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

94612 (Oakland), at 24.9%, among 15 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 Oakland, CA

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Oakland, CA with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 94612 (Oakland, 24.9%), 94608 (Emeryville, 22.9%) and 94607 (Oakland, 20.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Oakland; 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 Oakland

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	94612	Oakland	24.9%	18,175	11,097	13,873
2	94608	Emeryville	22.9%	34,395	16,568	16,928
3	94607	Oakland	20.0%	28,804	13,453	14,298
4	94609	Oakland	17.7%	23,928	11,049	11,474
5	94705	Berkeley	17.0%	13,991	5,886	6,302
6	94611	Oakland	15.3%	40,116	18,387	19,060
7	94606	Oakland	14.3%	39,966	16,337	16,693
8	94610	Oakland	13.1%	32,628	16,372	16,254
9	94605	Oakland	12.0%	44,103	16,594	16,298
10	94602	Oakland	10.6%	31,759	12,496	12,325
11	94619	Oakland	9.6%	26,831	9,809	9,700
12	94618	Oakland	9.5%	16,958	7,553	7,808
13	94601	Oakland	8.8%	53,259	16,734	16,444
14	94603	Oakland	7.0%	35,742	10,527	10,329
15	94621	Oakland	5.3%	33,840	10,359	9,688

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; 15 of 16 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 58,053 households, on 90 carrier routes with 62,875 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 Oakland has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 94612 (Oakland), at 24.9%, among 15 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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