Which ZIP code in Luzerne County has the highest share of households with children?

18707 (Mountain Top), at 35.0%, 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.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Luzerne County, PA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Luzerne County with the highest share of households with children, out of 35 with at least 1,000 residents. 18707 (Mountain Top, 35.0%), 18706 (Wilkes Barre, 33.2%) and 18201 (Hazleton, 32.6%) 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.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Luzerne County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Households with children under 18	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	18707	Mountain Top	35.0%	16,689	6,578	6,639
2	18706	Wilkes Barre	33.2%	16,387	6,630	7,687
3	18201	Hazleton	32.6%	32,067	12,294	11,551
4	18224	Freeland	31.5%	6,031	2,672	2,955
5	18612	Dallas	29.8%	17,739	5,990	6,574
6	18651	Plymouth	29.7%	8,703	3,514	4,055
7	18222	Drums	28.6%	9,789	3,500	4,422
8	18255	Weatherly	28.3%	4,223	1,715	1,768
9	18702	Wilkes Barre	28.2%	41,970	16,951	17,849
10	17878	Stillwater	28.2%	1,488	560	661
11	18642	Duryea	27.6%	4,530	1,955	2,038
12	18634	Nanticoke	27.5%	13,785	5,796	6,442
13	18705	Wilkes Barre	26.6%	15,624	6,339	6,753
14	18656	Sweet Valley	26.1%	2,066	859	942
15	18636	Noxen	25.6%	1,610	675	601
16	18655	Shickshinny	24.8%	6,018	2,518	2,705
17	18202	Hazleton	24.3%	13,755	5,363	6,134
18	18640	Pittston	23.9%	16,581	7,479	7,954
19	18643	Pittston	23.9%	12,848	5,789	5,704
20	18660	Wapwallopen	23.7%	3,137	1,289	1,570
21	18249	Sugarloaf	23.4%	4,191	1,674	1,726
22	18603	Berwick	23.3%	18,827	8,283	8,210
23	18635	Nescopeck	23.3%	3,734	1,604	1,804
24	18621	Hunlock Creek	22.8%	4,744	1,972	2,094
25	18704	Kingston	22.6%	31,149	13,669	14,556

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 35 of 47 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Households with children buy tutoring, youth sports, pediatric and family dental care, child care, birthday venues and family dining. EDDM reaches every door on a route, so a higher share means more of your pieces land with families.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 34,164 households, on 71 carrier routes with 35,406 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 highest share of households with children?: 18707 (Mountain Top), at 35.0%, among 35 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error 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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