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

28006 (Alexis), at 33.7 (±8.1), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Gaston County, NC

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Gaston County with the lowest median age, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 28006 (Alexis, 33.7), 28052 (Gastonia, 34.7) and 28054 (Gastonia, 36.2) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Gaston County

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

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest 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

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 44,263 households, on 78 carrier routes with 49,622 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 lowest median age?: 28006 (Alexis), at 33.7 (±8.1), among 14 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest 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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