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

35051 (Columbiana), at 16.0%, 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.

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

These are the 16 ZIP codes in Shelby County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 35051 (Columbiana, 16.0%), 35115 (Montevallo, 13.0%) and 35078 (Harpersville, 13.0%) 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Shelby County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	35051	Columbiana	16.0%	9,818	3,071	—
2	35115	Montevallo	13.0%	17,610	6,033	6,576
3	35078	Harpersville	13.0%	2,170	857	936
4	35242	Birmingham	12.3%	57,374	23,978	26,130
5	35124	Pelham	11.8%	25,238	9,900	11,178
6	35094	Leeds	11.2%	14,854	5,726	7,003
7	35244	Birmingham	11.1%	38,217	15,272	17,019
8	35147	Sterrett	10.1%	6,897	2,394	2,332
9	35007	Alabaster	10.0%	28,586	10,453	10,668
10	35043	Chelsea	9.5%	15,837	5,289	6,128
11	35186	Wilsonville	8.6%	5,191	1,975	2,167
12	35040	Calera	7.9%	19,304	7,358	8,738
13	35143	Shelby	7.9%	3,146	1,334	1,688
14	35114	Alabaster	7.8%	7,922	2,621	2,818
15	35178	Vincent	7.0%	3,078	1,191	1,576
16	35080	Helena	6.9%	20,251	6,936	7,479

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; 16 of 18 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 43,839 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 Shelby County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 35051 (Columbiana), at 16.0%, among 16 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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