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

27518 (Cary), at 46.9 (±3.1), among 35 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 Wake County, NC

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Wake County with the highest median age, out of 35 with at least 1,000 residents. 27518 (Cary, 46.9), 27614 (Raleigh, 43.6) and 27615 (Raleigh, 42.2) 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Wake County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27518	Cary	46.9 ±3.1	19,735	8,567	9,676
2	27614	Raleigh	43.6 ±1.9	34,226	13,747	15,018
3	27615	Raleigh	42.2 ±1.6	46,019	19,274	19,944
4	27511	Cary	42.1 ±1.8	33,221	13,557	15,095
5	27608	Raleigh	42.0 ±3.2	12,604	5,375	5,763
6	27571	Rolesville	41.7 ±2.2	9,095	3,056	3,951
7	27613	Raleigh	41.2 ±1.3	45,235	18,982	20,277
8	27513	Cary	41.1 ±1.5	46,979	19,966	20,920
9	27587	Wake Forest	40.8 ±1.0	82,886	29,545	35,981
10	27522	Creedmoor	40.7 ±2.1	13,083	4,989	5,648
11	27591	Wendell	40.1 ±2.9	29,838	10,751	13,824
12	27526	Fuquay Varina	39.6 ±1.6	61,588	22,625	30,859
13	27529	Garner	39.3 ±2.3	55,242	21,417	26,116
14	27523	Apex	39.1 ±1.6	20,269	7,905	10,043
15	27597	Zebulon	38.9 ±2.1	30,184	10,976	15,101
16	27592	Willow Spring	38.7 ±2.5	21,114	7,086	7,629
17	27519	Cary	38.4 ±1.0	69,836	24,513	28,244
18	27612	Raleigh	38.3 ±1.3	41,952	20,162	21,586
19	27502	Apex	37.8 ±1.8	48,530	17,368	20,721
20	27609	Raleigh	37.7 ±1.6	35,573	17,592	20,979
21	27539	Apex	37.7 ±2.2	25,878	8,709	10,764
22	27540	Holly Springs	36.8 ±1.1	47,771	15,996	19,396
23	27617	Raleigh	36.8 ±3.6	20,237	10,175	11,538
24	27604	Raleigh	36.6 ±1.0	44,514	18,867	22,006
25	27603	Raleigh	35.6 ±1.3	53,972	21,942	—

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; 35 of 36 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 60,520 households, on 118 carrier routes with 65,496 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 highest median age?: 27518 (Cary), at 46.9 (±3.1), among 35 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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