Which ZIP code in Ashe County has the fastest population growth?

28644 (Laurel Springs), at 24.9%, among 10 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Ashe County, NC

These are the 10 ZIP codes in Ashe County with the fastest population growth, out of 10 with at least 1,000 residents. 28644 (Laurel Springs, 24.9%), 28626 (Fleetwood, 17.8%) and 28615 (Creston, 3.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Ashe County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Ashe County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28644	Laurel Springs	24.9%	1,433	735	908
2	28626	Fleetwood	17.8%	3,173	1,521	1,453
3	28615	Creston	3.7%	1,878	895	1,047
4	28698	Zionville	0.3%	2,320	966	1,005
5	28694	West Jefferson	-1.2%	7,626	3,678	4,117
6	28640	Jefferson	-3.3%	4,820	2,076	2,315
7	28684	Todd	-3.8%	1,961	870	1,081
8	28617	Crumpler	-4.4%	1,839	773	1,078
9	28643	Lansing	-5.9%	3,615	1,494	1,704
10	28693	Warrensville	-36.6%	1,071	431	679

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 10 of 13 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 7,795 households, on 16 carrier routes with 8,530 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 Ashe County has the fastest population growth?: 28644 (Laurel Springs), at 24.9%, among 10 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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