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

35979 (Higdon), at 33.7 (±12.4), among 14 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 Jackson County, AL

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Jackson County with the lowest median age, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 35979 (Higdon, 33.7), 35978 (Henagar, 39.0) and 35958 (Bryant, 39.5) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Jackson 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 Jackson County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	35979	Higdon	33.7 ±12.4	1,103	410	508
2	35978	Henagar	39.0 ±4.4	5,580	1,982	2,476
3	35958	Bryant	39.5 ±8.4	3,426	1,289	1,476
4	35768	Scottsboro	42.4 ±3.3	12,370	5,049	5,062
5	35752	Hollywood	42.4 ±5.4	2,524	1,089	1,008
6	35744	Dutton	42.6 ±5.0	2,574	891	1,088
7	35771	Section	42.7 ±8.3	3,414	1,403	1,755
8	35776	Woodville	42.9 ±5.3	3,283	1,341	1,631
9	35966	Flat Rock	43.6 ±5.5	3,543	1,372	1,627
10	35769	Scottsboro	43.9 ±8.3	9,908	4,269	5,511
11	35772	Stevenson	44.1 ±4.1	4,082	1,729	1,937
12	35740	Bridgeport	44.8 ±5.5	3,443	1,555	1,502
13	35765	Pisgah	46.3 ±9.6	4,175	1,721	1,788
14	35746	Jackson County	55.1 ±4.8	1,023	438	361

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; 14 of 20 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 9,819 households, on 22 carrier routes with 10,530 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 Jackson County has the lowest median age?: 35979 (Higdon), at 33.7 (±12.4), among 14 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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