Which ZIP code in Pender County has the fastest population growth?

28421 (Atkinson), at 24.8%, 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Pender County, NC

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Pender County with the fastest population growth, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 28421 (Atkinson, 24.8%), 28443 (Hampstead, 22.1%) and 28457 (Rocky Point, 11.3%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Pender County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Pender County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28421	Atkinson	24.8%	2,010	799	615
2	28443	Hampstead	22.1%	28,416	10,395	13,666
3	28457	Rocky Point	11.3%	11,464	4,430	5,049
4	28454	Maple Hill	5.9%	2,895	1,255	1,481
5	28478	Willard	5.5%	5,017	2,087	2,054
6	28425	Burgaw	-3.8%	11,380	4,382	4,343
7	28466	Wallace	-4.3%	8,893	4,204	4,283
8	28411	Wilmington	-4.6%	37,233	15,924	20,528
9	28401	Wilmington	-10.7%	22,007	11,085	14,616
10	28447	Ivanhoe	-13.1%	1,507	437	550
11	28435	Currie	-14.5%	1,889	726	1,175

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 11 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 18,966 households, on 43 carrier routes with 22,865 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 Pender County has the fastest population growth?: 28421 (Atkinson), at 24.8%, among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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