Which ZIP code in Bell County has the lowest median age?

76544 (Fort Hood), at 21.9 (±0.3), among 18 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 Bell County, TX

These are the 18 ZIP codes in Bell County with the lowest median age, out of 18 with at least 1,000 residents. 76544 (Fort Hood, 21.9), 76543 (Killeen, 29.1) and 76549 (Killeen, 30.0) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Bell County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in Bell County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	76544	Fort Hood	21.9 ±0.3	28,191	5,264	5,993
2	76543	Killeen	29.1 ±1.2	34,457	13,666	14,615
3	76549	Killeen	30.0 ±1.0	56,038	19,837	22,121
4	76504	Temple	32.0 ±2.2	26,166	10,759	12,655
5	76541	Killeen	32.2 ±2.0	19,011	8,376	9,413
6	76542	Killeen	32.3 ±1.4	53,892	19,712	22,799
7	76548	Harker Heights	32.8 ±1.7	33,729	12,337	13,031
8	76554	Little River Academy	33.3 ±3.2	2,344	804	804
9	76559	Nolanville	33.8 ±6.2	7,197	2,952	3,312
10	76502	Temple	34.8 ±1.4	52,669	19,492	25,546
11	76501	Temple	36.2 ±2.2	17,752	6,546	8,049
12	76513	Belton	36.3 ±1.6	45,928	15,904	19,495
13	76579	Troy	39.2 ±3.4	5,448	2,047	2,529
14	76511	Bartlett	40.3 ±6.6	2,702	920	859
15	76569	Rogers	42.5 ±5.2	2,761	923	995
16	76557	Moody	43.5 ±9.0	5,644	1,894	2,434
17	76534	Holland	45.0 ±7.1	2,675	1,031	1,025
18	76571	Salado	47.6 ±3.8	9,000	3,505	5,139

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; 18 of 19 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 57,902 households, on 77 carrier routes with 64,797 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 Bell County has the lowest median age?: 76544 (Fort Hood), at 21.9 (±0.3), among 18 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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