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

28083 (Kannapolis), at 37.9 (±2.9), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Rowan County, NC

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Rowan County with the lowest median age, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 28083 (Kannapolis, 37.9), 28071 (Gold Hill, 38.4) and 28144 (Salisbury, 38.9) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Rowan County

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

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; 15 of 18 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 40,996 households, on 74 carrier routes with 46,153 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 lowest median age?: 28083 (Kannapolis), at 37.9 (±2.9), among 15 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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