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

27562 (New Hill), at 163.3%, among 34 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 Wake County, NC

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Wake County with the fastest population growth, out of 34 with at least 1,000 residents. 27562 (New Hill, 163.3%), 27523 (Apex, 62.9%) and 27591 (Wendell, 45.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Wake 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 Wake County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27562	New Hill	163.3%	5,659	1,772	2,499
2	27523	Apex	62.9%	20,269	7,905	10,043
3	27591	Wendell	45.1%	29,838	10,751	13,824
4	27592	Willow Spring	32.2%	21,114	7,086	7,629
5	27526	Fuquay Varina	26.8%	61,588	22,625	30,859
6	27519	Cary	23.6%	69,836	24,513	28,244
7	27571	Rolesville	22.8%	9,095	3,056	3,951
8	27597	Zebulon	22.2%	30,184	10,976	15,101
9	27587	Wake Forest	21.0%	82,886	29,545	35,981
10	27540	Holly Springs	20.4%	47,771	15,996	19,396
11	27545	Knightdale	19.1%	34,163	12,089	15,372
12	27502	Apex	17.1%	48,530	17,368	20,721
13	27616	Raleigh	15.2%	63,520	23,949	27,343
14	27560	Morrisville	13.9%	40,792	16,790	18,842
15	27608	Raleigh	12.5%	12,604	5,375	5,763
16	27529	Garner	9.0%	55,242	21,417	26,116
17	27539	Apex	8.0%	25,878	8,709	10,764
18	27613	Raleigh	6.9%	45,235	18,982	20,277
19	27609	Raleigh	6.0%	35,573	17,592	20,979
20	27612	Raleigh	4.9%	41,952	20,162	21,586
21	27605	Raleigh	4.9%	6,286	3,754	—
22	27615	Raleigh	4.7%	46,019	19,274	19,944
23	27614	Raleigh	4.2%	34,226	13,747	15,018
24	27522	Creedmoor	4.2%	13,083	4,989	5,648
25	27513	Cary	3.2%	46,979	19,966	20,920

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; 34 of 36 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 50,139 households, on 81 carrier routes with 64,854 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 Wake County has the fastest population growth?: 27562 (New Hill), at 163.3%, among 34 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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