Which ZIP code in New York has the highest median age?

11005 (Floral Park), at 78.8 (±3.3), among 182 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in New York, NY

These are the 25 ZIP codes in New York, NY with the highest median age, out of 182 with at least 1,000 residents. 11005 (Floral Park, 78.8), 10464 (Bronx, 60.5) and 11360 (Bayside, 55.1) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in New York; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in New York

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	11005	Floral Park	78.8 ±3.3	2,174	1,533	1,832
2	10464	Bronx	60.5 ±5.8	3,828	1,949	2,010
3	11360	Bayside	55.1 ±1.9	19,469	8,974	8,846
4	11363	Little Neck	53.6 ±1.8	7,223	2,865	1,395
5	10162	New York	53.4 ±12.0	1,603	751	832
6	11004	Glen Oaks	52.9 ±4.6	13,615	5,173	4,812
7	11697	Breezy Point	51.9 ±2.6	4,429	1,870	2,819
8	11362	Little Neck	50.6 ±2.6	18,492	7,223	5,879
9	11426	Bellerose	49.5 ±4.0	19,411	6,397	5,542
10	11354	Flushing	48.6 ±1.5	53,028	21,846	23,535
11	11357	Whitestone	48.4 ±2.0	43,346	15,962	13,655
12	11235	Brooklyn	48.3 ±1.6	78,558	34,870	34,212
13	11355	Flushing	47.7 ±1.6	80,801	31,078	29,032
14	11379	Middle Village	47.6 ±1.7	36,773	14,090	11,270
15	10022	New York	46.6 ±5.6	34,049	18,804	19,037
16	11411	Cambria Heights	46.6 ±2.7	20,540	6,632	5,441
17	11428	Queens Village	46.2 ±2.2	19,028	5,946	4,938
18	11224	Brooklyn	45.8 ±3.4	50,822	20,478	21,932
19	11364	Oakland Gardens	45.8 ±2.6	35,276	13,581	12,866
20	11427	Queens Village	45.4 ±2.0	24,607	8,321	7,332
21	10471	Bronx	45.4 ±2.3	23,798	9,331	9,597
22	11429	Queens Village	45.2 ±3.1	26,832	8,136	6,100
23	11693	Far Rockaway	45.1 ±5.5	13,244	5,559	5,052
24	11365	Fresh Meadows	44.9 ±2.2	42,322	16,384	15,117
25	10475	Bronx	44.8 ±4.0	42,578	18,821	17,381

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 182 of 212 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 16,072 households, on 29 carrier routes with 14,915 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 New York has the highest median age?: 11005 (Floral Park), at 78.8 (±3.3), among 182 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest 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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