Which ZIP code in Cape Girardeau County has the lowest median age?

63701 (Cape Girardeau), at 34.6 (±1.5), among 8 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 Cape Girardeau County, MO

These are the 8 ZIP codes in Cape Girardeau County with the lowest median age, out of 8 with at least 1,000 residents. 63701 (Cape Girardeau, 34.6), 63755 (Jackson, 37.5) and 63730 (Advance, 37.6) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	63701	Cape Girardeau	34.6 ±1.5	39,345	15,985	16,370
2	63755	Jackson	37.5 ±1.3	27,629	10,450	12,011
3	63730	Advance	37.6 ±4.2	3,397	1,440	1,411
4	63703	Cape Girardeau	40.7 ±7.3	8,201	3,404	3,533
5	63740	Chaffee	43.2 ±2.0	5,165	2,182	2,175
6	63785	Whitewater	43.7 ±13.8	1,282	459	414
7	63769	Oak Ridge	49.0 ±15.1	1,358	509	608
8	63766	Millersville	53.8 ±8.9	1,715	641	457

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; 8 of 15 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 33,461 households, on 75 carrier routes with 35,500 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 Cape Girardeau County has the lowest median age?: 63701 (Cape Girardeau), at 34.6 (±1.5), among 8 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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