Which ZIP code in Houston County has the fastest population growth?

36343 (Gordon), at 20.5%, among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Houston County, AL

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Houston County with the fastest population growth, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 36343 (Gordon, 20.5%), 36321 (Cowarts, 17.9%) and 36375 (Slocomb, 13.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Houston County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Houston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	36343	Gordon	20.5%	1,496	691	784
2	36321	Cowarts	17.9%	2,141	823	768
3	36375	Slocomb	13.0%	7,884	3,086	3,567
4	36319	Columbia	12.6%	2,477	963	1,040
5	36305	Dothan	10.4%	17,610	6,920	7,843
6	36301	Dothan	4.9%	39,452	15,907	17,627
7	36352	Newton	3.4%	5,617	2,003	2,530
8	36312	Ashford	-0.6%	6,249	2,402	2,864
9	36303	Dothan	-2.6%	30,173	12,216	14,318
10	36376	Webb	-4.2%	2,088	812	1,053
11	36320	Cottonwood	-13.9%	3,151	1,358	1,635

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 12 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 12,483 households, on 24 carrier routes with 14,002 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Houston County has the fastest population growth?: 36343 (Gordon), at 20.5%, among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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