Which ZIP code in New Hanover County has the highest median age?

28480 (Wrightsville Beach), at 59.6 (±5.5), among 10 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 New Hanover County, NC

These are the 10 ZIP codes in New Hanover County with the highest median age, out of 10 with at least 1,000 residents. 28480 (Wrightsville Beach, 59.6), 28449 (Kure Beach, 57.2) and 28428 (Carolina Beach, 53.2) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28480	Wrightsville Beach	59.6 ±5.5	2,776	1,360	1,761
2	28449	Kure Beach	57.2 ±3.2	2,131	913	1,031
3	28428	Carolina Beach	53.2 ±1.7	7,136	3,246	5,322
4	28429	Castle Hayne	43.8 ±3.5	9,662	3,896	5,126
5	28409	Wilmington	43.2 ±2.1	36,163	14,544	15,945
6	28411	Wilmington	42.1 ±2.1	37,233	15,924	20,528
7	28401	Wilmington	41.7 ±2.3	22,007	11,085	14,616
8	28412	Wilmington	40.8 ±1.3	44,166	20,169	25,225
9	28405	Wilmington	38.0 ±2.0	35,467	15,899	17,043
10	28403	Wilmington	28.5 ±2.1	40,319	18,577	20,097

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; 10 of 10 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 23,959 households, on 50 carrier routes with 29,185 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 New Hanover County has the highest median age?: 28480 (Wrightsville Beach), at 59.6 (±5.5), among 10 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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