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

98303 (Anderson Island), at 61.6 (±4.7), 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Pierce County, WA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Pierce County with the highest median age, out of 47 with at least 1,000 residents. 98303 (Anderson Island, 61.6), 98333 (Fox Island, 53.1) and 98351 (Longbranch, 52.5) 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Pierce County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98303	Anderson Island	61.6 ±4.7	1,448	819	995
2	98333	Fox Island	53.1 ±5.0	3,414	1,393	1,442
3	98351	Longbranch	52.5 ±11.7	1,891	687	545
4	98349	Lakebay	49.3 ±9.2	4,931	2,305	1,904
5	98332	Gig Harbor	46.6 ±3.2	20,072	7,662	8,127
6	98407	Tacoma	46.2 ±2.5	21,718	10,159	10,637
7	98580	Roy	45.2 ±4.9	11,410	4,475	3,550
8	98335	Gig Harbor	43.8 ±2.4	27,773	10,995	11,830
9	98022	Enumclaw	43.5 ±1.9	22,418	8,730	9,537
10	98443	Tacoma	43.3 ±3.7	5,558	2,221	2,168
11	98329	Gig Harbor	42.9 ±3.6	11,552	4,518	4,083
12	98328	Eatonville	42.3 ±2.0	9,891	3,662	3,349
13	98465	Tacoma	42.0 ±2.7	7,178	3,620	4,112
14	98406	Tacoma	41.7 ±1.5	24,202	10,557	10,329
15	98321	Buckley	41.2 ±1.9	18,150	6,055	5,625
16	98498	Lakewood	40.8 ±1.9	29,209	11,857	12,183
17	98388	Steilacoom	40.7 ±3.2	7,043	2,813	2,864
18	98467	University Place	40.5 ±1.8	15,387	6,304	6,755
19	98422	Tacoma	40.0 ±1.5	21,644	8,038	7,998
20	98466	Tacoma	39.9 ±1.4	30,327	12,118	13,282
21	98403	Tacoma	39.4 ±2.1	9,097	4,818	4,470
22	98371	Puyallup	38.8 ±1.7	24,682	9,603	10,575
23	98405	Tacoma	38.5 ±1.1	25,939	11,421	12,030
24	98372	Puyallup	38.2 ±1.5	26,012	10,231	11,296
25	98445	Tacoma	38.1 ±1.8	33,684	11,981	11,952

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; 47 of 59 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 12,866 households, on 25 carrier routes with 13,013 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 median age?: 98303 (Anderson Island), at 61.6 (±4.7), among 47 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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