Which ZIP code in Gaston County has the highest median age?

28033 (Crouse), at 51.1 (±16.3), 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Gaston County, NC

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Gaston County with the highest median age, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 28033 (Crouse, 51.1), 28016 (Bessemer City, 43.7) and 28164 (Stanley, 43.4) 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Gaston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28033	Crouse	51.1 ±16.3	3,481	1,403	1,076
2	28016	Bessemer City	43.7 ±5.5	13,109	5,042	6,012
3	28164	Stanley	43.4 ±2.1	16,874	6,483	6,679
4	28032	Cramerton	43.1 ±12.0	2,869	1,387	1,761
5	28034	Dallas	42.4 ±1.9	18,979	7,674	8,527
6	28056	Gastonia	41.4 ±1.6	36,200	14,033	15,581
7	28086	Kings Mountain	41.2 ±1.8	29,460	10,903	11,962
8	28021	Cherryville	41.0 ±2.6	13,865	5,570	5,759
9	28120	Mount Holly	40.4 ±2.1	25,805	10,241	10,992
10	28098	Lowell	40.3 ±4.8	3,851	1,768	1,753
11	28012	Belmont	40.2 ±1.2	26,556	11,141	13,904
12	28054	Gastonia	36.2 ±1.0	41,707	17,379	18,252
13	28052	Gastonia	34.7 ±1.5	36,272	13,379	15,338
14	28006	Alexis	33.7 ±8.1	1,518	596	375

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 14 of 16 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 21,989 households, on 37 carrier routes with 24,055 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 highest median age?: 28033 (Crouse), at 51.1 (±16.3), among 14 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
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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