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

94720 (Berkeley), at 65.5%, among 50 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 Alameda County, CA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Alameda County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 50 with at least 1,000 residents. 94720 (Berkeley, 65.5%), 94704 (Berkeley, 47.1%) and 94709 (Berkeley, 29.4%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Alameda 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 Alameda County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	94720	Berkeley	65.5%	5,763	222	—
2	94704	Berkeley	47.1%	23,788	8,227	10,860
3	94709	Berkeley	29.4%	12,146	5,429	5,599
4	94612	Oakland	24.9%	18,175	11,097	13,873
5	94608	Emeryville	22.9%	34,395	16,568	16,928
6	95391	Tracy	20.9%	25,574	7,097	9,181
7	94607	Oakland	20.0%	28,804	13,453	14,298
8	94710	Berkeley	17.9%	8,380	3,780	3,679
9	94609	Oakland	17.7%	23,928	11,049	11,474
10	94703	Berkeley	17.5%	20,934	8,662	9,254
11	94705	Berkeley	17.0%	13,991	5,886	6,302
12	94538	Fremont	16.0%	67,781	23,628	25,566
13	94542	Hayward	15.4%	14,871	4,936	5,341
14	94568	Dublin	15.3%	70,803	24,165	25,529
15	94611	Oakland	15.3%	40,116	18,387	19,060
16	94606	Oakland	14.3%	39,966	16,337	16,693
17	94706	Albany	14.2%	19,969	7,945	8,550
18	94702	Berkeley	14.0%	17,635	7,662	8,187
19	94501	Alameda	13.3%	63,808	25,208	29,211
20	94610	Oakland	13.1%	32,628	16,372	16,254
21	94605	Oakland	12.0%	44,103	16,594	16,298
22	95377	Tracy	11.6%	37,739	10,170	12,874
23	94536	Fremont	11.3%	70,619	25,205	26,307
24	94551	Livermore	11.1%	37,885	14,052	14,716
25	94566	Pleasanton	10.6%	44,222	15,921	16,687

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; 50 of 52 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 41,543 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 Alameda County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 94720 (Berkeley), at 65.5%, among 50 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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