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

98402 (Tacoma), at 38.7%, 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Pierce County, WA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Pierce County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 47 with at least 1,000 residents. 98402 (Tacoma, 38.7%), 98433 (Tacoma, 33.6%) and 98439 (Lakewood, 28.0%) 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Pierce County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98402	Tacoma	38.7%	8,080	4,625	6,076
2	98433	Tacoma	33.6%	22,493	4,397	4,068
3	98439	Lakewood	28.0%	5,671	2,139	1,813
4	98349	Lakebay	20.8%	4,931	2,305	1,904
5	98409	Tacoma	19.9%	27,843	12,218	11,239
6	98403	Tacoma	18.8%	9,097	4,818	4,470
7	98444	Tacoma	18.6%	35,754	13,094	14,101
8	98418	Tacoma	18.1%	10,264	4,284	4,163
9	98390	Sumner	17.7%	11,546	4,889	5,102
10	98354	Milton	17.6%	8,597	3,178	3,402
11	98372	Puyallup	17.5%	26,012	10,231	11,296
12	98466	Tacoma	17.1%	30,327	12,118	13,282
13	98424	Fife	17.0%	11,816	4,355	4,569
14	98408	Tacoma	16.9%	21,009	8,134	8,086
15	98327	Dupont	16.9%	9,931	3,833	3,753
16	98499	Lakewood	16.5%	32,464	13,904	13,350
17	98406	Tacoma	16.1%	24,202	10,557	10,329
18	98374	Puyallup	15.8%	49,007	16,799	19,166
19	98375	Puyallup	15.6%	31,187	10,242	11,166
20	98335	Gig Harbor	15.4%	27,773	10,995	11,830
21	98405	Tacoma	15.4%	25,939	11,421	12,030
22	98498	Lakewood	15.0%	29,209	11,857	12,183
23	98373	Puyallup	14.4%	28,883	11,008	11,022
24	98388	Steilacoom	14.4%	7,043	2,813	2,864
25	98404	Tacoma	14.0%	35,961	12,435	12,166

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; 47 of 59 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 25,684 households, on 40 carrier routes with 25,100 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 highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 98402 (Tacoma), at 38.7%, among 47 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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