6%5.6%2010sEl Paso County: 13.2%2020+: 66 homes, 0.8%0.8%2020+El Paso County: 2.0%Built 1999 or earlier: 84.5% of homes (7,049)ZIP 80903, built before 2000built 2000 or laterEl Paso County

Share of the 8,340 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are El Paso 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 80903 next to Colorado Springs and El Paso County

IndicatorZIP 80903Colorado SpringsEl Paso CountyRank among 17 ZIPs of Colorado Springs on this site
Housing units8,340207,078296,75313th of 17 largest
Median year built1938198619881st of 17 oldest
Built before 198076.3%40%36.2%
Built before 200084.5%no data67.3%6th of 17 highest share
Built since 20106.4%no data15.2%
Owner-occupied homes41.5%61.3%66.4%17th of 17 highest share
Single-family units56.3%69.1%no data
Median home value$420,000 (+/- $26,473)$420,700$431,0007th of 17 highest
Median household income$59,292 (+/- $5,817)$83,198no data16th of 17 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 80903

BuiltShare of El Paso CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 80903
2020+2.0%0.8%66
2010s13.2%5.6%469
2000s17.5%9.1%756
1990s14.8%2.6%219
1980s16.2%5.6%465
1970s15.7%3.9%328
1960s8.2%7.6%635
1950s6.1%8.4%700
1940s1.5%5.1%422
pre-19404.8%51.3%4,280

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 80903

ZIP 80903 has 8,340 housing units: 7,049 (84.5%) were built before 2000, 535 (6.4%) in 2010 or later, and 4,280 (51.3%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1938 (Colorado Springs: 1986), so 48 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 41.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 56.3% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $420,000, give or take $26,473; median household income is $59,292, give or take $5,817; the ZIP holds 4.0% of the housing units the Census counts in Colorado Springs, 8,340 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, 6,830 units (81.9%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 219 (2.6%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 756 (9.1%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 535 (6.4%, 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 80903

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 80903 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 80903 among Colorado Springs’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 80903 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 80918: 20,447 homes, 85.6% built before 2000, median year 1982ZIP 80909: 16,572 homes, 96.7% built before 2000, median year 196580909ZIP 80916: 15,464 homes, 73.5% built before 2000, median year 1987ZIP 80920: 14,631 homes, 71.3% built before 2000, median year 1993ZIP 80910: 13,940 homes, 80.6% built before 2000, median year 197680910ZIP 80917: 13,656 homes, 90.3% built before 2000, median year 1978ZIP 80907: 13,250 homes, 89.4% built before 2000, median year 197080907ZIP 80923: 12,905 homes, 24.4% built before 2000, median year 2005ZIP 80919: 12,033 homes, 84.1% built before 2000, median year 1989ZIP 80904: 11,578 homes, 86.1% built before 2000, median year 1973ZIP 80922: 11,355 homes, 42.3% built before 2000, median year 2002ZIP 80905: 8,933 homes, 84.2% built before 2000, median year 196480905ZIP 80924: 6,154 homes, 7.2% built before 2000, median year 2013ZIP 80925: 5,870 homes, 24.8% built before 2000, median year 2011ZIP 80927: 2,492 homes, 6.2% built before 2000, median year 2015ZIP 80951: 1,563 homes, 6.3% built before 2000, median year 2005ZIP 80903: 8,340 homes, 84.5% built before 2000, median year 193880903
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 80903. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
809051.6 SW196484.2%
809092.5 NE196596.7%
809102.5 SE197680.6%
809073.2 N197089.4%
809043.7 NW197386.1%
809175.4 NE197890.3%

Distance is between Census ZIP centres.

Storm backdrop: El Paso County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates El Paso County Relatively Moderate overall (94.0 of 100), Relatively High for hail (99.1), Relatively High for strong wind (90.2) and Relatively High for tornado (96.8). NOAA logged 869 hail reports in the county, on 150 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 80903: Pueblo, CO (41 miles), Denver, CO (63 miles), Arvada, CO (69 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 80903?

Of the 8,340 housing units, 6,365 (76.3%) were built before 1980, 7,049 (84.5%) before 2000 and 535 (6.4%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 80903?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 6,365 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, 80909 (2.5 miles NE) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.7%, against 84.5% in 80903.

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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