Which ZIP code in Wilmington has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

28403 (Wilmington), at 27.0%, among 6 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Wilmington, NC

These are the 6 ZIP codes in Wilmington, NC with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 6 with at least 1,000 residents. 28403 (Wilmington, 27.0%), 28401 (Wilmington, 19.0%) and 28412 (Wilmington, 16.2%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Wilmington; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Wilmington

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28403	Wilmington	27.0%	40,319	18,577	20,097
2	28401	Wilmington	19.0%	22,007	11,085	14,616
3	28412	Wilmington	16.2%	44,166	20,169	25,225
4	28405	Wilmington	14.3%	35,467	15,899	17,043
5	28409	Wilmington	11.8%	36,163	14,544	15,945
6	28411	Wilmington	10.9%	37,233	15,924	20,528

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 6 of 6 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 80,274 households, on 151 carrier routes with 92,926 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 Wilmington has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 28403 (Wilmington), at 27.0%, among 6 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
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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