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

96140 (Carnelian Bay), at 21.9%, among 23 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 Placer County, CA

These are the 23 ZIP codes in Placer County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 23 with at least 1,000 residents. 96140 (Carnelian Bay, 21.9%), 95681 (Sheridan, 16.5%) and 95603 (Auburn, 15.2%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Placer 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 Placer County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	96140	Carnelian Bay	21.9%	1,171	500	—
2	95681	Sheridan	16.5%	1,267	336	415
3	95603	Auburn	15.2%	28,432	11,738	12,165
4	95678	Roseville	14.9%	45,346	18,028	17,984
5	95677	Rocklin	13.7%	29,206	10,981	11,532
6	95703	Applegate	13.2%	2,589	873	563
7	95765	Rocklin	12.4%	43,871	14,882	16,365
8	95746	Granite Bay	12.3%	22,985	7,955	8,391
9	96145	Tahoe City	12.2%	3,441	1,469	—
10	96146	Olympic Valley	11.9%	1,154	546	27
11	95661	Roseville	11.8%	32,589	13,193	13,548
12	95747	Roseville	11.7%	83,902	30,086	38,015
13	95631	Foresthill	11.3%	6,946	2,705	2,181
14	95722	Meadow Vista	11.1%	4,092	1,712	1,797
15	95650	Loomis	10.6%	13,405	5,222	4,820
16	95648	Lincoln	10.5%	57,459	21,742	24,534
17	96161	Truckee	10.3%	19,634	7,929	—
18	95663	Penryn	9.9%	3,090	1,155	966
19	95658	Newcastle	8.6%	5,894	2,241	2,518
20	96143	Kings Beach	8.4%	3,222	1,318	—
21	95713	Colfax	7.9%	9,448	3,653	2,915
22	95602	Auburn	7.6%	19,701	7,597	7,649
23	95626	Elverta	4.3%	5,595	1,855	1,912

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; 23 of 33 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 41,583 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 Placer County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 96140 (Carnelian Bay), at 21.9%, among 23 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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