Which ZIP code in Houston County has the lowest median age?

36321 (Cowarts), at 37.4 (±7.2), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Houston County, AL

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Houston County with the lowest median age, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 36321 (Cowarts, 37.4), 36303 (Dothan, 38.5) and 36301 (Dothan, 39.0) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Houston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	36321	Cowarts	37.4 ±7.2	2,141	823	768
2	36303	Dothan	38.5 ±1.3	30,173	12,216	14,318
3	36301	Dothan	39.0 ±1.0	39,452	15,907	17,627
4	36319	Columbia	40.1 ±11.3	2,477	963	1,040
5	36352	Newton	40.4 ±4.0	5,617	2,003	2,530
6	36312	Ashford	42.0 ±2.9	6,249	2,402	2,864
7	36305	Dothan	42.5 ±1.4	17,610	6,920	7,843
8	36375	Slocomb	43.7 ±4.3	7,884	3,086	3,567
9	36376	Webb	43.9 ±8.0	2,088	812	1,053
10	36320	Cottonwood	52.1 ±3.1	3,151	1,358	1,635
11	36343	Gordon	55.1 ±9.5	1,496	691	784

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 12 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 31,912 households, on 57 carrier routes with 36,283 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 lowest median age?: 36321 (Cowarts), at 37.4 (±7.2), among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
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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