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

35043 (Chelsea), at 30.3%, among 16 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 Shelby County, AL

These are the 16 ZIP codes in Shelby County with the fastest population growth, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 35043 (Chelsea, 30.3%), 35244 (Birmingham, 19.6%) and 35115 (Montevallo, 17.5%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Shelby 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 Shelby County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	35043	Chelsea	30.3%	15,837	5,289	6,128
2	35244	Birmingham	19.6%	38,217	15,272	17,019
3	35115	Montevallo	17.5%	17,610	6,033	6,576
4	35147	Sterrett	14.5%	6,897	2,394	2,332
5	35078	Harpersville	12.6%	2,170	857	936
6	35040	Calera	11.5%	19,304	7,358	8,738
7	35080	Helena	9.6%	20,251	6,936	7,479
8	35143	Shelby	9.2%	3,146	1,334	1,688
9	35007	Alabaster	8.6%	28,586	10,453	10,668
10	35124	Pelham	3.5%	25,238	9,900	11,178
11	35186	Wilsonville	2.1%	5,191	1,975	2,167
12	35242	Birmingham	1.8%	57,374	23,978	26,130
13	35051	Columbiana	-0.2%	9,818	3,071	—
14	35094	Leeds	-1.4%	14,854	5,726	7,003
15	35178	Vincent	-3.9%	3,078	1,191	1,576
16	35114	Alabaster	-4.7%	7,922	2,621	2,818

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; 16 of 18 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 29,845 households, on 55 carrier routes with 32,991 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 Shelby County has the fastest population growth?: 35043 (Chelsea), at 30.3%, among 16 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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