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

27514 (Chapel Hill), at 23.9 (±1.1), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Orange County, NC

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Orange County with the lowest median age, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 27514 (Chapel Hill, 23.9), 27510 (Carrboro, 31.7) and 27705 (Durham, 35.3) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Orange County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27514	Chapel Hill	23.9 ±1.1	32,951	10,347	12,912
2	27510	Carrboro	31.7 ±2.3	13,868	7,038	7,539
3	27705	Durham	35.3 ±1.7	49,923	22,678	24,444
4	27516	Chapel Hill	36.9 ±1.6	47,358	17,503	18,931
5	27302	Mebane	41.0 ±1.6	35,418	14,223	16,678
6	27517	Chapel Hill	43.4 ±2.6	29,564	12,608	14,923
7	27572	Rougemont	43.7 ±4.4	6,131	2,489	3,049
8	27278	Hillsborough	44.3 ±2.4	27,925	11,533	12,881
9	27243	Efland	45.0 ±4.4	5,677	2,138	1,928
10	27231	Cedar Grove	46.0 ±6.7	2,331	991	923
11	27541	Hurdle Mills	49.7 ±7.4	3,399	1,438	1,736

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; 11 of 12 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 71,789 households, on 122 carrier routes with 80,504 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 lowest median age?: 27514 (Chapel Hill), at 23.9 (±1.1), among 11 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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