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

98351 (Longbranch), at 41.6%, among 47 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 Pierce County, WA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Pierce County with the fastest population growth, out of 47 with at least 1,000 residents. 98351 (Longbranch, 41.6%), 98402 (Tacoma, 30.2%) and 98446 (Tacoma, 28.4%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Pierce 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 Pierce County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98351	Longbranch	41.6%	1,891	687	545
2	98402	Tacoma	30.2%	8,080	4,625	6,076
3	98446	Tacoma	28.4%	14,634	5,257	5,319
4	98303	Anderson Island	22.6%	1,448	819	995
5	98354	Milton	19.1%	8,597	3,178	3,402
6	98374	Puyallup	17.8%	49,007	16,799	19,166
7	98321	Buckley	14.9%	18,150	6,055	5,625
8	98433	Tacoma	14.2%	22,493	4,397	4,068
9	98391	Bonney Lake	13.8%	59,240	20,500	23,158
10	98338	Graham	13.6%	32,687	10,894	10,788
11	98371	Puyallup	12.9%	24,682	9,603	10,575
12	98403	Tacoma	11.9%	9,097	4,818	4,470
13	98418	Tacoma	10.0%	10,264	4,284	4,163
14	98405	Tacoma	9.8%	25,939	11,421	12,030
15	98373	Puyallup	9.6%	28,883	11,008	11,022
16	98360	Orting	9.6%	15,045	5,117	4,386
17	98335	Gig Harbor	8.4%	27,773	10,995	11,830
18	98332	Gig Harbor	7.6%	20,072	7,662	8,127
19	98409	Tacoma	7.5%	27,843	12,218	11,239
20	98349	Lakebay	7.5%	4,931	2,305	1,904
21	98388	Steilacoom	6.3%	7,043	2,813	2,864
22	98022	Enumclaw	5.7%	22,418	8,730	9,537
23	98390	Sumner	5.6%	11,546	4,889	5,102
24	98327	Dupont	5.3%	9,931	3,833	3,753
25	98445	Tacoma	5.0%	33,684	11,981	11,952

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; 47 of 59 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 14,566 households, on 21 carrier routes with 16,337 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 Pierce County has the fastest population growth?: 98351 (Longbranch), at 41.6%, among 47 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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