Home age in ZIP 80904, Colorado Springs, CO: median built 1973

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 80904 in Colorado Springs, CO: median home built 1973; 86.1% of homes (9,969) are older than 25 years and 6% (693) were built since 2010, out of 11,578 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 80904.

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Share of homes in ZIP 80904 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 18.1 percent; 1940s 3.1 percent; 1950s 12.4 percent; 1960s 11 percent; 1970s 15.9 percent; 1980s 15.1 percent; 1990s 10.5 percent; 2000s 7.9 percent; 2010s 5.4 percent; 2020+ 0.6 percentpre-1940: 2,090 homes, 18.1%18.1%pre-1940El Paso County: 4.8%1940s: 361 homes, 3.1%3.1%1940sEl Paso County: 1.5%1950s: 1,438 homes, 12.4%12.4%1950sEl Paso County: 6.1%1960s: 1,270 homes, 11.0%11%1960sEl Paso County: 8.2%1970s: 1,843 homes, 15.9%15.9%1970sEl Paso County: 15.7%1980s: 1,751 homes, 15.1%15.1%1980sEl Paso County: 16.2%1990s: 1,216 homes, 10.5%10.5%1990sEl Paso County: 14.8%2000s: 916 homes, 7.9%7.9%2000sEl Paso County: 17.5%2010s: 622 homes, 5.4%5.4%2010sEl Paso County: 13.2%2020+: 71 homes, 0.6%0.6%2020+El Paso County: 2.0%Built 1999 or earlier: 86.1% of homes (9,969)ZIP 80904, built before 2000built 2000 or laterEl Paso County

Share of the 11,578 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 80904 next to Colorado Springs and El Paso County

IndicatorZIP 80904Colorado SpringsEl Paso CountyRank among 17 ZIPs of Colorado Springs on this site
Housing units11,578207,078296,75310th of 17 largest
Median year built1973198619885th of 17 oldest
Built before 198060.5%40%36.2%
Built before 200086.1%no data67.3%4th of 17 highest share
Built since 20106%no data15.2%
Owner-occupied homes56.6%61.3%66.4%12th of 17 highest share
Single-family units66.7%69.1%no data
Median home value$413,400 (+/- $24,300)$420,700$431,0009th of 17 highest
Median household income$69,566 (+/- $4,266)$83,198no data12th 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 80904

BuiltShare of El Paso CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 80904
2020+2.0%0.6%71
2010s13.2%5.4%622
2000s17.5%7.9%916
1990s14.8%10.5%1,216
1980s16.2%15.1%1,751
1970s15.7%15.9%1,843
1960s8.2%11.0%1,270
1950s6.1%12.4%1,438
1940s1.5%3.1%361
pre-19404.8%18.1%2,090

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 80904

ZIP 80904 has 11,578 housing units: 9,969 (86.1%) were built before 2000, 693 (6%) in 2010 or later, and 2,090 (18.1%) before 1940, its largest era. The median year built is 1973 (Colorado Springs: 1986), so 13 years older than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 56.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 66.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $413,400, give or take $24,300; median household income is $69,566, give or take $4,266; the ZIP holds 5.6% of the housing units the Census counts in Colorado Springs, 11,578 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, 8,753 units (75.6%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 1,216 (10.5%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 916 (7.9%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 693 (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 80904

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 80904 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 80904 among Colorado Springs’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 80904 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 1965ZIP 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 1976ZIP 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 198980919ZIP 80922: 11,355 homes, 42.3% built before 2000, median year 2002ZIP 80905: 8,933 homes, 84.2% built before 2000, median year 196480905ZIP 80903: 8,340 homes, 84.5% built before 2000, median year 193880903ZIP 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 80904: 11,578 homes, 86.1% built before 2000, median year 197380904
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 80904. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Closest ZIP areas

ZIPMilesMedian builtPre-2000
809072.9 NE197089.4%
809053.5 SE196484.2%
809033.7 SE193884.5%
809194.5 N198984.1%
809095.2 E196596.7%
809185.9 NE198285.6%

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 80904: Pueblo, CO (44 miles), Denver, CO (61 miles), Arvada, CO (66 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 80904?

Of the 11,578 housing units, 7,002 (60.5%) were built before 1980, 9,969 (86.1%) before 2000 and 693 (6%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 80904?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 7,002 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 (5.2 miles E) has the largest share built before 2000, 96.7%, against 86.1% in 80904.

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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