Which ZIP code in Knoxville has the lowest median age?

37916 (Knoxville), at 20.6 (±0.3), among 17 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Knoxville, TN

These are the 17 ZIP codes in Knoxville, TN with the lowest median age, out of 17 with at least 1,000 residents. 37916 (Knoxville, 20.6), 37915 (Knoxville, 31.4) and 37902 (Knoxville, 32.7) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Knoxville; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in Knoxville

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	37916	Knoxville	20.6 ±0.3	15,583	3,079	4,374
2	37915	Knoxville	31.4 ±6.6	5,991	3,310	4,005
3	37902	Knoxville	32.7 ±2.7	2,412	1,560	2,079
4	37920	Knoxville	33.6 ±1.5	44,995	18,396	21,136
5	37921	Knoxville	34.6 ±1.3	28,717	11,634	12,936
6	37909	Knoxville	36.5 ±2.4	16,774	7,783	7,691
7	37923	Knoxville	36.6 ±2.0	30,131	12,990	14,471
8	37924	Knoxville	36.6 ±2.2	14,420	5,588	6,730
9	37932	Knoxville	36.8 ±1.1	25,424	9,142	12,484
10	37912	Knoxville	37.0 ±2.0	21,505	10,014	11,425
11	37919	Knoxville	37.3 ±2.6	31,754	14,303	15,675
12	37931	Knoxville	37.7 ±1.6	31,842	12,538	15,009
13	37918	Knoxville	39.8 ±1.7	45,971	19,187	20,806
14	37917	Knoxville	39.9 ±1.9	24,615	12,358	12,978
15	37914	Knoxville	40.5 ±2.4	21,478	9,005	9,790
16	37922	Knoxville	41.7 ±1.4	40,394	14,967	16,783
17	37938	Knoxville	47.8 ±3.6	17,437	7,148	8,038

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 17 of 18 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 37,979 households, on 60 carrier routes with 44,530 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 Knoxville has the lowest median age?: 37916 (Knoxville), at 20.6 (±0.3), among 17 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest 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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