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

28450 (Lake Waccamaw), at 18.7%, among 14 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 Columbus County, NC

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Columbus County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 28450 (Lake Waccamaw, 18.7%), 28439 (Fair Bluff, 18.7%) and 28455 (Nakina, 14.8%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Columbus 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 Columbus County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28450	Lake Waccamaw	18.7%	2,337	846	1,041
2	28439	Fair Bluff	18.7%	1,190	488	549
3	28455	Nakina	14.8%	1,644	829	852
4	28463	Tabor City	9.6%	7,522	2,773	3,598
5	28438	Evergreen	9.3%	1,582	569	679
6	28442	Hallsboro	9.1%	1,810	599	661
7	28472	Whiteville	8.6%	16,780	6,629	8,096
8	28436	Delco	8.2%	1,922	647	842
9	28423	Bolton	6.0%	2,388	812	869
10	28456	Riegelwood	5.7%	3,860	1,531	1,575
11	28433	Clarkton	5.3%	4,313	1,742	1,703
12	28430	Cerro Gordo	5.3%	1,573	789	624
13	28431	Chadbourn	3.8%	5,901	2,835	3,069
14	28432	Clarendon	0.8%	1,656	621	857

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; 14 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 5,505 households, on 14 carrier routes with 6,719 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 Columbus County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 28450 (Lake Waccamaw), at 18.7%, among 14 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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