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

21856 (Quantico), at 20.5%, among 11 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 Wicomico County, MD

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Wicomico County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 21856 (Quantico, 20.5%), 21804 (Salisbury, 19.8%) and 21801 (Salisbury, 18.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Wicomico County; 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 Wicomico County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	21856	Quantico	20.5%	1,037	377	367
2	21804	Salisbury	19.8%	40,430	15,707	17,936
3	21801	Salisbury	18.1%	30,088	11,348	12,397
4	21830	Hebron	10.8%	5,200	1,805	1,493
5	21874	Willards	10.7%	1,693	666	969
6	21826	Fruitland	9.7%	5,451	1,909	2,257
7	21850	Pittsville	9.3%	3,850	1,609	1,337
8	21837	Mardela Springs	9.0%	2,891	1,123	976
9	21822	Eden	7.7%	2,926	1,108	1,245
10	21849	Parsonsburg	5.8%	3,388	1,402	1,311
11	21875	Delmar	5.7%	7,646	3,173	3,252

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; 11 of 16 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 29,903 households, on 58 carrier routes with 33,162 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 Wicomico County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 21856 (Quantico), at 20.5%, among 11 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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