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

07103 (Newark), at 32.4 (±1.5), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Essex County, NJ

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Essex County with the lowest median age, out of 31 with at least 1,000 residents. 07103 (Newark, 32.4), 07108 (Newark, 32.8) and 07102 (Newark, 33.7) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Essex County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	07103	Newark	32.4 ±1.5	37,293	12,878	12,153
2	07108	Newark	32.8 ±1.5	28,790	11,383	9,023
3	07102	Newark	33.7 ±2.8	12,358	6,270	7,291
4	07105	Newark	34.2 ±1.3	57,093	19,099	16,683
5	07050	Orange	34.7 ±2.2	34,181	12,099	13,200
6	07107	Newark	35.2 ±1.7	43,293	15,184	12,588
7	07106	Newark	35.4 ±3.0	36,383	12,944	10,403
8	07114	Newark	35.7 ±2.4	13,670	4,401	4,152
9	07111	Irvington	35.9 ±1.7	60,867	23,542	20,462
10	07112	Newark	36.0 ±1.9	29,456	11,263	9,672
11	07104	Newark	36.5 ±1.8	52,266	20,207	18,286
12	07017	East Orange	36.9 ±2.3	40,910	15,916	15,682
13	07003	Bloomfield	37.5 ±1.3	53,771	21,215	20,760
14	07079	South Orange	37.5 ±1.8	18,539	6,113	6,496
15	07040	Maplewood	38.1 ±2.1	25,613	8,662	9,102
16	07018	East Orange	38.7 ±3.1	28,924	12,287	13,429
17	07042	Montclair	39.1 ±1.6	27,326	11,549	11,405
18	07041	Millburn	39.8 ±1.7	7,532	2,637	2,819
19	07028	Glen Ridge	40.8 ±1.6	8,022	2,533	2,720
20	07052	West Orange	41.0 ±1.2	48,620	17,184	18,389
21	07110	Nutley	41.1 ±1.7	29,980	11,914	11,806
22	07078	Short Hills	41.5 ±1.0	14,613	4,519	4,676
23	07006	Caldwell	41.8 ±2.8	26,654	10,074	10,205
24	07043	Montclair	42.0 ±1.8	13,256	4,258	4,338
25	07009	Cedar Grove	42.2 ±3.6	13,535	4,992	5,090

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; 31 of 31 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 61,729 households, on 70 carrier routes with 58,350 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 lowest median age?: 07103 (Newark), at 32.4 (±1.5), among 31 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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