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

27516 (Chapel Hill), at 16.5%, 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Chatham County, NC

These are the 13 ZIP codes in Chatham County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 13 with at least 1,000 residents. 27516 (Chapel Hill, 16.5%), 27713 (Durham, 15.7%) and 27559 (Moncure, 15.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Chatham 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 Chatham County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27516	Chapel Hill	16.5%	47,358	17,503	18,931
2	27713	Durham	15.7%	59,197	25,689	27,693
3	27559	Moncure	15.0%	2,312	992	1,066
4	27517	Chapel Hill	14.8%	29,564	12,608	14,923
5	27523	Apex	13.8%	20,269	7,905	10,043
6	27502	Apex	11.2%	48,530	17,368	20,721
7	27252	Goldston	10.6%	1,425	620	644
8	27344	Siler City	9.3%	19,198	7,345	7,240
9	27312	Pittsboro	8.7%	23,341	10,292	13,054
10	27355	Staley	7.0%	2,291	972	1,106
11	27562	New Hill	6.3%	5,659	1,772	2,499
12	27207	Bear Creek	4.0%	4,367	1,631	1,586
13	27208	Bennett	2.8%	1,979	812	723

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; 13 of 15 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 64,697 households, on 109 carrier routes with 72,656 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 Chatham County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 27516 (Chapel Hill), at 16.5%, among 13 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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