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

77550 (Galveston), at 24.2%, among 16 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 Galveston County, TX

These are the 16 ZIP codes in Galveston County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 77550 (Galveston, 24.2%), 77554 (Galveston, 24.1%) and 77551 (Galveston, 21.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Galveston 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 Galveston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	77550	Galveston	24.2%	23,489	11,860	13,506
2	77554	Galveston	24.1%	10,414	5,135	7,210
3	77551	Galveston	21.7%	21,696	9,412	9,983
4	77650	Port Bolivar	19.6%	2,322	1,367	—
5	77565	Kemah	18.6%	6,943	3,196	4,675
6	77568	La Marque	18.3%	23,083	9,006	10,863
7	77563	Hitchcock	16.1%	9,955	4,052	5,001
8	77539	Dickinson	13.8%	49,375	17,813	19,217
9	77591	Texas City	13.7%	18,294	6,985	8,151
10	77518	Bacliff	13.5%	9,541	3,650	4,026
11	77590	Texas City	12.7%	31,642	12,900	12,258
12	77510	Santa Fe	10.8%	14,155	5,441	6,517
13	77573	League City	10.2%	98,109	35,988	37,717
14	77546	Friendswood	9.6%	54,789	19,508	20,316
15	77511	Alvin	8.4%	51,892	17,866	21,402
16	77517	Santa Fe	2.7%	5,529	1,899	2,527

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; 16 of 19 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 30,970 households. 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 Galveston County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 77550 (Galveston), at 24.2%, among 16 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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