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

93451 (San Miguel), at 16.3%, among 24 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 Monterey County, CA

These are the 24 ZIP codes in Monterey County with the fastest population growth, out of 24 with at least 1,000 residents. 93451 (San Miguel, 16.3%), 93927 (Greenfield, 14.7%) and 93933 (Marina, 10.5%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Monterey 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 Monterey County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	93451	San Miguel	16.3%	5,207	1,663	1,272
2	93927	Greenfield	14.7%	21,574	4,856	4,317
3	93933	Marina	10.5%	28,122	9,707	11,584
4	93907	Salinas	7.9%	25,146	7,238	7,464
5	93905	Salinas	5.6%	63,898	14,150	13,806
6	93901	Salinas	5.4%	29,724	10,654	10,771
7	95004	Aromas	3.4%	4,363	1,597	1,147
8	93960	Soledad	1.9%	27,471	5,161	5,222
9	93930	King City	1.0%	17,243	4,364	4,466
10	93908	Salinas	0.4%	12,450	4,385	4,870
11	95012	Castroville	0.3%	10,814	2,627	2,761
12	93906	Salinas	-0.2%	64,199	17,842	17,869
13	93426	Bradley	-0.3%	1,564	598	928
14	93923	Carmel	-2.1%	12,565	5,427	6,318
15	93924	Carmel Valley	-3.0%	6,316	2,641	2,819
16	93950	Pacific Grove	-3.8%	14,951	6,992	7,755
17	95076	Watsonville	-4.7%	82,806	24,656	23,355
18	93926	Gonzales	-4.9%	8,724	2,355	903
19	93940	Monterey	-5.1%	30,605	14,028	14,990
20	93920	Big Sur	-5.2%	1,464	449	295
21	93955	Seaside	-6.7%	32,266	10,579	11,133
22	93953	Pebble Beach	-10.3%	3,613	1,672	2,355
23	93921	Carmel By The Sea	-30.0%	2,322	1,336	—
24	93925	Chualar	-40.1%	1,241	337	78

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; 24 of 32 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 37,614 households, on 54 carrier routes with 38,443 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 Monterey County has the fastest population growth?: 93451 (San Miguel), at 16.3%, among 24 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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