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

29016 (Blythewood), at 42.4%, among 20 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 Richland County, SC

These are the 20 ZIP codes in Richland County with the fastest population growth, out of 20 with at least 1,000 residents. 29016 (Blythewood, 42.4%), 29045 (Elgin, 18.5%) and 29201 (Columbia, 18.3%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Richland 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 Richland County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	29016	Blythewood	42.4%	30,454	11,547	12,969
2	29045	Elgin	18.5%	31,372	11,680	14,214
3	29201	Columbia	18.3%	24,605	10,410	13,091
4	29036	Chapin	15.7%	26,620	10,146	13,109
5	29209	Columbia	13.5%	38,041	15,229	17,235
6	29052	Gadsden	5.2%	2,199	799	848
7	29223	Columbia	4.0%	53,074	22,597	24,220
8	29075	Little Mountain	3.2%	2,848	1,299	1,445
9	29210	Columbia	1.7%	39,962	17,341	17,993
10	29206	Columbia	1.4%	19,759	8,552	9,471
11	29203	Columbia	0.3%	40,653	15,776	18,067
12	29229	Columbia	-0.8%	51,861	20,122	22,525
13	29204	Columbia	-2.0%	18,159	7,837	8,389
14	29078	Lugoff	-3.6%	16,283	6,300	7,954
15	29063	Irmo	-5.9%	38,201	14,247	15,370
16	29212	Columbia	-6.0%	27,657	12,643	14,221
17	29205	Columbia	-9.0%	22,223	10,643	12,398
18	29061	Hopkins	-13.4%	12,538	4,773	7,202
19	29044	Eastover	-21.0%	4,799	2,028	2,330
20	29207	Columbia	-34.7%	8,012	0	—

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; 20 of 23 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 59,012 households, on 104 carrier routes with 70,618 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 Richland County has the fastest population growth?: 29016 (Blythewood), at 42.4%, among 20 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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