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

28685 (Traphill), at 35.1 (±15.1), among 18 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 Wilkes County, NC

These are the 18 ZIP codes in Wilkes County with the lowest median age, out of 18 with at least 1,000 residents. 28685 (Traphill, 35.1), 28618 (Deep Gap, 39.2) and 28659 (North Wilkesboro, 42.8) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28685	Traphill	35.1 ±15.1	2,181	769	849
2	28618	Deep Gap	39.2 ±5.9	2,208	837	1,181
3	28659	North Wilkesboro	42.8 ±2.3	21,422	8,869	8,624
4	28642	Jonesville	43.2 ±2.8	5,602	2,358	2,438
5	28697	Wilkesboro	43.4 ±1.4	13,412	5,471	5,665
6	28621	Elkin	43.9 ±4.2	9,403	4,126	4,559
7	28689	Union Grove	46.1 ±1.4	2,188	758	810
8	28683	Thurmond	46.3 ±18.6	1,614	689	808
9	28651	Millers Creek	46.9 ±6.3	5,578	2,315	2,627
10	28669	Roaring River	47.7 ±6.4	2,935	1,254	1,275
11	28654	Moravian Falls	48.7 ±5.7	3,168	1,259	1,546
12	28665	Purlear	49.1 ±7.1	2,483	998	1,286
13	28649	Wilkes County	49.7 ±18.6	1,355	428	377
14	28606	Boomer	52.3 ±17.8	2,187	844	984
15	28676	State Road	53.9 ±4.9	3,100	1,420	1,509
16	28670	Ronda	55.2 ±7.1	2,124	902	1,209
17	28635	Hays	56.3 ±4.6	2,669	1,249	1,611
18	28624	Ferguson	57.7 ±11.4	1,438	615	778

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; 18 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 18,304 households, on 35 carrier routes with 18,757 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 Wilkes County has the lowest median age?: 28685 (Traphill), at 35.1 (±15.1), among 18 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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