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

32542 (Eglin Afb), at 38.5%, 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Okaloosa County, FL

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Okaloosa County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 32542 (Eglin Afb, 38.5%), 32544 (Hurlburt Field, 31.6%) and 32569 (Mary Esther, 25.2%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	32542	Eglin Afb	38.5%	3,578	900	1,619
2	32544	Hurlburt Field	31.6%	2,256	538	481
3	32569	Mary Esther	25.2%	12,063	5,030	5,597
4	32547	Fort Walton Beach	20.9%	35,527	14,391	16,726
5	32580	Valparaiso	20.3%	4,194	1,833	2,026
6	32579	Shalimar	19.8%	10,506	4,516	4,954
7	32541	Destin	17.9%	18,855	8,446	15,351
8	32536	Crestview	17.6%	25,599	9,346	11,680
9	32539	Crestview	17.0%	33,290	11,835	13,085
10	32531	Baker	17.0%	7,314	2,955	3,060
11	32548	Fort Walton Beach	16.5%	23,774	10,333	12,534
12	32578	Niceville	15.1%	34,738	13,668	15,069
13	32567	Laurel Hill	13.5%	5,609	1,910	2,437
14	32564	Holt	8.2%	2,676	1,150	1,471

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; 14 of 14 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 22,692 households, on 40 carrier routes with 26,449 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 Okaloosa County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 32542 (Eglin Afb), at 38.5%, among 14 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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