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

28478 (Willard), at 37.3%, 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 Pender County, NC

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Pender County with the highest share of households with children, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 28478 (Willard, 37.3%), 28443 (Hampstead, 37.1%) and 28454 (Maple Hill, 32.6%) 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.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Pender County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Households with children under 18	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28478	Willard	37.3%	5,017	2,087	2,054
2	28443	Hampstead	37.1%	28,416	10,395	13,666
3	28454	Maple Hill	32.6%	2,895	1,255	1,481
4	28457	Rocky Point	31.4%	11,464	4,430	5,049
5	28425	Burgaw	28.0%	11,380	4,382	4,343
6	28466	Wallace	27.2%	8,893	4,204	4,283
7	28411	Wilmington	25.2%	37,233	15,924	20,528
8	28435	Currie	23.3%	1,889	726	1,175
9	28447	Ivanhoe	22.0%	1,507	437	550
10	28421	Atkinson	21.8%	2,010	799	615
11	28401	Wilmington	14.7%	22,007	11,085	14,616

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 11 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 22,549 households, on 49 carrier routes with 26,593 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 highest share of households with children?: 28478 (Willard), at 37.3%, 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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