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

18701 (Wilkes Barre), at 44.5%, 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 new movers in Luzerne County, PA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Luzerne County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 35 with at least 1,000 residents. 18701 (Wilkes Barre, 44.5%), 18642 (Duryea, 17.9%) and 18618 (Harveys Lake, 15.1%) 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 new movers in Luzerne County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	18701	Wilkes Barre	44.5%	4,294	1,249	1,566
2	18642	Duryea	17.9%	4,530	1,955	2,038
3	18618	Harveys Lake	15.1%	3,570	1,566	1,765
4	18634	Nanticoke	14.6%	13,785	5,796	6,442
5	18640	Pittston	14.5%	16,581	7,479	7,954
6	18702	Wilkes Barre	13.6%	41,970	16,951	17,849
7	18706	Wilkes Barre	12.3%	16,387	6,630	7,687
8	18651	Plymouth	11.7%	8,703	3,514	4,055
9	18612	Dallas	11.5%	17,739	5,990	6,574
10	18704	Kingston	10.8%	31,149	13,669	14,556
11	18705	Wilkes Barre	10.5%	15,624	6,339	6,753
12	18201	Hazleton	9.9%	32,067	12,294	11,551
13	18708	Shavertown	9.9%	8,867	4,027	3,799
14	18709	Luzerne	9.8%	2,910	1,443	1,427
15	18641	Pittston	9.5%	6,305	2,862	3,156
16	18222	Drums	9.4%	9,789	3,500	4,422
17	18644	Wyoming	9.2%	7,552	3,603	3,455
18	18603	Berwick	8.4%	18,827	8,283	8,210
19	18202	Hazleton	8.3%	13,755	5,363	6,134
20	18661	White Haven	8.3%	5,759	2,421	2,671
21	18617	Glen Lyon	8.2%	1,791	921	878
22	18643	Pittston	6.9%	12,848	5,789	5,704
23	17814	Benton	6.9%	4,669	1,924	1,947
24	18635	Nescopeck	6.4%	3,734	1,604	1,804
25	18707	Mountain Top	6.3%	16,689	6,578	6,639

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; 35 of 47 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 18,045 households, on 36 carrier routes with 19,765 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 residents who moved in during the past year?: 18701 (Wilkes Barre), at 44.5%, among 35 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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