Which ZIP code in Raleigh has the fastest population growth?

27616 (Raleigh), at 15.2%, 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Raleigh, NC

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Raleigh, NC with the fastest population growth, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 27616 (Raleigh, 15.2%), 27608 (Raleigh, 12.5%) and 27613 (Raleigh, 6.9%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Raleigh; 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 Raleigh

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	27616	Raleigh	15.2%	63,520	23,949	27,343
2	27608	Raleigh	12.5%	12,604	5,375	5,763
3	27613	Raleigh	6.9%	45,235	18,982	20,277
4	27609	Raleigh	6.0%	35,573	17,592	20,979
5	27612	Raleigh	4.9%	41,952	20,162	21,586
6	27605	Raleigh	4.9%	6,286	3,754	—
7	27615	Raleigh	4.7%	46,019	19,274	19,944
8	27614	Raleigh	4.2%	34,226	13,747	15,018
9	27610	Raleigh	1.9%	81,419	28,807	33,008
10	27617	Raleigh	-0.2%	20,237	10,175	11,538
11	27603	Raleigh	-0.9%	53,972	21,942	—
12	27607	Raleigh	-1.5%	28,438	10,441	—
13	27606	Raleigh	-4.3%	45,444	19,647	22,409
14	27601	Raleigh	-5.9%	9,905	4,754	5,704
15	27604	Raleigh	-8.2%	44,514	18,867	22,006

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; 15 of 17 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 86,060 households, on 140 carrier routes with 95,948 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 Raleigh has the fastest population growth?: 27616 (Raleigh), at 15.2%, among 15 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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