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

02215 (Boston), at 43.6%, 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Boston, MA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Boston, MA with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 30 with at least 1,000 residents. 02215 (Boston, 43.6%), 02163 (Boston, 41.9%) and 02115 (Boston, 38.2%) 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Boston

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	02215	Boston	43.6%	24,581	8,016	11,648
2	02163	Boston	41.9%	1,817	410	700
3	02115	Boston	38.2%	29,705	9,873	11,352
4	02120	Roxbury Crossing	34.3%	15,283	4,625	5,719
5	02113	Boston	33.8%	6,385	4,112	4,467
6	02114	Boston	33.2%	14,418	8,396	10,282
7	02109	Boston	32.9%	3,612	2,085	2,420
8	02134	Allston	32.8%	17,667	8,217	11,164
9	02108	Boston	29.8%	3,794	1,973	2,199
10	02210	Boston	29.6%	6,971	4,588	5,821
11	02135	Brighton	26.4%	43,149	21,143	23,973
12	02116	Boston	26.0%	21,978	11,513	12,745
13	02111	Boston	25.2%	8,407	3,711	4,994
14	02199	Boston	24.9%	1,292	775	921
15	02118	Boston	22.0%	28,946	14,497	15,092
16	02127	South Boston	20.7%	36,769	18,066	18,777
17	02130	Jamaica Plain	19.6%	40,055	18,237	17,056
18	02128	East Boston	15.6%	43,345	17,736	18,362
19	02125	Dorchester	14.5%	33,662	14,246	13,683
20	02129	Charlestown	14.3%	20,032	9,606	8,934
21	02110	Boston	14.0%	2,342	1,322	2,069
22	02467	Chestnut Hill	13.8%	23,001	6,852	7,378
23	02119	Roxbury	13.5%	27,377	11,920	11,555
24	02124	Dorchester Center	12.1%	56,216	20,287	18,146
25	02136	Hyde Park	12.1%	37,265	13,719	12,643

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; 30 of 33 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 27,036 households, on 43 carrier routes with 33,886 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 highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 02215 (Boston), at 43.6%, among 30 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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