Which ZIP code in Bedford County has the fastest population growth?

24526 (Big Island), at 18.2%, among 14 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Bedford County, VA

These are the 14 ZIP codes in Bedford County with the fastest population growth, out of 14 with at least 1,000 residents. 24526 (Big Island, 18.2%), 24550 (Evington, 12.6%) and 24551 (Forest, 11.4%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Bedford County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Bedford County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	24526	Big Island	18.2%	1,494	633	632
2	24550	Evington	12.6%	8,190	3,185	3,242
3	24551	Forest	11.4%	28,554	10,969	11,377
4	24503	Lynchburg	5.5%	20,419	7,911	8,719
5	24523	Bedford	3.2%	20,349	8,213	8,826
6	24179	Vinton	2.8%	18,773	8,049	8,613
7	24064	Blue Ridge	-3.4%	4,875	1,790	2,052
8	24122	Montvale	-6.7%	1,492	642	715
9	24121	Moneta	-7.4%	10,315	4,802	6,481
10	24104	Huddleston	-8.4%	3,163	1,540	1,924
11	24095	Goodview	-8.5%	3,962	1,701	2,049
12	24571	Lynch Station	-9.4%	2,092	915	—
13	24556	Goode	-19.7%	2,584	1,067	1,383
14	24174	Thaxton	-24.4%	2,191	936	1,078

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 14 of 17 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 30,911 households, on 63 carrier routes with 32,796 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 Bedford County has the fastest population growth?: 24526 (Big Island), at 18.2%, among 14 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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