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

19530 (Kutztown), at 24.6 (±2.0), among 43 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 Berks County, PA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Berks County with the lowest median age, out of 43 with at least 1,000 residents. 19530 (Kutztown, 24.6), 18056 (Hereford, 27.8) and 19604 (Reading, 29.4) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Berks 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 Berks County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	19530	Kutztown	24.6 ±2.0	15,573	4,654	5,468
2	18056	Hereford	27.8 ±20.6	1,489	382	443
3	19604	Reading	29.4 ±1.8	30,124	9,450	8,839
4	19602	Reading	31.4 ±2.5	18,495	6,840	7,173
5	19601	Reading	33.4 ±0.9	36,479	13,166	12,241
6	19507	Bethel	34.6 ±10.2	3,563	1,155	1,268
7	19611	Reading	35.6 ±2.0	10,986	4,229	4,300
8	19567	Womelsdorf	36.2 ±5.0	6,057	2,086	2,340
9	18011	Alburtis	38.8 ±4.9	5,338	1,958	2,138
10	17569	Reinholds	39.2 ±4.8	7,323	2,655	2,305
11	17087	Richland	39.2 ±4.7	2,370	901	619
12	19609	Reading	39.4 ±2.9	9,874	4,132	4,465
13	19607	Reading	40.0 ±1.5	24,045	9,370	9,833
14	19606	Reading	41.1 ±2.0	35,853	14,064	14,011
15	19518	Douglassville	41.2 ±2.9	16,805	6,162	6,072
16	19540	Mohnton	41.2 ±2.9	11,957	4,330	4,680
17	19605	Reading	41.5 ±2.6	21,419	7,743	8,338
18	19508	Birdsboro	41.6 ±2.3	14,871	5,952	6,226
19	19560	Temple	41.7 ±5.0	9,137	3,674	3,721
20	19543	Morgantown	42.4 ±1.5	6,401	2,108	2,155
21	19510	Blandon	43.0 ±3.0	8,010	3,079	2,777
22	19526	Hamburg	43.3 ±2.2	11,581	4,959	4,886
23	19534	Lenhartsville	43.7 ±5.6	1,970	754	798
24	19503	Bally	43.8 ±5.2	1,149	485	423
25	19608	Reading	43.9 ±1.7	24,178	9,189	9,342

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; 43 of 56 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 34,492 households, on 56 carrier routes with 34,164 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 Berks County has the lowest median age?: 19530 (Kutztown), at 24.6 (±2.0), among 43 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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