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

07501 (Paterson), at 31.1 (±1.8), among 29 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 Passaic County, NJ

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Passaic County with the lowest median age, out of 29 with at least 1,000 residents. 07501 (Paterson, 31.1), 07522 (Paterson, 31.2) and 07503 (Paterson, 31.6) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Passaic 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 Passaic County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	07501	Paterson	31.1 ±1.8	35,481	12,253	12,063
2	07522	Paterson	31.2 ±1.3	23,040	7,158	6,441
3	07503	Paterson	31.6 ±2.1	19,170	6,066	5,952
4	07055	Passaic	31.9 ±1.2	70,002	21,151	20,712
5	07524	Paterson	32.7 ±3.0	13,808	4,428	3,381
6	07502	Paterson	34.3 ±2.3	17,158	4,698	4,270
7	07513	Paterson	35.8 ±2.9	11,576	3,401	2,697
8	07504	Paterson	36.8 ±3.4	13,123	3,695	3,465
9	07014	Clifton	37.8 ±3.8	4,975	1,916	1,999
10	07505	Paterson	38.2 ±5.9	4,691	1,649	1,169
11	07012	Clifton	38.5 ±1.5	14,653	5,595	5,121
12	07514	Paterson	38.9 ±3.1	20,647	6,476	5,900
13	07442	Pompton Lakes	39.7 ±2.5	11,047	4,248	4,322
14	07011	Clifton	40.2 ±2.1	38,587	13,771	12,642
15	07470	Wayne	40.8 ±0.8	54,112	18,341	19,656
16	07424	Little Falls	41.0 ±2.0	28,085	10,913	10,369
17	07460	Stockholm	41.8 ±2.9	3,181	1,245	1,265
18	07512	Totowa	42.0 ±3.8	10,959	3,916	3,990
19	07508	Haledon	42.1 ±3.1	23,762	8,295	7,844
20	07420	Haskell	42.2 ±6.5	5,316	1,866	1,827
21	07506	Hawthorne	42.4 ±2.4	19,628	7,607	7,650
22	07456	Ringwood	42.6 ±2.3	11,657	4,186	4,298
23	07403	Bloomingdale	43.7 ±3.2	7,685	2,867	3,084
24	07421	Hewitt	46.0 ±3.4	6,977	2,780	3,047
25	07438	Oak Ridge	46.5 ±2.9	11,160	4,391	4,295

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; 29 of 29 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 51,056 households, on 60 carrier routes with 48,549 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 Passaic County has the lowest median age?: 07501 (Paterson), at 31.1 (±1.8), among 29 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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