Which ZIP code in El Paso County has the lowest median age?

80840 (Usaf Academy), at 21.0 (±0.3), among 40 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 El Paso County, CO

These are the 25 ZIP codes in El Paso County with the lowest median age, out of 40 with at least 1,000 residents. 80840 (Usaf Academy, 21.0), 80913 (Colorado Springs, 21.9) and 80902 (Colorado Springs, 23.5) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in El Paso 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 El Paso County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	80840	Usaf Academy	21.0 ±0.3	6,727	706	774
2	80913	Colorado Springs	21.9 ±0.2	6,586	0	—
3	80902	Colorado Springs	23.5 ±0.9	11,951	3,494	3,188
4	80951	Colorado Springs	29.2 ±3.3	5,219	1,651	1,588
5	80916	Colorado Springs	29.4 ±1.0	41,104	15,076	16,403
6	80938	Colorado Springs	29.5 ±5.1	1,664	485	625
7	80925	Colorado Springs	29.6 ±1.4	17,273	5,597	7,376
8	80930	Colorado Springs	29.9 ±4.2	1,882	669	607
9	80817	Fountain	30.6 ±1.3	31,241	11,228	11,617
10	80910	Colorado Springs	31.9 ±1.3	31,368	13,499	14,152
11	80915	Colorado Springs	32.2 ±2.3	23,884	9,269	10,422
12	80927	Colorado Springs	33.3 ±1.3	8,036	2,623	4,896
13	80922	Colorado Springs	34.0 ±1.3	30,453	11,472	12,889
14	80924	Colorado Springs	34.5 ±2.8	19,619	6,955	9,613
15	80903	Colorado Springs	34.5 ±1.5	16,491	7,603	9,155
16	80917	Colorado Springs	34.8 ±1.8	30,398	13,364	13,922
17	80923	Colorado Springs	35.1 ±2.0	31,772	12,608	13,887
18	80918	Colorado Springs	35.3 ±1.2	50,005	19,877	19,883
19	80905	Colorado Springs	35.7 ±2.4	16,672	8,454	8,636
20	80911	Colorado Springs	36.4 ±1.8	33,027	12,116	12,137
21	80920	Colorado Springs	37.2 ±1.0	36,923	14,386	16,039
22	80909	Colorado Springs	37.4 ±1.8	35,486	16,116	16,271
23	80907	Colorado Springs	37.5 ±1.5	27,815	12,756	14,448
24	80831	Peyton	38.3 ±1.5	33,912	11,332	12,909
25	80908	Colorado Springs	39.0 ±1.5	25,486	8,974	11,430

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; 40 of 45 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 20,927 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 El Paso County has the lowest median age?: 80840 (Usaf Academy), at 21.0 (±0.3), among 40 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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