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

08540 (Princeton), at 14.8%, among 25 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 Somerset County, NJ

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Somerset County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 25 with at least 1,000 residents. 08540 (Princeton, 14.8%), 07062 (Plainfield, 14.7%) and 08853 (Neshanic Station, 14.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Somerset 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 Somerset County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	08540	Princeton	14.8%	50,388	18,609	20,795
2	07062	Plainfield	14.7%	15,399	4,843	5,287
3	08853	Neshanic Station	14.7%	5,634	1,984	1,933
4	08873	Somerset	13.4%	56,327	21,831	21,532
5	08876	Somerville	13.2%	23,380	9,885	11,060
6	07063	Plainfield	12.7%	14,235	3,931	3,818
7	08805	Bound Brook	12.4%	14,066	5,285	5,396
8	08880	South Bound Brook	12.3%	4,867	1,780	1,927
9	08869	Raritan	11.8%	8,368	3,326	3,464
10	07060	Plainfield	10.5%	48,363	14,951	15,037
11	08502	Belle Mead	10.1%	11,849	3,983	4,035
12	07924	Bernardsville	10.1%	7,713	2,610	2,743
13	07920	Basking Ridge	9.0%	28,753	10,770	10,874
14	08844	Hillsborough	8.9%	44,463	16,497	16,394
15	08823	Franklin Park	8.8%	8,884	3,437	3,844
16	07921	Bedminster	7.1%	7,700	3,942	4,158
17	07069	Watchung	6.8%	6,623	2,412	2,444
18	08807	Bridgewater	6.1%	39,560	14,195	14,604
19	07059	Warren	5.7%	16,811	5,597	6,486
20	07931	Far Hills	5.2%	2,985	1,191	1,209
21	07934	Gladstone	4.6%	1,293	514	471
22	08812	Dunellen	3.9%	14,224	4,730	5,368
23	08835	Manville	3.9%	10,921	4,424	3,761
24	08836	Martinsville	3.6%	3,855	1,261	1,360
25	08558	Skillman	3.4%	7,648	2,767	3,164

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; 25 of 32 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 57,152 households, on 123 carrier routes with 60,607 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 Somerset County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 08540 (Princeton), at 14.8%, among 25 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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