Which ZIP code in New Madrid County has the highest median age?

63873 (Portageville), at 43.4 (±4.1), 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in New Madrid County, MO

These are the 8 ZIP codes in New Madrid County with the highest median age, out of 8 with at least 1,000 residents. 63873 (Portageville, 43.4), 63869 (New Madrid, 40.5) and 63801 (Sikeston, 40.2) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in New Madrid County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in New Madrid County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	63873	Portageville	43.4 ±4.1	4,015	1,732	1,720
2	63869	New Madrid	40.5 ±2.5	3,218	1,406	1,448
3	63801	Sikeston	40.2 ±1.9	22,027	8,970	9,975
4	63863	Malden	38.7 ±2.1	5,321	2,299	2,328
5	63845	East Prairie	37.8 ±4.2	5,261	2,178	2,064
6	63862	Lilbourn	37.7 ±7.1	1,237	465	326
7	63870	Parma	34.6 ±6.4	1,066	418	121
8	63837	Clarkton	33.4 ±10.3	1,381	505	473

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 8 of 17 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 16,585 households, on 37 carrier routes with 17,535 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 New Madrid County has the highest median age?: 63873 (Portageville), at 43.4 (±4.1), among 8 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest 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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