Which ZIP code in York County has the highest median age?

29742 (Sharon), at 57.9 (±8.1), among 14 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 York County, SC

These are the 14 ZIP codes in York County with the highest median age, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 29742 (Sharon, 57.9), 29704 (Catawba, 50.0) and 29712 (Edgemoor, 45.9) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in York County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in York County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	29742	Sharon	57.9 ±8.1	2,492	1,005	1,048
2	29704	Catawba	50.0 ±11.7	3,060	1,251	1,517
3	29712	Edgemoor	45.9 ±1.8	2,047	849	1,365
4	29717	Hickory Grove	43.2 ±14.0	1,644	608	601
5	29745	York	42.6 ±1.1	34,909	13,007	15,383
6	29702	Blacksburg	41.7 ±3.7	9,770	3,697	4,628
7	29726	Mc Connells	41.3 ±4.4	1,985	720	726
8	29732	Rock Hill	41.2 ±0.9	57,675	23,655	25,409
9	29710	Clover	40.3 ±1.0	40,595	15,317	18,038
10	29708	Fort Mill	39.7 ±1.1	43,515	16,054	17,021
11	29715	Fort Mill	38.3 ±0.9	46,865	17,354	18,535
12	29730	Rock Hill	36.9 ±1.9	58,199	24,375	25,818
13	29743	Smyrna	31.6 ±16.4	1,826	694	606
14	29733	Rock Hill	19.4 ±0.2	1,468	0	—

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; 14 of 14 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 16,720 households, on 30 carrier routes with 19,914 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 York County has the highest median age?: 29742 (Sharon), at 57.9 (±8.1), among 14 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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