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

29456 (Ladson), at 19.9%, among 13 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 Dorchester County, SC

These are the 13 ZIP codes in Dorchester County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 13 with at least 1,000 residents. 29456 (Ladson, 19.9%), 29420 (North Charleston, 14.2%) and 29414 (Charleston, 14.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	29456	Ladson	19.9%	41,214	15,666	17,379
2	29420	North Charleston	14.2%	23,959	9,515	10,815
3	29414	Charleston	14.1%	44,727	19,322	22,728
4	29485	Summerville	13.3%	58,507	22,107	27,903
5	29418	North Charleston	13.0%	26,052	11,134	12,100
6	29472	Ridgeville	12.9%	12,722	3,917	4,291
7	29483	Summerville	11.8%	59,186	22,195	26,002
8	29448	Harleyville	9.4%	1,997	844	1,065
9	29437	Dorchester	7.9%	2,281	861	1,118
10	29477	Saint George	4.3%	7,176	2,987	3,067
11	29426	Adams Run	2.9%	1,697	742	699
12	29470	Ravenel	2.8%	5,639	2,089	2,687
13	29471	Reevesville	2.7%	1,135	516	659

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; 13 of 13 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 77,744 households, on 111 carrier routes with 90,925 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 Dorchester County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 29456 (Ladson), at 19.9%, among 13 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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