Which ZIP code in the San Antonio area has the highest share of households with children?

78236 (Jbsa Lackland), at 75.8%, among 104 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 families with kids in the San Antonio Area

These are the 25 ZIP codes in the San Antonio area with the highest share of households with children, out of 104 with at least 1,000 residents. 78236 (Jbsa Lackland, 75.8%), 78234 (Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, 74.3%) and 78252 (San Antonio, 49.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in the San Antonio area; 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 families with kids in the San Antonio area

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Households with children under 18	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	78236	Jbsa Lackland	75.8%	7,635	443	564
2	78234	Jbsa Ft Sam Houston	74.3%	7,149	1,035	931
3	78252	San Antonio	49.1%	21,790	6,626	12,865
4	78254	San Antonio	47.4%	77,893	24,789	32,596
5	78242	San Antonio	47.3%	36,168	10,703	11,926
6	78015	Boerne	46.4%	24,867	8,108	9,932
7	78260	San Antonio	46.2%	38,023	11,874	16,176
8	78059	Natalia	45.7%	7,061	2,081	1,882
9	78253	San Antonio	44.5%	69,282	23,370	39,086
10	78224	San Antonio	44.4%	22,232	6,878	9,413
11	78109	Converse	44.3%	63,067	20,801	27,563
12	78108	Cibolo	44.3%	49,784	15,914	18,386
13	78073	Von Ormy	43.3%	10,088	2,881	6,033
14	78221	San Antonio	43.0%	42,178	13,264	16,162
15	78245	San Antonio	42.3%	96,015	31,639	42,292
16	78261	San Antonio	41.5%	26,657	9,098	11,803
17	78147	Poth	40.2%	1,532	589	—
18	78064	Pleasanton	39.8%	16,365	5,386	6,455
19	78011	Charlotte	39.7%	1,757	614	271
20	78211	San Antonio	39.2%	30,857	9,746	10,594
21	78002	Atascosa	39.1%	7,035	2,091	2,787
22	78163	Bulverde	39.0%	19,141	6,661	9,474
23	78244	San Antonio	38.9%	38,092	12,387	14,082
24	78237	San Antonio	38.7%	37,379	11,821	12,660
25	78227	San Antonio	38.6%	44,035	14,074	17,189

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 104 of 121 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Households with children buy tutoring, youth sports, pediatric and family dental care, child care, birthday venues and family dining. EDDM reaches every door on a route, so a higher share means more of your pieces land with families.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 43,596 households, on 65 carrier routes with 58,882 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 the San Antonio area has the highest share of households with children?: 78236 (Jbsa Lackland), at 75.8%, among 104 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error 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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