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

04421 (Castine), at 20.2%, among 18 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 Hancock County, ME

These are the 18 ZIP codes in Hancock County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 18 with at least 1,000 residents. 04421 (Castine, 20.2%), 04622 (Cherryfield, 18.5%) and 04416 (Bucksport, 17.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Hancock 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 Hancock County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	04421	Castine	20.2%	1,362	352	110
2	04622	Cherryfield	18.5%	1,050	505	571
3	04416	Bucksport	17.7%	5,497	2,589	2,062
4	04609	Bar Harbor	17.0%	5,244	2,479	2,870
5	04476	Penobscot	16.5%	1,154	531	569
6	04676	Sedgwick	12.6%	1,130	532	511
7	04664	Sullivan	12.2%	1,246	532	536
8	04614	Blue Hill	12.1%	2,813	1,308	1,024
9	04605	Ellsworth	11.0%	14,529	6,414	7,111
10	04640	Hancock	9.1%	2,450	1,117	1,115
11	04607	Gouldsboro	7.8%	1,142	564	565
12	04634	Franklin	7.7%	2,374	1,055	886
13	04679	Southwest Harbor	7.3%	1,553	731	456
14	04429	Holden	6.2%	5,008	2,235	2,010
15	04472	Orland	5.5%	1,852	890	883
16	04684	Surry	5.1%	1,836	841	737
17	04660	Mount Desert	4.1%	1,072	517	526
18	04627	Deer Isle	2.5%	2,137	909	768

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; 18 of 41 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 6,456 households, on 13 carrier routes with 6,182 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 Hancock County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 04421 (Castine), at 20.2%, among 18 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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