Which ZIP code in Lee County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

36849 (Auburn University), at 50.2%, among 13 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Lee County, AL

These are the 13 ZIP codes in Lee County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 13 with at least 1,000 residents. 36849 (Auburn University, 50.2%), 36832 (Auburn, 19.3%) and 36867 (Phenix City, 15.5%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Lee County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Lee County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	36849	Auburn University	50.2%	5,241	0	—
2	36832	Auburn	19.3%	30,959	11,384	15,312
3	36867	Phenix City	15.5%	22,821	9,211	10,373
4	36830	Auburn	15.0%	49,292	21,126	24,477
5	36801	Opelika	11.9%	25,438	10,651	13,110
6	36877	Smiths Station	11.1%	14,134	4,805	5,456
7	36870	Phenix City	9.6%	17,951	7,108	7,598
8	36854	Valley	9.1%	16,537	6,468	7,517
9	36804	Opelika	8.8%	20,535	7,849	9,872
10	36879	Waverly	7.6%	2,826	999	1,433
11	36852	Cusseta	5.9%	2,308	1,008	1,203
12	36850	Camp Hill	4.2%	2,557	1,056	1,152
13	36874	Salem	4.1%	9,096	3,643	4,250

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 13 of 14 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 52,372 households. 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 Lee County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 36849 (Auburn University), at 50.2%, among 13 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
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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