Which ZIP code in Erie has the highest median age?

16501 (Erie), at 54.2 (±6.4), among 11 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Erie, PA

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Erie, PA with the highest median age, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 16501 (Erie, 54.2), 16505 (Erie, 50.9) and 16506 (Erie, 44.5) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Erie; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in Erie

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	16501	Erie	54.2 ±6.4	2,022	1,288	1,323
2	16505	Erie	50.9 ±2.6	15,270	7,345	7,760
3	16506	Erie	44.5 ±2.5	24,070	10,144	10,695
4	16510	Erie	42.2 ±2.2	24,198	10,037	10,192
5	16509	Erie	41.7 ±3.0	28,595	12,367	12,870
6	16511	Erie	38.1 ±3.7	11,776	4,658	4,861
7	16508	Erie	37.6 ±2.3	14,958	6,791	6,919
8	16504	Erie	36.3 ±2.8	15,931	6,476	6,614
9	16502	Erie	33.0 ±2.9	15,995	7,077	6,801
10	16503	Erie	31.7 ±2.2	15,753	6,031	5,520
11	16507	Erie	26.8 ±2.4	8,597	3,439	3,661

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 13 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 41,181 households, on 77 carrier routes with 42,840 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 Erie has the highest median age?: 16501 (Erie), at 54.2 (±6.4), among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
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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