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

98433 (Tacoma), at 23.0 (±0.5), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Pierce County, WA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Pierce County with the lowest median age, out of 47 with at least 1,000 residents. 98433 (Tacoma, 23.0), 98439 (Lakewood, 25.1) and 98424 (Fife, 31.6) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Pierce County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98433	Tacoma	23.0 ±0.5	22,493	4,397	4,068
2	98439	Lakewood	25.1 ±0.9	5,671	2,139	1,813
3	98424	Fife	31.6 ±1.2	11,816	4,355	4,569
4	98409	Tacoma	33.2 ±1.3	27,843	12,218	11,239
5	98375	Puyallup	33.5 ±1.5	31,187	10,242	11,166
6	98402	Tacoma	33.5 ±1.4	8,080	4,625	6,076
7	98444	Tacoma	33.6 ±1.3	35,754	13,094	14,101
8	98387	Spanaway	34.3 ±0.9	50,774	16,746	17,586
9	98327	Dupont	34.3 ±1.8	9,931	3,833	3,753
10	98404	Tacoma	35.1 ±1.3	35,961	12,435	12,166
11	98373	Puyallup	35.6 ±2.4	28,883	11,008	11,022
12	98374	Puyallup	36.1 ±1.0	49,007	16,799	19,166
13	98499	Lakewood	36.2 ±1.8	32,464	13,904	13,350
14	98446	Tacoma	36.7 ±2.8	14,634	5,257	5,319
15	98391	Bonney Lake	37.1 ±1.1	59,240	20,500	23,158
16	98360	Orting	37.2 ±2.1	15,045	5,117	4,386
17	98418	Tacoma	37.5 ±2.7	10,264	4,284	4,163
18	98354	Milton	37.7 ±1.9	8,597	3,178	3,402
19	98338	Graham	37.8 ±2.5	32,687	10,894	10,788
20	98390	Sumner	37.9 ±1.9	11,546	4,889	5,102
21	98047	Pacific	38.0 ±3.1	6,817	2,230	2,370
22	98445	Tacoma	38.1 ±1.8	33,684	11,981	11,952
23	98408	Tacoma	38.1 ±1.6	21,009	8,134	8,086
24	98372	Puyallup	38.2 ±1.5	26,012	10,231	11,296
25	98405	Tacoma	38.5 ±1.1	25,939	11,421	12,030

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest 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

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 33,351 households, on 48 carrier routes with 32,855 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 lowest median age?: 98433 (Tacoma), at 23.0 (±0.5), among 47 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest 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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