Which ZIP code in New Orleans has the lowest median age?

70118 (New Orleans), at 31.8 (±1.4), among 19 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 New Orleans, LA

These are the 19 ZIP codes in New Orleans, LA with the lowest median age, out of 19 with at least 1,000 residents. 70118 (New Orleans, 31.8), 70125 (New Orleans, 34.8) and 70128 (New Orleans, 36.3) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in New Orleans; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in New Orleans

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	70118	New Orleans	31.8 ±1.4	36,072	12,831	16,374
2	70125	New Orleans	34.8 ±2.2	17,821	6,477	8,478
3	70128	New Orleans	36.3 ±2.1	22,986	7,798	7,393
4	70127	New Orleans	37.7 ±2.0	23,107	9,172	10,497
5	70119	New Orleans	38.3 ±1.0	37,253	18,142	21,828
6	70126	New Orleans	38.4 ±1.6	27,047	10,028	13,027
7	70130	New Orleans	39.5 ±2.2	12,560	7,239	11,977
8	70117	New Orleans	39.6 ±1.0	25,652	11,779	17,448
9	70113	New Orleans	39.6 ±1.4	9,387	3,830	—
10	70112	New Orleans	39.6 ±8.7	3,490	2,327	5,189
11	70115	New Orleans	39.8 ±1.1	31,183	13,890	18,585
12	70124	New Orleans	39.9 ±0.9	21,778	8,362	10,675
13	70131	New Orleans	40.0 ±2.0	25,151	10,177	11,348
14	70114	New Orleans	40.8 ±2.5	22,659	9,512	11,177
15	70122	New Orleans	41.4 ±1.0	35,253	15,178	16,838
16	70129	New Orleans	42.3 ±6.5	9,769	3,076	4,146
17	70123	New Orleans	43.3 ±2.7	27,386	13,635	13,788
18	70121	New Orleans	43.7 ±3.9	10,558	5,433	—
19	70116	New Orleans	47.6 ±3.2	10,404	5,950	8,860

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; 19 of 22 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 54,420 households, on 91 carrier routes with 64,570 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 New Orleans has the lowest median age?: 70118 (New Orleans), at 31.8 (±1.4), among 19 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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