Which ZIP code in Orange County has the highest share of households with children?

27516 (Chapel Hill), at 32.9%, among 11 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 families with kids in Orange County, NC

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Orange County with the highest share of households with children, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 27516 (Chapel Hill, 32.9%), 27572 (Rougemont, 32.7%) and 27243 (Efland, 30.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Orange 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 families with kids in Orange County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Households with children under 18	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27516	Chapel Hill	32.9%	47,358	17,503	18,931
2	27572	Rougemont	32.7%	6,131	2,489	3,049
3	27243	Efland	30.0%	5,677	2,138	1,928
4	27302	Mebane	28.8%	35,418	14,223	16,678
5	27278	Hillsborough	27.5%	27,925	11,533	12,881
6	27231	Cedar Grove	24.7%	2,331	991	923
7	27517	Chapel Hill	23.8%	29,564	12,608	14,923
8	27705	Durham	23.3%	49,923	22,678	24,444
9	27541	Hurdle Mills	22.9%	3,399	1,438	1,736
10	27514	Chapel Hill	20.6%	32,951	10,347	12,912
11	27510	Carrboro	16.9%	13,868	7,038	7,539

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 12 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Households with children buy tutoring, youth sports, pediatric and family dental care, child care, birthday venues and family dining. EDDM reaches every door on a route, so a higher share means more of your pieces land with families.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 47,886 households, on 79 carrier routes with 53,467 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 Orange County has the highest share of households with children?: 27516 (Chapel Hill), at 32.9%, among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error 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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