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

28538 (Hookerton), at 15.6%, among 8 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 Lenoir County, NC

These are the 8 ZIP codes in Lenoir County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 8 with at least 1,000 residents. 28538 (Hookerton, 15.6%), 28504 (Kinston, 11.6%) and 28530 (Grifton, 10.4%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28538	Hookerton	15.6%	1,989	864	892
2	28504	Kinston	11.6%	20,407	8,598	9,237
3	28530	Grifton	10.4%	6,484	2,997	3,122
4	28501	Kinston	10.2%	17,642	7,894	8,608
5	28525	Deep Run	8.9%	3,613	1,410	1,454
6	28551	La Grange	7.0%	14,078	5,478	6,221
7	28578	Seven Springs	5.2%	4,219	1,428	2,334
8	28572	Pink Hill	4.7%	6,658	2,560	2,828

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; 8 of 8 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 21,763 households, on 39 carrier routes with 23,313 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 Lenoir County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 28538 (Hookerton), at 15.6%, among 8 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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