Which ZIP code in Brunswick County has the highest median age?

28468 (Sunset Beach), at 68.0 (±2.7), among 13 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 Brunswick County, NC

These are the 13 ZIP codes in Brunswick County with the highest median age, out of 13 with at least 1,000 residents. 28468 (Sunset Beach, 68.0), 28467 (Calabash, 65.4) and 28461 (Southport, 62.6) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28468	Sunset Beach	68.0 ±2.7	5,154	2,642	5,339
2	28467	Calabash	65.4 ±1.0	13,313	6,917	10,690
3	28461	Southport	62.6 ±0.9	23,762	11,150	14,114
4	28465	Oak Island	62.0 ±1.5	8,756	4,426	7,714
5	28469	Ocean Isle Beach	61.2 ±1.9	10,404	4,719	7,242
6	28462	Supply	55.4 ±1.6	12,340	5,522	8,799
7	28422	Bolivia	52.1 ±3.7	10,059	4,092	7,320
8	28470	Shallotte	49.8 ±3.3	11,219	5,161	6,731
9	28456	Riegelwood	47.2 ±8.2	3,860	1,531	1,575
10	28420	Ash	46.3 ±7.4	2,658	1,163	1,861
11	28451	Leland	44.4 ±1.5	46,933	20,222	27,775
12	28479	Winnabow	40.2 ±5.1	6,581	2,624	3,896
13	28452	Brunswick County	30.3 ±5.3	1,152	406	178

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; 13 of 13 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 29,854 households, on 78 carrier routes with 45,099 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 Brunswick County has the highest median age?: 28468 (Sunset Beach), at 68.0 (±2.7), among 13 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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