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

22920 (Afton), at 53.4 (±5.1), 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Albemarle County, VA

These are the 16 ZIP codes in Albemarle County with the highest median age, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 22920 (Afton, 53.4), 22947 (Keswick, 51.4) and 22959 (North Garden, 51.2) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	22920	Afton	53.4 ±5.1	3,608	1,667	1,957
2	22947	Keswick	51.4 ±9.0	5,256	2,162	2,323
3	22959	North Garden	51.2 ±8.0	1,923	745	776
4	22936	Earlysville	45.9 ±4.8	6,983	2,531	2,507
5	22942	Gordonsville	44.7 ±1.5	10,560	4,428	4,256
6	22937	Esmont	44.4 ±11.8	1,743	655	577
7	24590	Scottsville	44.2 ±2.8	8,229	3,139	3,351
8	22932	Crozet	43.7 ±1.9	9,148	3,664	5,198
9	22940	Free Union	43.3 ±4.7	1,066	310	411
10	22901	Charlottesville	42.1 ±2.0	37,237	16,684	17,752
11	22911	Charlottesville	40.7 ±1.6	19,107	7,996	10,105
12	22969	Schuyler	40.4 ±9.6	1,429	521	584
13	22902	Charlottesville	39.7 ±1.5	23,486	11,291	11,781
14	22923	Barboursville	35.5 ±1.5	6,435	2,441	2,888
15	22903	Charlottesville	29.2 ±0.8	40,372	16,287	18,744
16	22904	Charlottesville	19.3 ±0.2	5,729	36	—

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; 16 of 20 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 11,533 households, on 22 carrier routes with 11,819 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 Albemarle County has the highest median age?: 22920 (Afton), at 53.4 (±5.1), among 16 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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