Home age in ZIP 87144, Rio Rancho, NM: median built 2004

Home age is not roof age, and the Census does not record replacements. ZIP 87144 in Rio Rancho, NM: median home built 2004; 34.8% of homes (6,353) are older than 25 years and 22.9% (4,189) were built since 2010, out of 18,261 homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 (5-year estimates), retrieved October 9, 2026. Area = Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 87144.

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Share of homes in ZIP 87144 by decade builtColumns from the pre-1940 decade on the left to 2020 and later on the right. pre-1940 0.3 percent; 1940s 0 percent; 1950s 1 percent; 1960s 0.2 percent; 1970s 2 percent; 1980s 8.4 percent; 1990s 23 percent; 2000s 42.3 percent; 2010s 19 percent; 2020+ 4 percentpre-1940: 49 homes, 0.3%0.3%pre-1940Sandoval County: 2.0%1940s: 0 homes, 0.0%0%1940sSandoval County: 0.7%1950s: 176 homes, 1.0%1%1950sSandoval County: 1.8%1960s: 37 homes, 0.2%0.2%1960sSandoval County: 3.9%1970s: 360 homes, 2.0%2%1970sSandoval County: 12.2%1980s: 1,528 homes, 8.4%8.4%1980sSandoval County: 18.1%1990s: 4,203 homes, 23.0%23%1990sSandoval County: 19.0%2000s: 7,719 homes, 42.3%42.3%2000sSandoval County: 27.5%2010s: 3,462 homes, 19.0%19%2010sSandoval County: 13.3%2020+: 727 homes, 4.0%4%2020+Sandoval County: 1.6%Built 1999 or earlier: 34.8% of homes (6,353)ZIP 87144, built before 2000built 2000 or laterSandoval County

Share of the 18,261 housing units in the ZIP, by decade built. The red marks are Sandoval 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 87144 next to Rio Rancho and Sandoval County

IndicatorZIP 87144Rio RanchoSandoval CountyRank among 1 ZIPs of Rio Rancho on this site
Housing units18,26140,64059,759
Median year built200420001996
Built before 19803.4%13%20.5%
Built before 200034.8%no data57.6%
Built since 201022.9%no data15%
Owner-occupied homes86.2%82.2%83.6%
Single-family units96.7%90%no data
Median home value$280,600 (+/- $7,272)$273,300$282,300
Median household income$90,973 (+/- $5,089)$85,755no 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 87144

BuiltShare of Sandoval CountyShare of ZIPHomes in ZIP 87144
2020+1.6%4.0%727
2010s13.3%19.0%3,462
2000s27.5%42.3%7,719
1990s19.0%23.0%4,203
1980s18.1%8.4%1,528
1970s12.2%2.0%360
1960s3.9%0.2%37
1950s1.8%1.0%176
1940s0.7%0.0%0
pre-19402.0%0.3%49

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 87144

ZIP 87144 has 18,261 housing units: 6,353 (34.8%) were built before 2000, 4,189 (22.9%) in 2010 or later, and 7,719 (42.3%) in the 2000s, its largest era. The median year built is 2004 (Rio Rancho: 2000), so 4 years newer than the city.

Housing mix and money, from the same survey: 86.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; 96.7% of units are single-family houses; the median owner-occupied home is valued at $280,600, give or take $7,272; median household income is $90,973, give or take $5,089; the ZIP holds 44.9% of the housing units the Census counts in Rio Rancho, 18,261 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, 2,150 units (11.8%, built before 1990) would be past the 30-year top of the usual asphalt-shingle range, 4,203 (23%, the 1990s) would mostly sit past it, 7,719 (42.3%, the 2000s) would mostly be inside the 20 to 30 year window and 4,189 (22.9%, 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 87144

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 87144 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 87144 among Rio Rancho’s ZIP areas

Map of ZIP 87144 and nearby ZIP areas, shaded by the share of homes built before 2000ZIP 87144: 18,261 homes, 34.8% built before 2000, median year 200487144
  • under 20% built before 2000
  • 40 to 60%
  • 80% or more
  • Dot size = housing units. Red ring = ZIP 87144. Click a dot to open that ZIP.

Storm backdrop: Sandoval County

A ZIP is too small for its own hail record, so this is the county. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Sandoval County Relatively Low overall (77.0 of 100), Relatively Moderate for hail (74.4), Relatively Low for strong wind (39.6) and Very Low for tornado (23.8). NOAA logged 52 hail reports in the county, on 14 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 87144: Santa Fe, NM (50 miles), Las Cruces, NM (209 miles), Pueblo, CO (233 miles).

Questions

How old are the homes in ZIP 87144?

Of the 18,261 housing units, 622 (3.4%) were built before 1980, 6,353 (34.8%) before 2000 and 4,189 (22.9%) from 2010 on (Census ACS 2019 to 2023, survey estimate).

Does a house's age tell me how old its roof is in 87144?

No. ACS records the year the structure was built, not the year the roof was last replaced. With 622 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.

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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