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

16802 (University Park), at 65.4%, among 19 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 Centre County, PA

These are the 19 ZIP codes in Centre County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 19 with at least 1,000 residents. 16802 (University Park, 65.4%), 16803 (State College, 29.4%) and 16801 (State College, 29.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Centre 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 Centre County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	16802	University Park	65.4%	14,793	63	4
2	16803	State College	29.4%	23,977	10,637	10,995
3	16801	State College	29.0%	40,774	16,900	18,168
4	16866	Philipsburg	14.6%	9,152	3,737	3,740
5	16845	Karthaus	13.2%	1,010	294	193
6	16823	Bellefonte	11.1%	29,126	11,293	11,217
7	16827	Boalsburg	10.6%	5,123	2,285	2,223
8	16865	Pennsylvania Furnace	8.7%	1,820	822	657
9	16872	Rebersburg	8.7%	1,430	434	412
10	16666	Osceola Mills	8.6%	2,999	1,415	1,235
11	16870	Port Matilda	6.7%	7,499	2,771	2,915
12	16875	Spring Mills	6.7%	3,708	1,464	1,488
13	16841	Howard	6.6%	6,477	2,347	2,005
14	16828	Centre Hall	6.5%	5,000	2,093	1,478
15	16874	Snow Shoe	6.2%	1,220	498	432
16	16877	Warriors Mark	5.5%	1,524	718	606
17	16844	Julian	3.5%	2,606	1,016	1,054
18	16820	Aaronsburg	3.1%	1,457	456	265
19	16868	Pine Grove Mills	0.5%	1,050	415	—

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; 19 of 33 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 31,631 households, on 52 carrier routes with 33,100 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 Centre County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 16802 (University Park), at 65.4%, among 19 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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