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

35115 (Montevallo), at 32.4 (±1.2), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Shelby County, AL

These are the 16 ZIP codes in Shelby County with the lowest median age, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 35115 (Montevallo, 32.4), 35147 (Sterrett, 35.1) and 35040 (Calera, 35.3) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Shelby County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	35115	Montevallo	32.4 ±1.2	17,610	6,033	6,576
2	35147	Sterrett	35.1 ±3.5	6,897	2,394	2,332
3	35040	Calera	35.3 ±1.5	19,304	7,358	8,738
4	35080	Helena	35.7 ±1.9	20,251	6,936	7,479
5	35244	Birmingham	38.2 ±2.0	38,217	15,272	17,019
6	35007	Alabaster	39.2 ±2.3	28,586	10,453	10,668
7	35114	Alabaster	39.9 ±3.8	7,922	2,621	2,818
8	35043	Chelsea	40.4 ±2.4	15,837	5,289	6,128
9	35124	Pelham	40.7 ±2.6	25,238	9,900	11,178
10	35051	Columbiana	41.6 ±3.7	9,818	3,071	—
11	35094	Leeds	42.0 ±2.9	14,854	5,726	7,003
12	35242	Birmingham	43.6 ±1.2	57,374	23,978	26,130
13	35078	Harpersville	45.0 ±10.0	2,170	857	936
14	35186	Wilsonville	46.4 ±2.7	5,191	1,975	2,167
15	35178	Vincent	50.4 ±9.9	3,078	1,191	1,576
16	35143	Shelby	58.0 ±9.0	3,146	1,334	1,688

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; 16 of 18 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 37,993 households, on 66 carrier routes with 42,144 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 lowest median age?: 35115 (Montevallo), at 32.4 (±1.2), among 16 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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