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

07102 (Newark), at 17.3%, among 31 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 Essex County, NJ

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Essex County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 31 with at least 1,000 residents. 07102 (Newark, 17.3%), 07042 (Montclair, 16.7%) and 07105 (Newark, 14.5%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Essex County; 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 Essex County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	07102	Newark	17.3%	12,358	6,270	7,291
2	07042	Montclair	16.7%	27,326	11,549	11,405
3	07105	Newark	14.5%	57,093	19,099	16,683
4	07050	Orange	13.9%	34,181	12,099	13,200
5	07078	Short Hills	13.7%	14,613	4,519	4,676
6	07003	Bloomfield	13.2%	53,771	21,215	20,760
7	07079	South Orange	13.0%	18,539	6,113	6,496
8	07004	Fairfield	12.3%	7,824	3,039	3,099
9	07068	Roseland	12.0%	6,268	2,513	2,890
10	07111	Irvington	11.7%	60,867	23,542	20,462
11	07017	East Orange	11.6%	40,910	15,916	15,682
12	07006	Caldwell	11.6%	26,654	10,074	10,205
13	07110	Nutley	11.2%	29,980	11,914	11,806
14	07108	Newark	11.1%	28,790	11,383	9,023
15	07009	Cedar Grove	10.4%	13,535	4,992	5,090
16	07107	Newark	10.3%	43,293	15,184	12,588
17	07103	Newark	9.8%	37,293	12,878	12,153
18	07018	East Orange	9.8%	28,924	12,287	13,429
19	07052	West Orange	9.5%	48,620	17,184	18,389
20	07041	Millburn	8.9%	7,532	2,637	2,819
21	07040	Maplewood	8.8%	25,613	8,662	9,102
22	07109	Belleville	8.5%	37,984	14,249	13,780
23	07104	Newark	8.3%	52,266	20,207	18,286
24	07112	Newark	8.1%	29,456	11,263	9,672
25	07106	Newark	7.7%	36,383	12,944	10,403

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; 31 of 31 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 53,536 households, on 82 carrier routes with 53,255 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 Essex County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 07102 (Newark), at 17.3%, among 31 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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