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

98516 (Olympia), at 13.2%, among 12 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 Thurston County, WA

These are the 12 ZIP codes in Thurston County with the fastest population growth, out of 12 with at least 1,000 residents. 98516 (Olympia, 13.2%), 98501 (Olympia, 12.1%) and 98597 (Yelm, 11.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Thurston 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 Thurston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98516	Olympia	13.2%	29,177	11,474	13,916
2	98501	Olympia	12.1%	48,067	19,783	21,033
3	98597	Yelm	11.1%	26,669	9,715	9,174
4	98506	Olympia	8.4%	18,497	8,610	9,055
5	98513	Olympia	6.3%	38,017	13,657	14,256
6	98531	Centralia	5.0%	27,337	11,123	10,851
7	98512	Olympia	4.9%	31,864	12,719	13,393
8	98579	Rochester	3.4%	14,048	5,023	4,857
9	98503	Lacey	3.0%	41,656	17,664	17,562
10	98502	Olympia	1.1%	35,398	14,791	16,010
11	98576	Rainier	-1.6%	4,985	1,676	1,678
12	98589	Tenino	-8.4%	7,010	2,956	2,894

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; 12 of 15 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 63,239 households, on 90 carrier routes with 67,434 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 Thurston County has the fastest population growth?: 98516 (Olympia), at 13.2%, among 12 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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