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

27527 (Clayton), at 15.0%, among 16 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 Johnston County, NC

These are the 16 ZIP codes in Johnston County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 27527 (Clayton, 15.0%), 27529 (Garner, 13.9%) and 27591 (Wendell, 11.8%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Johnston 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 Johnston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27527	Clayton	15.0%	39,256	13,846	16,382
2	27529	Garner	13.9%	55,242	21,417	26,116
3	27591	Wendell	11.8%	29,838	10,751	13,824
4	27569	Princeton	11.3%	8,833	3,251	3,794
5	27568	Pine Level	10.8%	1,542	542	—
6	27597	Zebulon	10.2%	30,184	10,976	15,101
7	27501	Angier	9.7%	24,806	9,023	11,200
8	27557	Middlesex	8.3%	8,657	2,992	3,978
9	27520	Clayton	8.1%	48,014	17,819	21,803
10	27576	Selma	8.1%	21,624	7,998	8,308
11	27504	Benson	8.0%	17,079	6,980	8,794
12	27577	Smithfield	7.4%	28,354	10,297	11,529
13	27524	Four Oaks	7.2%	13,999	5,089	6,034
14	27592	Willow Spring	5.7%	21,114	7,086	7,629
15	27542	Kenly	5.4%	9,850	3,892	4,053
16	28366	Newton Grove	3.2%	3,769	1,602	2,123

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; 16 of 18 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 49,807 households. 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 Johnston County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 27527 (Clayton), at 15.0%, among 16 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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