Which ZIP code in Luzerne County has the fastest population growth?

18636 (Noxen), at 29.2%, among 35 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Luzerne County, PA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Luzerne County with the fastest population growth, out of 35 with at least 1,000 residents. 18636 (Noxen, 29.2%), 18701 (Wilkes Barre, 24.5%) and 18201 (Hazleton, 18.8%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Luzerne County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Luzerne County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	18636	Noxen	29.2%	1,610	675	601
2	18701	Wilkes Barre	24.5%	4,294	1,249	1,566
3	18201	Hazleton	18.8%	32,067	12,294	11,551
4	18202	Hazleton	16.0%	13,755	5,363	6,134
5	18642	Duryea	13.3%	4,530	1,955	2,038
6	18249	Sugarloaf	12.6%	4,191	1,674	1,726
7	18661	White Haven	8.7%	5,759	2,421	2,671
8	18655	Shickshinny	7.0%	6,018	2,518	2,705
9	18705	Wilkes Barre	6.4%	15,624	6,339	6,753
10	18707	Mountain Top	5.0%	16,689	6,578	6,639
11	18634	Nanticoke	4.8%	13,785	5,796	6,442
12	18702	Wilkes Barre	4.7%	41,970	16,951	17,849
13	18644	Wyoming	4.2%	7,552	3,603	3,455
14	18706	Wilkes Barre	3.2%	16,387	6,630	7,687
15	18222	Drums	3.2%	9,789	3,500	4,422
16	17878	Stillwater	3.1%	1,488	560	661
17	18643	Pittston	3.0%	12,848	5,789	5,704
18	18704	Kingston	2.3%	31,149	13,669	14,556
19	18617	Glen Lyon	1.4%	1,791	921	878
20	18708	Shavertown	1.1%	8,867	4,027	3,799
21	18651	Plymouth	0.1%	8,703	3,514	4,055
22	18709	Luzerne	-0.1%	2,910	1,443	1,427
23	18640	Pittston	-1.6%	16,581	7,479	7,954
24	18224	Freeland	-1.7%	6,031	2,672	2,955
25	18635	Nescopeck	-1.7%	3,734	1,604	1,804

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 35 of 47 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 21,536 households, on 42 carrier routes with 21,890 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 Luzerne County has the fastest population growth?: 18636 (Noxen), at 29.2%, among 35 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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