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

28071 (Gold Hill), at 58.2%, among 15 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 Rowan County, NC

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Rowan County with the fastest population growth, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 28071 (Gold Hill, 58.2%), 28115 (Mooresville, 15.6%) and 28125 (Mount Ulla, 14.2%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Rowan 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 Rowan County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28071	Gold Hill	58.2%	4,219	1,572	1,354
2	28115	Mooresville	15.6%	43,544	16,237	20,336
3	28125	Mount Ulla	14.2%	2,765	1,045	1,294
4	27013	Cleveland	13.1%	6,575	2,360	2,608
5	28144	Salisbury	12.5%	27,977	11,270	11,410
6	28088	Landis	11.2%	3,054	1,283	1,509
7	28146	Salisbury	10.1%	31,292	12,649	13,984
8	28083	Kannapolis	10.0%	28,095	10,930	11,776
9	28147	Salisbury	9.9%	25,812	9,555	11,530
10	28159	Spencer	9.8%	3,250	1,321	1,343
11	28081	Kannapolis	3.4%	29,075	11,581	13,652
12	28138	Rockwell	1.1%	10,271	4,178	4,407
13	28023	China Grove	-3.9%	15,495	6,081	6,914
14	28137	Richfield	-16.3%	2,664	987	1,277
15	27054	Woodleaf	-29.1%	1,931	942	1,093

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; 15 of 18 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 32,484 households, on 60 carrier routes with 37,002 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 Rowan County has the fastest population growth?: 28071 (Gold Hill), at 58.2%, among 15 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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