Which ZIP code in Santa Cruz County has the lowest median age?

95064 (Santa Cruz), at 19.6 (±0.2), among 14 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 Santa Cruz County, CA

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Santa Cruz County with the lowest median age, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 95064 (Santa Cruz, 19.6), 95019 (Freedom, 32.5) and 95076 (Watsonville, 36.4) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	95064	Santa Cruz	19.6 ±0.2	10,168	495	493
2	95019	Freedom	32.5 ±4.7	5,933	1,805	1,933
3	95076	Watsonville	36.4 ±1.1	82,806	24,656	23,355
4	95060	Santa Cruz	36.5 ±1.9	46,268	18,415	19,285
5	95073	Soquel	43.1 ±3.9	11,639	4,516	4,100
6	95062	Santa Cruz	43.3 ±2.1	35,607	15,470	16,182
7	95065	Santa Cruz	43.6 ±3.3	7,997	2,898	3,197
8	95005	Ben Lomond	45.2 ±6.5	7,277	2,878	2,338
9	95033	Los Gatos	45.3 ±3.4	9,600	3,766	3,621
10	95018	Felton	45.3 ±4.7	6,594	2,799	3,124
11	95066	Scotts Valley	47.1 ±2.8	15,135	6,195	6,117
12	95006	Boulder Creek	47.6 ±2.8	7,561	3,222	3,739
13	95003	Aptos	48.4 ±2.0	24,951	9,905	11,275
14	95010	Capitola	49.7 ±2.8	8,707	4,242	4,795

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; 14 of 17 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 49,887 households, on 84 carrier routes with 49,166 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 Santa Cruz County has the lowest median age?: 95064 (Santa Cruz), at 19.6 (±0.2), among 14 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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