Which ZIP code in Boston has the fastest population growth?

02210 (Boston), at 87.6%, among 30 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 Boston, MA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Boston, MA with the fastest population growth, out of 30 with at least 1,000 residents. 02210 (Boston, 87.6%), 02199 (Boston, 11.7%) and 02114 (Boston, 8.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Boston; 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 Boston

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	02210	Boston	87.6%	6,971	4,588	5,821
2	02199	Boston	11.7%	1,292	775	921
3	02114	Boston	8.1%	14,418	8,396	10,282
4	02111	Boston	6.1%	8,407	3,711	4,994
5	02136	Hyde Park	5.8%	37,265	13,719	12,643
6	02115	Boston	3.7%	29,705	9,873	11,352
7	02467	Chestnut Hill	3.3%	23,001	6,852	7,378
8	02118	Boston	2.4%	28,946	14,497	15,092
9	02110	Boston	1.2%	2,342	1,322	2,069
10	02129	Charlestown	0.7%	20,032	9,606	8,934
11	02120	Roxbury Crossing	0.6%	15,283	4,625	5,719
12	02124	Dorchester Center	-0.8%	56,216	20,287	18,146
13	02119	Roxbury	-1.6%	27,377	11,920	11,555
14	02130	Jamaica Plain	-1.7%	40,055	18,237	17,056
15	02127	South Boston	-2.3%	36,769	18,066	18,777
16	02125	Dorchester	-3.4%	33,662	14,246	13,683
17	02121	Dorchester	-3.7%	29,040	10,760	9,489
18	02135	Brighton	-4.0%	43,149	21,143	23,973
19	02122	Dorchester	-4.1%	23,479	9,299	9,229
20	02215	Boston	-4.6%	24,581	8,016	11,648
21	02132	West Roxbury	-4.9%	26,444	11,107	11,927
22	02116	Boston	-5.1%	21,978	11,513	12,745
23	02128	East Boston	-8.3%	43,345	17,736	18,362
24	02113	Boston	-8.3%	6,385	4,112	4,467
25	02131	Roslindale	-9.5%	31,151	12,694	12,056

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; 30 of 33 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 31,189 households, on 58 carrier routes with 34,661 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 Boston has the fastest population growth?: 02210 (Boston), at 87.6%, among 30 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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