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

28801 (Asheville), at 20.9%, among 15 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 Buncombe County, NC

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Buncombe County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 28801 (Asheville, 20.9%), 28804 (Asheville, 14.3%) and 28704 (Arden, 13.4%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28801	Asheville	20.9%	14,691	6,247	8,596
2	28804	Asheville	14.3%	25,776	9,135	11,599
3	28704	Arden	13.4%	24,138	8,810	13,148
4	28711	Black Mountain	13.2%	12,663	5,107	7,180
5	28803	Asheville	12.5%	33,718	13,459	18,281
6	28806	Asheville	12.3%	43,433	16,604	22,547
7	28805	Asheville	10.2%	19,993	8,224	9,888
8	28709	Barnardsville	10.2%	2,260	959	843
9	28732	Fletcher	8.9%	19,279	7,326	8,728
10	28715	Candler	8.5%	30,328	10,561	13,118
11	28787	Weaverville	8.4%	22,809	8,719	11,059
12	28730	Fairview	7.7%	7,605	2,981	4,327
13	28778	Swannanoa	7.4%	13,536	3,931	4,765
14	28748	Leicester	5.2%	12,230	4,094	5,635
15	28701	Alexander	4.1%	5,786	1,710	2,030

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; 15 of 17 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 42,758 households, on 97 carrier routes with 58,804 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 Buncombe County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 28801 (Asheville), at 20.9%, among 15 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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