Which ZIP code in Essex County has the lowest median age?

01984 (Wenham), at 29.3 (±9.3), among 42 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 Essex County, MA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Essex County with the lowest median age, out of 42 with at least 1,000 residents. 01984 (Wenham, 29.3), 01841 (Lawrence, 31.8) and 01905 (Lynn, 33.1) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Essex County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in Essex County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	01984	Wenham	29.3 ±9.3	4,929	1,279	1,502
2	01841	Lawrence	31.8 ±1.2	52,769	17,027	14,978
3	01905	Lynn	33.1 ±2.1	28,221	9,086	9,478
4	01840	Lawrence	33.6 ±2.3	8,522	3,608	3,874
5	01843	Lawrence	34.0 ±2.5	27,445	10,507	9,572
6	01902	Lynn	35.8 ±1.6	50,066	18,657	17,038
7	01915	Beverly	38.5 ±1.5	41,994	16,652	17,309
8	01845	North Andover	38.5 ±1.4	32,494	11,546	12,255
9	01832	Haverhill	39.1 ±2.6	26,386	10,327	9,871
10	01835	Haverhill	39.2 ±2.2	14,782	5,568	6,146
11	01970	Salem	39.3 ±1.5	44,738	20,222	18,960
12	01830	Haverhill	39.8 ±2.0	26,530	10,650	11,039
13	01844	Methuen	39.9 ±1.7	53,420	18,673	19,565
14	01901	Lynn	40.7 ±11.1	2,419	1,502	2,290
15	01904	Lynn	40.9 ±2.9	21,003	7,169	7,169
16	01940	Lynnfield	41.9 ±2.0	13,285	4,650	4,986
17	01834	Groveland	42.2 ±1.8	6,777	2,639	2,574
18	01983	Topsfield	42.2 ±1.8	6,564	2,186	2,316
19	01833	Georgetown	42.6 ±3.3	8,432	3,206	3,157
20	01949	Middleton	43.1 ±2.0	9,816	3,172	3,295
21	01982	South Hamilton	43.4 ±1.9	7,680	2,666	2,637
22	01810	Andover	43.7 ±1.1	35,648	13,298	13,592
23	01913	Amesbury	43.7 ±1.7	17,403	7,586	7,675
24	01906	Saugus	44.5 ±2.5	28,773	10,958	11,523
25	01907	Swampscott	44.5 ±3.5	15,277	6,155	6,290

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; 42 of 44 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 41,507 households, on 52 carrier routes with 39,404 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 Essex County has the lowest median age?: 01984 (Wenham), at 29.3 (±9.3), among 42 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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