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

27101 (Winston Salem), at 16.5%, among 19 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 Forsyth County, NC

These are the 19 ZIP codes in Forsyth County with the fastest population growth, out of 19 with at least 1,000 residents. 27101 (Winston Salem, 16.5%), 27045 (Rural Hall, 13.7%) and 27023 (Lewisville, 13.2%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27101	Winston Salem	16.5%	22,973	10,982	12,126
2	27045	Rural Hall	13.7%	10,863	4,559	4,394
3	27023	Lewisville	13.2%	14,414	5,405	5,823
4	27104	Winston Salem	11.9%	31,783	14,479	14,684
5	27012	Clemmons	7.8%	30,543	12,418	13,234
6	27109	Winston Salem	6.1%	2,823	0	—
7	27107	Winston Salem	5.8%	50,769	19,173	19,731
8	27284	Kernersville	4.6%	58,065	24,410	27,459
9	27051	Walkertown	3.0%	7,873	3,086	3,731
10	27127	Winston Salem	2.3%	41,443	16,871	17,991
11	27106	Winston Salem	2.0%	49,670	20,288	23,174
12	27105	Winston Salem	1.4%	40,678	15,165	16,329
13	27040	Pfafftown	1.2%	12,665	4,837	5,474
14	27052	Walnut Cove	1.2%	10,506	4,150	4,450
15	27050	Tobaccoville	0.3%	3,823	1,575	1,713
16	27009	Belews Creek	-2.1%	2,939	1,192	1,176
17	27103	Winston Salem	-3.9%	33,325	16,002	17,859
18	27019	Germanton	-9.1%	3,544	1,779	1,656
19	27110	Winston Salem	-19.9%	2,181	0	—

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; 19 of 19 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 47,843 households, on 88 carrier routes with 50,261 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 Forsyth County has the fastest population growth?: 27101 (Winston Salem), at 16.5%, among 19 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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