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

23803 (Petersburg), at 18.2%, among 15 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 Chesterfield County, VA

These are the 15 ZIP codes in Chesterfield County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 15 with at least 1,000 residents. 23803 (Petersburg, 18.2%), 23836 (Chester, 16.0%) and 23234 (Richmond, 13.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	23803	Petersburg	18.2%	42,012	16,767	19,705
2	23836	Chester	16.0%	15,298	5,566	6,391
3	23234	Richmond	13.7%	47,465	17,156	18,877
4	23120	Moseley	13.7%	17,586	5,532	7,211
5	23225	Richmond	13.3%	42,771	19,412	21,943
6	23114	Midlothian	12.8%	21,631	8,657	10,846
7	23113	Midlothian	12.4%	27,477	10,407	12,011
8	23112	Midlothian	12.2%	57,016	21,461	23,413
9	23832	Chesterfield	11.3%	41,442	13,964	16,470
10	23235	Richmond	10.8%	33,461	14,116	—
11	23236	Richmond	10.5%	27,903	10,761	11,175
12	23834	Colonial Heights	10.1%	26,628	10,624	10,940
13	23831	Chester	10.0%	39,529	15,432	16,756
14	23838	Chesterfield	7.2%	17,686	6,393	7,176
15	23237	Richmond	4.9%	27,126	9,581	—

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; 15 of 15 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 64,433 households, on 96 carrier routes with 74,127 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 Chesterfield County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 23803 (Petersburg), at 18.2%, among 15 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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