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

28006 (Alexis), at 36.0%, 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Gaston County, NC

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Gaston County with the fastest population growth, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 28006 (Alexis, 36.0%), 28120 (Mount Holly, 19.6%) and 28086 (Kings Mountain, 15.8%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Gaston 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 Gaston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28006	Alexis	36.0%	1,518	596	375
2	28120	Mount Holly	19.6%	25,805	10,241	10,992
3	28086	Kings Mountain	15.8%	29,460	10,903	11,962
4	28012	Belmont	11.4%	26,556	11,141	13,904
5	28033	Crouse	11.1%	3,481	1,403	1,076
6	28054	Gastonia	10.1%	41,707	17,379	18,252
7	28034	Dallas	9.2%	18,979	7,674	8,527
8	28164	Stanley	8.0%	16,874	6,483	6,679
9	28098	Lowell	6.0%	3,851	1,768	1,753
10	28056	Gastonia	5.3%	36,200	14,033	15,581
11	28052	Gastonia	3.1%	36,272	13,379	15,338
12	28016	Bessemer City	-2.2%	13,109	5,042	6,012
13	28021	Cherryville	-3.8%	13,865	5,570	5,759
14	28032	Cramerton	-11.6%	2,869	1,387	1,761

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; 14 of 16 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 34,284 households, on 57 carrier routes with 38,309 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 Gaston County has the fastest population growth?: 28006 (Alexis), at 36.0%, among 14 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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