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

08901 (New Brunswick), at 22.4%, among 40 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 Middlesex County, NJ

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Middlesex County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 40 with at least 1,000 residents. 08901 (New Brunswick, 22.4%), 08536 (Plainsboro, 20.1%) and 07001 (Avenel, 18.3%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	08901	New Brunswick	22.4%	57,263	15,676	16,939
2	08536	Plainsboro	20.1%	20,817	8,353	9,032
3	07001	Avenel	18.3%	17,121	5,615	5,760
4	08540	Princeton	14.8%	50,388	18,609	20,795
5	08904	Highland Park	14.7%	15,121	6,436	6,747
6	08830	Iselin	13.1%	19,551	6,512	7,014
7	08854	Piscataway	12.4%	61,088	17,600	19,286
8	08817	Edison	12.4%	49,020	17,411	—
9	08882	South River	11.9%	16,124	5,574	5,648
10	08902	North Brunswick	11.5%	43,932	15,398	15,791
11	07095	Woodbridge	11.5%	20,756	7,921	9,063
12	08879	South Amboy	11.1%	23,556	9,344	9,645
13	08837	Edison	10.8%	19,437	7,597	7,009
14	08861	Perth Amboy	10.5%	59,351	20,596	17,126
15	08820	Edison	10.1%	39,978	13,181	13,536
16	08872	Sayreville	9.4%	20,204	7,449	7,999
17	07735	Keyport	8.7%	19,159	8,191	7,863
18	07747	Matawan	8.5%	32,330	13,097	13,070
19	08852	Monmouth Junction	8.4%	18,062	6,694	7,402
20	08816	East Brunswick	8.2%	49,360	16,715	17,984
21	08512	Cranbury	8.2%	12,928	5,102	5,035
22	08828	Helmetta	7.8%	2,459	1,074	1,082
23	08863	Fords	7.7%	12,771	4,744	4,736
24	08846	Middlesex	7.3%	14,645	5,718	5,461
25	08840	Metuchen	7.0%	18,206	6,378	6,986

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; 40 of 40 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 54,689 households, on 110 carrier routes with 59,273 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 Middlesex County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 08901 (New Brunswick), at 22.4%, among 40 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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