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

17551 (Millersville), at 25.6%, among 45 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 Lancaster County, PA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Lancaster County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 45 with at least 1,000 residents. 17551 (Millersville, 25.6%), 17505 (Bird In Hand, 20.0%) and 17603 (Lancaster, 16.9%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	17551	Millersville	25.6%	11,753	3,608	3,859
2	17505	Bird In Hand	20.0%	2,358	525	—
3	17603	Lancaster	16.9%	67,571	27,248	27,562
4	17602	Lancaster	13.5%	52,217	19,265	19,786
5	17547	Marietta	13.5%	9,210	3,599	3,470
6	17519	East Earl	13.3%	7,127	2,650	2,166
7	17584	Willow Street	12.7%	11,646	4,770	3,927
8	17552	Mount Joy	11.8%	19,761	8,368	8,835
9	17509	Christiana	11.1%	5,135	1,473	1,530
10	17022	Elizabethtown	10.8%	31,908	12,477	13,054
11	17582	Washington Boro	10.7%	1,702	640	765
12	17516	Conestoga	10.3%	5,180	2,029	1,727
13	17578	Stevens	10.2%	7,504	2,438	2,428
14	17522	Ephrata	10.0%	33,852	13,813	13,457
15	17512	Columbia	9.5%	18,148	7,692	7,561
16	17501	Akron	9.4%	4,614	1,890	—
17	17601	Lancaster	9.3%	56,382	22,531	22,684
18	17545	Manheim	8.8%	23,556	9,578	9,138
19	17569	Reinholds	8.5%	7,323	2,655	2,305
20	17566	Quarryville	7.7%	12,603	4,327	4,337
21	17579	Strasburg	7.3%	6,875	2,288	2,456
22	17557	New Holland	6.9%	15,055	5,411	5,342
23	17540	Leola	6.9%	10,728	3,875	3,903
24	17527	Gap	6.9%	6,094	1,995	2,106
25	17572	Ronks	6.8%	3,643	1,208	1,250

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; 45 of 56 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 54,245 households. 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 Lancaster County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 17551 (Millersville), at 25.6%, among 45 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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