Which ZIP code in Shelby County has the fastest population growth?

46259 (Indianapolis), at 37.9%, among 10 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Shelby County, IN

These are the 10 ZIP codes in Shelby County with the fastest population growth, out of 10 with at least 1,000 residents. 46259 (Indianapolis, 37.9%), 46182 (Waldron, 18.2%) and 47234 (Flat Rock, 11.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Shelby County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Shelby County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	46259	Indianapolis	37.9%	15,169	4,925	5,797
2	46182	Waldron	18.2%	1,803	695	549
3	47234	Flat Rock	11.0%	1,617	609	534
4	46163	New Palestine	10.8%	14,498	5,376	5,888
5	46176	Shelbyville	3.8%	28,782	12,053	12,731
6	46130	Fountaintown	-8.0%	2,455	785	962
7	46161	Morristown	-8.6%	2,347	903	648
8	47272	Saint Paul	-15.6%	1,844	737	586
9	46124	Edinburgh	-18.4%	7,304	2,965	3,241
10	46126	Fairland	-21.3%	3,902	1,745	1,741

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 10 of 14 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 23,658 households, on 42 carrier routes with 25,499 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 Shelby County has the fastest population growth?: 46259 (Indianapolis), at 37.9%, among 10 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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