Which ZIP code in Rowan County has the highest median age?

27054 (Woodleaf), at 50.2 (±8.5), 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Rowan County, NC

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Rowan County with the highest median age, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 27054 (Woodleaf, 50.2), 28125 (Mount Ulla, 46.3) and 28159 (Spencer, 42.7) 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Rowan County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27054	Woodleaf	50.2 ±8.5	1,931	942	1,093
2	28125	Mount Ulla	46.3 ±5.9	2,765	1,045	1,294
3	28159	Spencer	42.7 ±6.2	3,250	1,321	1,343
4	28146	Salisbury	42.3 ±3.2	31,292	12,649	13,984
5	28023	China Grove	41.8 ±3.5	15,495	6,081	6,914
6	28147	Salisbury	41.0 ±3.0	25,812	9,555	11,530
7	28088	Landis	40.9 ±7.3	3,054	1,283	1,509
8	28138	Rockwell	40.7 ±3.7	10,271	4,178	4,407
9	27013	Cleveland	40.5 ±7.0	6,575	2,360	2,608
10	28081	Kannapolis	39.7 ±2.5	29,075	11,581	13,652
11	28137	Richfield	39.5 ±12.3	2,664	987	1,277
12	28115	Mooresville	39.0 ±1.6	43,544	16,237	20,336
13	28144	Salisbury	38.9 ±2.5	27,977	11,270	11,410
14	28071	Gold Hill	38.4 ±8.8	4,219	1,572	1,354
15	28083	Kannapolis	37.9 ±2.9	28,095	10,930	11,776

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 15 of 18 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 22,038 households, on 40 carrier routes with 24,628 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 highest median age?: 27054 (Woodleaf), at 50.2 (±8.5), among 15 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest 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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